ExxonMobil has historically had a very low debt-to-equity ratio within the oil industry, but it recently issued $12 billion in new debt to raise capital to buy up distressed rivals. The cost of this debt turns out to have been around 2.8%. In this problem we'll calculate how this bond issuance may have affected ExxonMobil's cost of capital. For the sake of this problem, assume that ExxonMobil was an unlevered firm prior to this debt issuance (at the time of the above-mentioned debt issuance the debt-to-equity ratio of ExxonMobil was just over 0.1, so ExxonMobil was pretty unlevered at the time). The equity beta of ExxonMobil is 0.83, the risk-free rate of return is 0.5% and the expected rate of return on the overall market is 5.9%. The EBIT for ExxonMobil is $18 billion, which you can assume will remain constant in perpetuity. The tax rate is 21%, and earnings after taxes are paid out entirely as dividends. Calculate the WACC for ExxonMobil before and after the bond issuance.