Cully Company needs to raise $29 million to start a new project and will raise the money by selling new bonds. The company will generate no internal equity for the foreseeable future. The company has a target capital structure of 70 percent common stock, 9 percent preferred stock, and 21 percent debt. Flotation costs for issuing new common stock are 14 percent, for new preferred stock, 7 percent, and for new debt, 5 percent. What is the true initial cost figure Southern should use when evaluating its project?

Multiple Choice

• $34,071,396

• $32,329,200

• $26,486,667

• $32,760,958

• $31,450,520