Ashton Bishop is the debt manager for World Telephone, which needs 3.42 billion Euro financing for its operations. Bishop is considering the choice between issuance of debt denominated in:

• Euros (), or
• U.S. dollars, accompanied by a combined interest rate and currency swap.

Bishop believes that issuing the U.S.-dollar debt and entering into the swap can lower Worlds cost of debt by 45 basis points. Immediately after selling the debt issue, World would swap the U.S. dollar payments for Euro payments throughout the maturity of the debt. She assumes a constant currency exchange rate throughout the tenor of the swap.

Characteristic	Euro Currency Debt	U.S. Dollar Currency Debt
Par value	3.42	billion	$ 3	billion
Term to maturity	3	years	3	years
Fixed interest rate	6.25%		7.75%
Interest payment	Annual		Annual

Spot currency exchange rate	$.99 per euro ($.99/1.00)
3-year tenor euro/U.S. dollar fixed interest rates	5.89% euro/7.39% U.S. dollar

Required:

b. Enter the notional principal and interest payment cash flows of the combined interest rate and currency swap.

Note: Round the final answers to two decimal places.

c. State whether or not World would reduce its borrowing cost by issuing the debt denominated in U.S. dollars, accompanied by the combined interest rate and currency swap.