Southern Alliance Company needs to raise $30 million to start a new project and will raise the money by selling new bonds. The company will generate no internal equity for the foreseeable future. The company has a target capital structure of 65 percent common stock, 9 percent preferred stock, and 26 percent debt. Flotation costs for issuing new common stock are 13 percent, for new preferred stock, 7 percent, and for new debt, 2 percent. What is the true initial cost figure Southern should use when evaluating its project? (Do not round your intermediate calculations.)
$34,513,275
$32,880,000
$31,858,407
$33,185,841
$27,800,000