Company Bulldogs issued fixed-rate 4.00% bonds due on December 31, 2019 with a $1,000,000 face value on January 1, 2016 (meaning the duration of the bonds is 4 years). The effective/market interest rate is 6.00%. Recall that cash interest payments were paid semi-annually. How much interest expense should Bulldogs recognize for the six-month period when it made its first coupon payment?