(Preferred stock) A company has an outstanding issue of $100 face value fixed-rate preferred stock with an annual dividend of $18 per share. The stock is currently selling at $110 per share. An investment bank has advised that a new preferred-stock issue could be sold for a flotation cost of 6% of face value. The company is in the 35% tax bracket.

a. Calculate investors required rate of return today.

b. What annual dividend rate would have to be placed on the new issue for it to sell at par?

c. Calculate the flotation cost and tax savings from the proposed new issue.

d. Calculate the cost of the new preferred-stock financing.