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Muscle motors is looking to issue a 10 years bond with annual Payment coupon pay

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Question

Muscle motors is looking to issue a 10 years bond with annual Payment coupon payment. Park value of the bond is 1,000. The real rate is 1.5%. The economy is growing slowly but steadily and so inflation expectations are 1.75%. The companysecond credit rating is BBB+ credit spreads for BBB+ debt are currently 3.75%

What's the risk free (gov.t-bill) rate?

If muscle motors marginal tax is 35% What is after tax cost of debt price( ignoring any floatation & issuance cos)t?

If the coupon rate on muscle motors bond issue is 7.0% what's the issue price ignoring any issuance cost?

Prior is issue, interest rate rose by 1.25% what's the price of the bond assuming the 7% coupon?

Explanation / Answer

a) The risk free (gov.t-bill) rate = Real rate + Inflation

   = 1.5 + 1.75

   = 3.25 %

b) The after tax cost of debt = 3.25 * (1 - 0.35) = 3.25 * 0.65 = 2.1125 %

c) Assuming the coupon rate of bond equals to Yield to Maturity (YTM), thus bond is carrying at Par Value of $ 1000. Accordingly, the issue price of bond is $ 1000.