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14. How much would $5,000 due in 25 years be worth today if the discount rate we

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Question

14. How much would $5,000 due in 25 years be worth today if the discount rate were 5.0%?

a. $1,476.52

b. $1,124.16

c. $1,183.33

d. $1,245.61

e. $1,311.17

15. Bosio Inc.'s perpetual preferred stock sells for $97.50 per share and it pays an $8.50 annual dividend. If the company were to sell a new preferred issue, it would incur a flotation cost of 4.00% of the price paid by investors. What is the company's cost of preferred stock for use in calculating the WACC?

a. 8.72%

b. 9.08%

c. 9.44%

d. 9.82%

e. 10.22%

Explanation / Answer

Q14 a. $1,476.52 Amount due in 25 Years                  5,000.00 PVF for 25th Year                      0.2953 Present Value today = 5000*.2953                  1,476.51 Time PVF                                                                             1.00                      0.9524                                                                             2.00                      0.9070                                                                             3.00                      0.8638                                                                             4.00                      0.8227                                                                             5.00                      0.7835                                                                             6.00                      0.7462                                                                             7.00                      0.7107                                                                             8.00                      0.6768                                                                             9.00                      0.6446                                                                          10.00                      0.6139                                                                          11.00                      0.5847                                                                          12.00                      0.5568                                                                          13.00                      0.5303                                                                          14.00                      0.5051                                                                          15.00                      0.4810                                                                          16.00                      0.4581                                                                          17.00                      0.4363                                                                          18.00                      0.4155                                                                          19.00                      0.3957                                                                          20.00                      0.3769                                                                          21.00                      0.3589                                                                          22.00                      0.3418                                                                          23.00                      0.3256                                                                          24.00                      0.3101                                                                          25.00                      0.2953 Q15     b. 9.08% Price of preferred stock                        97.50 Floattaion Cost @4%(97.50*.04)                          3.90 Net proceeds = 97.50-3.90                        93.60 Cost of preferred stock = 8.50/93.60 Cost of preferred stock = 9.08%

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