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Imprudential, Inc., has an unfunded pension liability of $750 million that must be paid in 10 years. To assess the value of the firm’s stock, financial analysts want to discount this liability back to the present.
If the relevant discount rate is 6 percent, what is the present value of this liability?
Here Future value = $ 750 million
Discount rate = r = 6%
n = no of year = 10
Present value = Future value/(1+r)^n
Present value = 750 million / (1+6%)^10
= 750 million / (1+0.06)^10
= 750 million / (1.06)^10
= 750 million / 1.7908
= $ 418.7961 million
Thus present value of the liability = $ 418.80 million