Shanken NV issued a 30-year, 10 per cent semi-annual bond 7 years ago. The bond currently sells

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Shanken NV issued a 30-year, 10 per cent semi-annual bond 7 years ago. The bond currently sells for 108 per cent of its face value. The company’s tax rate is 35 per cent.

(a) What is the pre-tax cost of debt?

(b) What is the after-tax cost of debt?

(c) Which is more relevant, the pre-tax or the after-tax cost of debt? Why?

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Corporate Finance

ISBN: 9780077173630

3rd Edition

Authors: David Hillier, Stephen A. Ross, Randolph W. Westerfield, Bradford D. Jordan, Jeffrey F. Jaffe

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