Advance plc is trying to determine its cost of debt. The firm has a debt issue outstanding

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Advance plc is trying to determine its cost of debt. The firm has a debt issue outstanding with 7 years to maturity that is quoted at 92 per cent of face value.

The issue makes semi-annual payments and has a coupon rate of 4 per cent annually. What is Advance’s pre-tax cost of debt? If the tax rate is 24 per cent, what is the after-tax cost of debt?

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Corporate Finance

ISBN: 9780077173630

3rd Edition

Authors: David Hillier, Stephen A. Ross, Randolph W. Westerfield, Bradford D. Jordan, Jeffrey F. Jaffe

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