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1. Russell Container Corporation has a $1,000 par value bond outstanding with 30 years to maturity. The bond carries an annual interest payment of $126 and is currently selling for $880 per bond. Russell Corp. is in a 40 percent tax bracket. The firm wishes to know what the aftertax cost of a new bond issue is likely to be. The yield to maturity on the new issue will be the same as the yield to maturity on the old issue because the risk and maturity date will be similar. a. Compute the yield to maturity on the old issue and use this as the yield for the new issue. (Do not round intermediate calculations. Input your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places.)

Yield to maturity: %

b. Make the appropriate tax adjustment to determine the aftertax cost of debt. (Do not round intermediate calculations. Input your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places.)

Aftertax cost of debt: %

2. Medco Corporation can sell preferred stock for $112 with an estimated flotation cost of $5. It is anticipated the preferred stock will pay $10 per share in dividends.

a. Compute the cost of preferred stock for Medco Corp. (Input your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places.)

Cost of preferred stock: %

b. Do we need to make a tax adjustment for the issuing firm?

	Yes
	No

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