Wellsley Manufacturing Company has been approached by a commercial paper dealer offering to sell an issue of commercial paper for the firm. The dealer indicates that Wellsley could sell a $5 million issue maturing in 182 days at an interest rate of 8.5 percent per annum (deducted in advance).
The fee to the dealer for selling the issue would be $8,000. Determine Wellsley's annual financing cost of this commercial paper financing.