1. A companys perpetual preferred stock currently sells for $92.50 per share, and it pays an $8.00 annual dividend. If the company were to sell a new preferred issue, it would incur a flotation cost of 5.00% of the issue price. What is the firms cost of preferred stock?

a. 7.81%

b. 8.22%

c. 8.65%

d. 9.10%

e. 9.56%

2. Bosio Inc.s perpetual preferred stock sells for $97.50 per share, and it pays an $8.50 annual dividend. If the company were to sell a new preferred issue, it would incur a flotation cost of 4.00% of the price paid by investors. What is the companys cost of preferred stock for use in calculating the WACC?

a. 8.72%

b. 9.08%

c. 9.44%

d. 9.82%

e. 10.22%

3. OBrien Inc. has the following data: rRF = 5.00%; RPM = 6.00%; and b = 1.05. What is the firms cost of equity from retained earnings based on the CAPM?

a. 11.30%

b. 11.64%

c. 11.99%

d. 12.35%

e. 12.72%