Answer:
Filer Manufacturing
Filer's after-tax cost of debt is:
= 4.1440%.
Explanation:
a) Data and Calculations:
Outstanding common stock shares = 8,136,353
Current share price = $26.75
Book value per share = $5.85
Tax rate = 0.26
Most recent dividend paid = $1.97 per share
Dividend growth rate = 0.04
Outstanding bond issues:
                         First Bond    Second Bond  Total
Face value of issue        $48,480,532   $66,060,894  $114,541,426
Selling price               83% of par      92% of par
Sales price              $40,238,842   $60,776,022  $101,014,864
Relative sizes                40%          60%
Coupon rate of first bond       0.05         0.06
Weighted average cost of bonds 0.02 Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 0.036
Before-tax cost of bonds = 0.056
After-tax cost of bonds = 0.056 * (1 - 0.26) = 0.04144 = 4.1440%
Maturity period           10 years       20 years