With a view to raising a large amount of debt financing for expansion purposes, Tulip Co. will issue bonds that would have a maturity of 15 years. The annual coupon interest rate on the bond is 8% and the par value of each bond is $2000 that pays interest semiannually. If the yield to maturity is 10% then find out the price of the bond? Upon calculation of the price please specify what type of a bond is this?   2. a) Platinum Plastics Inc. is planning to raise funding through the issuance of bonds. Maturity is 15 years and the par value is $1000. Calculate the before-tax cost of issuing bonds for the company using the approximation method if the coupon rate is 7%, the flotation costs are 3% and the selling price is $930 on the   b) Platinum Plastics Inc. will also issue preferred stock which is expected to sell for $93 per share. The cost of selling is expected to be $6 per share. The dividend rate is 10% of the value of each share. Calculate the cost of issuing preferred stock for the company.

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1. With a view to raising a large amount of debt financing for expansion purposes, Tulip Co. will issue bonds that would have a maturity of 15 years. The annual coupon interest rate on the bond is 8% and the par value of each bond is $2000 that pays interest semiannually. If the yield to maturity is 10% then find out the price of the bond? Upon calculation of the price please specify what type of a bond is this?

 

2. a) Platinum Plastics Inc. is planning to raise funding through the issuance of bonds. Maturity is 15 years and the par value is $1000. Calculate the before-tax cost of issuing bonds for the company using the approximation method if the coupon rate is 7%, the flotation costs are 3% and the selling price is $930 on the

 

b) Platinum Plastics Inc. will also issue preferred stock which is expected to sell for $93 per share. The cost of selling is expected to be $6 per share. The dividend rate is 10% of the value of each share. Calculate the cost of issuing preferred stock for the company.

 

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