a$.$ If WestGas plans an expansion of $$120$ million, what is the lowest average cost of capital for the first $$40$ million of new capitalKashmiri's Cost of Capital. Kashmiri is the largest and most successful specialty goods company based in Bangalore, India. It has not yet entered the North American marketplace, but is considering

establishing both manufacturing and distribution facilities in the United States through a wholly owned subsidiary. It has approached two different investment banking advisors, Goldman Sachs and Bank of

New York, for estimates of what its costs of capital would be several years into the future when it planned to list its American subsidiary on a U$.$S$.$ stock exchange. Using the assumptions by the two different

advisors in the popup window, $,$ calculate the prospective costs of debt, equity, and the WACC for Kashmiri $($U$.$S$.).$

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What is the after$-$tax cost of debt estimated by Goldman Sachs for Kashmiri?

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