A company's perpetual preferred stock currently sells for $92.50 per share, and it pays an $8.00 annual

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A company's perpetual preferred stock currently sells for $92.50 per share, and it pays an $8.00 annual dividend. If the company were to sell a new preferred issue, it would incur a flotation cost of 5.00% of the issue price. What is the firm's cost of preferred stock?

7.81%

8.22%

8.65%

9.10%

9.56%