The Robinson Corporation has $35 million of bonds outstanding that were issued at a coupon rate of 11.750 percent seven years ago. Interest rates have fallen to 10.950 percent. Mr. Brooks, the Vice-President of Finance, does not expect rates to fall any further. The bonds have 17 years left to maturity, and Mr. Brooks would like to refund the bonds with a new issue of equal amount also having 17 years to maturity. The Robinson Corporation has a tax rate of 30 percent. The underwriting cost on the old issue was 3.50 percent of the total bond value. The underwriting cost on the new issue will be 2.20 percent of the total bond value. The original bond indenture contained a five-year protection against a call, with a 6 percent call premium starting in the sixth year and scheduled to decline by one-half percent each year thereafter. (Consider the bond to be seven years old for purposes of computing the premium.) Use Appendix D for an approximate answer but calculate your final answer using the formula and financial calculator methods. Assume the discount rate is equal to the aftertax cost of new debt rounded up to the nearest whole percent (e.g. 4.06 percent should be rounded up to 5 percent).

a. Compute the discount rate. (Do not round intermediate calculations. Input your answer as a percent rounded up to the nearest whole percent.)

b. Calculate the present value of total outflows. (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answer to 2 decimal places.)

c. Calculate the present value of total inflows. (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answer to 2 decimal places.)

d. Calculate the net present value. (Negative amount should be indicated by a minus sign. Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answer to 2 decimal places.)

Period 1% 2% 3% 4% 5% 6% 7% 8% 9% 10% 11% 12% 1 .................. 0.990 0.980 0.971 0.962 0.952 0.943 0.935 0.926 0.917 0.909 0.901 0.893 2 .................. 1.970 1.942 1.913 1.886 1.859 1.833 1.808 1.783 1.759 1.736 1.713 1.690 3 .................. 2.941 2.884 2.829 2.775 2.723 2.673 2.624 2.577 2.531 2.487 2.444 2.402 4 .................. 3.902 3.808 3.717 3.630 3.546 3.465 3.387 3.312 3.240 3.170 3.102 3.037 5 .................. 4.853 4.713 4.580 4.452 4.329 4.212 4.100 3.993 3.890 3.791 3.696 3.605 6 .................. 5.795 5.601 5.417 5.242 5.076 4.917 4.767 4.623 4.486 4.355 4.231 4.111 7 .................. 6.728 6.472 6.230 6.002 5.786 5.582 5.389 5.206 5.033 4.868 4.712 4.564 8 .................. 7.652 7.325 7.020 6.733 6.463 6.210 5.971 5.747 5.535 5.335 5.146 4.968 9 .................. 8.566 8.162 7.786 7.435 7.108 6.802 6.515 6.247 5.995 5.759 5.537 5.328 10 ................. 9.471 8.983 8.530 8.111 7.722 7.360 7.024 6.710 6.418 6.145 5.889 5.650 11 ................. 10.368 9.787 9.253 8.760 8.306 7.887 7.499 7.139 6.805 6.495 6.207 5.938 12 ................. 11.255 10.575 9.954 9.385 8.863 8.384 7.943 7.536 7.161 6.814 6.492 6.194 13 ................. 12.134 11.348 10.635 9.986 9.394 8.853 8.358 7.904 7.487 7.103 6.750 6.424 14 ................. 13.004 12.106 11.296 10.563 9.899 9.295 8.745 8.244 7.786 7.367 6.982 6.628 15 ................. 13.865 12.849 11.938 11.118 10.380 9.712 9.108 8.559 8.061 7.606 7.191 6.811 16 ................. 14.718 13.578 12.561 11.652 10.838 10.106 9.447 8.851 8.313 7.824 7.379 6.974 17 ................. 15.562 14.292 13.166 12.166 11.274 10.477 9.763 9.122 8.544 8.022 7.549 7.120 18 ................. 16.398 14.992 13.754 12.659 11.690 10.828 10.059 9.372 8.756 8.201 7.702 7.250 19 ................. 17.226 15.678 14.324 13.134 12.085 11.158 10.336 9.604 8.950 8.365 7.839 7.366 20 ................. 18.046 16.351 14.877 13.590 12.462 11.470 10.594 9.818 9.129 8.514 7.963 7.469 25 ................. 22.023 19.523 17.413 15.622 14.094 12.783 11.654 10.675 9.823 9.077 8.422 7.843 30 ................. 25.808 22.396 19.600 17.292 15.372 13.765 12.409 11.258 10.274 9.427 8.694 8.055 40 ................. 32.835 27.355 23.115 19.793 17.159 15.046 13.332 11.925 10.757 9.779 8.951 8.244 50 ................. 39.196 31.424 25.730 21.482 18.256 15.762 13.801 12.233 10.962 9.915 9.042 8.304