Company A, a lower-rated firm, desires a fixed-rate loan. Company A presently has access to floating interest rate funds at a margin of 1.7% over LIBOR. In contrast, company B, a higher-rated firm, prefers a floating-rate loan. Company B has access to fixed-rate funds at 11% and floating-rate funds at LIBOR+0.7%. Both companies enter into an interest rate swap with Bank C. Based on the swap, Bank C would gain 0.4% and each of the two companies would gain 0.6%. What is the current fixed rate available for Company A?

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