The Imaginary Products Co. currently has debt with a market value of $300 million outstanding. The debt consists of 9% coupon bonds(semiannual coupon payments) which have a maturity of 15 years and are currently priced at $1,440.03 per bond. The firm also has an issue of 2 million preferred shares outstanding with a market price of $12.00 per share. The preferred shares pay an annual dividend of $1.20. Imaginary also has 14 million shares of common stock outstanding with a price of $20.00 per share. The firm is expected to pay a $2.20 common dividend one year from today, and that dividend is expected to increase by 5% per year forever. If Imaginary is subject to a 40% marginal tax rate, then what is the firm's weighted average cost of capital?

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The Imaginary Products Co. currently has debt with a market value of $300 million outstanding. The debt consists of 9% coupon bonds(semiannual coupon payments) 
which have a maturity of 15 years  and are currently priced at $1,440.03 per bond. The firm also has an issue of 2 million preferred shares outstanding with  
a market price of $12.00 per share. The preferred shares pay an annual dividend of $1.20. Imaginary also has 14 million shares of common stock outstanding with a
price of $20.00 per share. The firm is expected to pay a $2.20 common dividend one year from today, and that dividend is expected  to increase by 5% per year forever.
If Imaginary is subject to a 40% marginal tax rate,  then what is the firm's weighted average cost of capital?          
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