ASD Co. has an opportunity to invest in an expansion of its foreign operations. ASD anticipates financing the investment using both debt and common equity. In particular, the company expects to issue an additional 2 million shares of new equity and 60,000 new 20-year bonds. The current share price is $33. Furthermore, the beta of the firm is 1.95 while the risk free rate is 3.8% and the expected return on the market is 14.8%. The face value of the bonds is $1,000 and the annual coupon rate is 8.5%. Their current long-term bonds are selling for $1,035. If the corporate tax rate is 28% what is the WACC of the ASD Co?

The answer will be one of the options below:

16.25%

14.98%

18.87%

19.75%

15.85%