Maple Ltd. has 1 million common shares outstanding. The beta on these common

shares is 1.25, and they are trading at a price of $20 per share. Maple paid a

dividend of $1.75 per share last year. Analysts anticipate that these dividends will

grow at an average annual rate of 2% for the foreseeable future. What is the

component cost of new common equity if Maple's tax rate is 35% and flotation costs

on new common equity are 6% before tax?

a) 10.93%

b) 11.11%

c) 11.29%

d) 11.49%