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Thursday, 24 May 2012

Holiday Brands issued $30.8 million of 6.4%, 27year bonds for $27.5 million. What is the amount of interest that Holiday will pay semiannually to bondholders?


Holiday Brands issued $30.8 million of 6.4%, 27year
bonds for $27.5 million.
What is the amount of interest that Holiday will pay semiannually to bondholders? (Enter your answer in
dollars not in millions. Omit the "$" sign in your response.)
Interest paid $ 985,600
Explanation:
$30,800,000 × 6.4% × 6/12 = $985,600

A company issued 8%, 10year
bonds with a face amount of $83 million. The market yield for bonds of
similar risk and maturity is 9%. Interest is paid semiannually.
Use (Table 2) and (Table 4)
At what price did the bonds sell? (Enter your answer in dollars not in millions. Round "PV Factor" to
5 decimal places and final answer to the nearest dollar amount. Omit the "$" sign in your
response.)
Price of the bonds $ 77,601,481 ± 0.01%
Explanation:
Interest $ 3,320,000 ¥ × 13.00794* = $ 43,186,361
Principal $ 83,000,000 × .41464** = 34,415,120
Present value (price) of the bonds $ 77,601,481
¥ [8 ÷ 2] % × $83,000,000
* present value of an ordinary annuity of $1: n = 20, i = 4.5%. (Table 4)
** present value of $1: n = 20, i = 4.5%. (Table 2)

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