Question 4.(20 points) The Aleander Company plans to issue $10,000,000 of 10-year bonds at par next June, with semiannual interest payments.The company's current cost of debt is 10 percent.However, the firm's financial manager is concerned that interest rates will increase in coming months, and has decided to take a short position in U. S. government t-bond futures.See the settlement data below for t-bond futures.(Note: One standard futures contract is $100,000)

Futures Prices: Treasury Bonds--$100,000; Pts. 32nds of 100%

Delivery Month Open High Low Settle Change Open Interest (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) Dec 103'14 103'14 102'11 102'17 -6 678,000 Mar 102'11 102'23 100'28 101'01 -5 135,855 June 101'14 101'26 99'32 99'08 -5 17,255

a. (1) Calculate the implied yield on the futures contract?

(2) How many futures contracts will be needed to hedge potential losses in bond proceeds (based on current market conditions) due to waiting (round up to the nearest integer)?

(3)Calculate the total value of the hedge position.