For the firm in Problem 7, suppose the book value of the debt issue is $20 million. In addition, the company has a second debt issue on the market, a zero coupon bond with seven years left to maturity; the book value of this issue is $70 million and the bonds sell for 61 percent of par.

What is the company’s total book value of debt? The total market value? What is your best estimate of the after tax cost of debt now?

Data from Problem 7

Jiminy’s Cricket Farm issued a 30-year, 9 percent semiannual bond 8 years ago. The bond currently sells for 105 percent of its face value. The company’s tax rate is 35 percent.