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HMK Enterprises would like to raise $10 million to invest in capital expenditures. The company plans to issue five-year bonds with a face value of $1000 and a coupon rate of 6.5% (annual payments). The following table summarizes the yield to maturity for five-year (annual-pay) coupon corporate bonds of various ratings:
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 Assuming the bonds will be rated AA, what will the price of the bonds be?  | 
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 How much total principal amount of these bonds must HMK issue to raise $10 million today, assuming the bonds are AA rated? (Because HMK cannot issue a fraction of a bond, assume that all fractions are rounded to the nearest whole number.)  | 
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 c.  | 
 What must the rating of the bonds be for them to sell at par?  | 
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 Suppose that when the bonds are issued, the price of each bond is $959.54. What is the likely rating of the bonds? Are they junk bonds?  | 
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 Amount needed  | 
 1,008.36  | 
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 Maturity  | 
 9917.13  | 
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 Face value  | 
 9,918.00  | 
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 Coupon rate  | 
 6.50%  | 
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