Currently, Warren Industries can sell 15-year, $1,000-par-value bonds paying annual interest at a 11 % coupon rate. As a result of current interest rates, the bonds can be sold for $990 each before incurring flotation costs of $25 per bond. The firm is in the 35 % tax bracket.
a. Find the net proceeds from the sale of the bond, Nd. (2 demicial places)
b. Calculate the bond's yield to maturity (YTM) to estimate the before-tax and after-tax costs of debt. (2 demicial places)
c. Use the approximation formula to estimate the before-tax and after-tax costs of debt.(2 demicial places)