Blue Sky Corporation is planning to issue $1,000 par value bonds. The bonds will have a coupon rate of 14 percent and will be sold at a market price of $1050. Flotation costs will amount to 6 percent of market value. The bonds will mature in 15 years and nterest payments will be made semi-annually. The company's marginal tax rate is 21%. What is the firm's after-tax cost of debt financing?

Blue Sky Corporation is planning to issue $1,000 par value bonds. The bonds will have a coupon rate of 14 percent and will be sold at a market price of $1050. Flotation costs will amount to 6 percent of market value. The bonds will mature in 15 years and nterest payments will be made semi-annually. The company's marginal tax rate is 21%. What is the firm's after-tax cost of debt financing?

Practical Management Science

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Author:WINSTON, Wayne L.

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