Avicorp has a $10 million debt issue outstanding, with a 6% coupon rate. The debt has semi-annual

Question:

Avicorp has a $10 million debt issue outstanding, with a 6% coupon rate. The debt has semi-annual coupons, the next coupon is due in six months, and the debt matures in five years. It is currently priced at 95% of par value.

a. What is Avicorp’s pre-tax cost of debt?

b. If Avicorp faces a 40% tax rate, what is its after-tax cost of debt?

Coupon
A coupon or coupon payment is the annual interest rate paid on a bond, expressed as a percentage of the face value and paid from issue date until maturity. Coupons are usually referred to in terms of the coupon rate (the sum of coupons paid in a...