ESTIMATING THE WEIGHTED AVERAGE COST OF CAPITAL $($WACC$)$ FOR CONOCOPHILLIPS $($COP$)$ TAKEN FROM $10$K fiscal year ended December $31,2022.$

$1)$ Provide an estimate of the firm$$s WACC.

$$ Provide a TABLE of the firm$$s interest$-$bearing debt AND present value of lease obligations $($or a summary of both$)$ as of the most recent fiscal year$-$end. NO SCREENSHOTS

i$.$ Your total cost of debt should be a weighted average of debt and lease interest rates.

$$ Provide TWO estimates of the cost of debt

i$.$ Method $1$: It is disclosed in the $10-$k$.$ If so reference the page of the $10-$k$.$

ii$.$ Method $2$: Synthetically estimate the firm$$s cost of debt based on its current credit rating and default spread.