XYZ Ltd. just issued 2,000 floating rate notes, each with the face value of $20,000, maturity of 6 years, interest payments per annum and interest rate, i, is set as:
i= Beginning of the period LIBOR + 1.0%
Suppose interest rate reset-period is 3 months. LO+IBOR is 1.5% per annum today and it is expected to be 2%, 2.5% and 3.0% at the beginning of quarter 2, 3, and 4 respectively.
Find interest payments per floating rate notes at the end of year 1.