Question

Airborne Airlines Inc. has a $1,000 par value bond outstanding with 10 years to maturity. The bond carries an annual interest payment of $84 and is currently selling for $890. Airborne is in a 30 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 on new issue 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 %

Answer 1

a.Information provided:

Par value= future value= $1,000

Market price= present value= $890

Time= 10 years

Coupon payment= $84

The yield to maturity on the new issue is calculated by entering the below in a financial calculator:

FV= 1,000

PV= -890

N= 10

PMT= 84

Press the CPT key and I/Y to compute the yield to maturity.

The value obtained is 10.2061.

Therefore, the yield to maturity is 10.21%.

b.After tax cost of debt= Before tax cost of debt*(1 - tax rate)

= 10.21%*(1 - 0.30)

= 7.15%.

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