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Companies M and N have been offered the following rates per annum on a $100 million eight-year loan:
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Fixed Rate Variable Rate
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Company M 14% LIBOR + 1%
Company N 18% LIBOR + 2%
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Company M requires a floating-rate loan; Company N requires a fixed-rate loan. A bank, acting as intermediary, will charge 1% per annum in a swap.
(a) Calculate net gain from a swap that will appear equally attractive to both companies.
(b) What rates of interest will M and N end up paying after the swap?
(c) Diagrammatically present the swap in a figure.