1. Calculating Cost of Debt Shanken NV issued a 30-year, 10 per cent bond seven years ago....

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1. Calculating Cost of Debt Shanken NV issued a 30-year, 10 per cent bond seven 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: 9781526848093

4th Edition

Authors: David Hillier

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