In: Accounting
Presley Company sells $1,000,000 general obligation bonds for 102. The interest rate on the bonds, paid quarterly, is 5 percent.
a. Calculate the amount that the company will actually receive from the sale of the bonds.
b. Calculate the amount of both the quarterly and the total annual cash interest that the company will be required to pay.
a. | ||||||||||||
Amount received on sale of bond | $ 10,20,000 | |||||||||||
Working: | ||||||||||||
Amount received on sale of bond | = | Par Value * % of par value | ||||||||||
= | $ 10,00,000 | * 102% | ||||||||||
= | $ 10,20,000 | |||||||||||
b. | ||||||||||||
Quarterly coupon interest paid in cash | = | Par Value * Quarterly coupon rate | ||||||||||
= | $ 10,00,000 | * 5% *1/4 | ||||||||||
= | $ 12,500 | |||||||||||
Annual coupon interest paid in cash | = | Quarterly coupon interest paid in cash * Quarters in a year | ||||||||||
= | $ 12,500 | * 4 | ||||||||||
= | $ 50,000 | |||||||||||