XYZ Inc. is facing financial difficulties and is expected to file for bankruptcy protection today. You hold a $1,000 face value bond of the company paying annual coupons and maturing in 12 years. The firm will stop paying interest to bondholders after the bankruptcy filing. The bankruptcy process will be resolved two years from now and bondholders will receive $0.605 for every $1.00 of face value of bond and one share of the reorganized company with an expected price of $25. The firm also promises to pay the bondholders another $200 per bond in 4 years if they agree to the plan now. Bonds with similar risk are selling at YTM of 21.5%. What should be the price of XYZ's bonds today?

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To calculate the price of the XYZ Inc bond today we need to determine the present value of all future cash flows that bondholders are expected to rece... View the full answer