At a board meeting a director remarks "selling preference shares with a return of 9% or debentures with a return of 9% is really one and the same thing" The company has the option of raising the R400 000 through either: A) The sale of 40 000 preference shares at R10 per share or B) 4 000 debentures of R100 each NB: the tax rate is 30% Do you agree with the director's assertion? Discuss with aid of calculations.

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At a board meeting a director remarks "selling preference shares with a return of 9% or debentures with a return of 9% is really one and the same thing"

The company has the option of raising the R400 000 through either:

A) The sale of 40 000 preference shares at R10 per share or

B) 4 000 debentures of R100 each

NB: the tax rate is 30%

Do you agree with the director's assertion? Discuss with aid of calculations. 

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