Problem: Shearson PLC's stock sells for $42 per share. The company wants to sell some 20-year, annual interest, $1,000 par value bonds. Each bond will have attached 75 warrants, each exercisable into one share of stock at an exercise price of $47. Shearson's straight bonds yield 10 percent. The warrants will have a market value of $2 each when the stock sells for $42. What coupon interest rate must the company set on the bonds-with-warrants if the bonds are to sell at par?
a. 8.00%
b. 8.24%
c. 8.96%
d. 9.25%
e. 10.00%