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O'Brien Ltd.'s outstanding bonds have a $1,000 par value, and they mature in 20 years. Their nominal yield to maturity is 8.75%, they pay interest semiannually, and they sell at a price of $875. What is the bond's nominal (annual) coupon interest rate? Enter your answer rounded to two decimal places. Do not enter % in the answer box. For example, if your answer is 0.12345 or 12.345% then enter as 12.35 in the answer box.
Information provided:
Par value= future value= $1,000
Time= 20 years*2= 40 semi-annual periods
Yield to maturity= 8.75%/2= 4.3750% per semi-annual period
Current price= present value= $875
The question is solved by first calculating the coupon payment.
Enter the below in a financial calculator to compute the coupon payment:
FV= 1,000
N= 40
I/Y= 4.3750
PV= -875
Press the CPT key and PMT to calculate the coupon payment.
The value obtained is 37.0779.
The annual coupon payment is $37.0779*2= $74.1557.
Annual coupon rate= Annual coupon payment/ Par value
= $74.1557/ $1,000
= 0.0742*100
= 7.4156.
Therefore, the annual coupon rate is 7.4156.
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