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Robbins Petroleum Company is six years in arrears on cumulative
preferred stock dividends. There are 770,000 preferred shares
outstanding, and the annual dividend is $9.50 per share. The
Vice-President of Finance sees no real hope of paying the dividends
in arrears. She is devising a plan to compensate the preferred
stockholders for 80 percent of the dividends in arrears.
a. How much should the compensation be?
(Do not round intermediate calculations. Input your answer
in dollars, not millions (e.g. $1,234,000).)
b. Robbins will compensate the preferred
stockholders in the form of bonds paying 12 percent interest in a
market environment in which the going rate of interest is 14
percent for similar bonds. The bonds will have a 15-year maturity.
Using the bond valuation Table 16-2, indicate the market value of a
$1,000 par value bond. (Round your answer to the nearest
whole number.)
c. Based on market value, how many bonds must be
issued to provide the compensation determined in part a?
(Do not round intermediate calculations and round your
answer to the nearest whole number.)
(a)-Amount of compensation to the preferred stockholders
Compensation = [Number of Preferred Stock x Dividend per share x Number of arrear years] x Percentage of Payment
= [770,000 Shares x $9.50 per share x 6 Years] x 80%
= $43,890,000 x 80%
= $35,112,000
“The Amount of compensation to the preferred stockholders would be $35,112,000”
(2)-Market value of a $1,000 par value bond
The Market Price of the Bond is the Present Value of the Coupon Payments plus the Present Value of the face Value
Face Value of the bond = $1,000
Annual Coupon Amount = $120 [$1,000 x 12%]
Annual Yield to Maturity = 14%
Maturity Period = 15 Years
The Market Price of the Bond = Present Value of the Coupon Payments + Present Value of the face Value
= $120[PVIFA 14%, 15 Years] + $1,000[PVIF 14%, 15 Years]
= [$120 x 6.14217] + [$1,000 x .14010]
= $737 + $140
= $877 per Bond
“The Bond Value = $877 per Bond”
NOTE
-The formula for calculating the Present Value Annuity Inflow Factor (PVIFA) is [{1 - (1 / (1 + r)n} / r], where “r” is the Yield to Maturity of the Bond and “n” is the number of maturity periods of the Bond.
-The formula for calculating the Present Value Inflow Factor (PVIF) is [1 / (1 + r)n], where “r” is the Yield to Maturity of the Bond and “n” is the number of maturity periods of the Bond.
(c)-Bonds Issued
Bonds Issued = The Amount of Compensation x Bond Value
= $35,112,000 / $877 per Bond
= 40,036 Bonds
“Bonds Issued = 40,036 Bonds”