Q35

Assume that Kendal Corp. has an outstanding bond issue with a par value of $1,000 and a current market price of $1,027.70 per bond. The bond has nine years remaining and a coupon rate of 6 percent. (Use Excel to answer this question. Enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places.)

a. Find the current yield to maturity for the Kendal Corp. bond. (Do not round intermediate calculations. Enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places.)

Yield to maturity: %

b. If the bond trades at a yield spread of 1.70 percent above comparable U.S. Treasury notes, what must the current yield on Treasury notes be? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places.)

Treasury yield: %

c. If the Kendal bond has a make-whole call premium of 140 basis points above the U.S. Treasury rate, what is the make-whole call premium? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Enter the make-whole yield answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places. Enter the make-whole price answer in dollars rounded to 2 decimal places.)

Make-whole yield: %

Make-whole price: