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A corporation decides to issue 15-year bonds in the amount of $10,000,000. Interest payments will be made at the rate of 10% compounded semi-annually. The bonds were priced to yield 8% compounded semi-annually to maturity. What is the price of the bonds?
a. $8,462,755 b. $10,000,000 c. $3,083.187 d. $11,729,203
Correct answer-----------d. $11,729,203
Working
Bonds issue price is calculated by ADDING the: |
Discounted face value of bonds payable at market rate of interest, and |
Discounted Interest payments amount (during the lifetime) at market rate of interest. |
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Annual Rate | Applicable rate | Face Value | $ 10,000,000 | ||
Market Rate | 8.00% | 4.00% | Term (in years) | 15 | |
Coupon Rate | 10.00% | 5.00% | Total no. of interest payments | 30 |
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Calculation of Issue price of Bond | ||||||||
Bond Face Value | Market Interest rate (applicable for period/term) | |||||||
PV of | $ 10,000,000 | at | 4.00% | Interest rate for | 30 | term payments | ||
PV of $1 | 0.30832 | |||||||
PV of | $ 10,000,000 | = | $ 10,000,000 | x | 0.30832 | = | $ 3,083,187 | A |
Interest payable per term | at | 5.00% | on | $ 10,000,000 | ||||
Interest payable per term | $ 500,000 | |||||||
PVAF of 1$ | for | 4.00% | Interest rate for | 30 | term payments | |||
PVAF of 1$ | 17.29203 | |||||||
PV of Interest payments | = | $ 500,000 | x | 17.29203 | = | $ 8,646,017 | B | |
Bond Value (A+B) | $ 11,729,203 |