CDE Inc's current (and optimal capital structure is 40% debt, 10% preferred stock, and 50% common equity. CDE is in the 40% tax bracket. The company can issue up to $20,000,000 in new bonds at par with a 7% coupon rate, any subsequent amount must carry a 2% premium to compensate investors for added risk. A new issue of preferred stock would pay an annual dividend of $4.00 and be priced to net the company $50.00 per share after the $3.00 per share floatation cost. The firm has $21,000,000 in change in retained earnings for the current period. CDE's common stock trades at $40.00 per share and the expected dividend on the common stock at t1 is 2.00. Floatation costs on a new common stock issue is $5.00 per share. The company is growing at 7% per year. Reference: Rof 9-2 What is the cost of equity from new common stock? 13.3% " 12.0% @ 11.4% 12.796