Ajax Warehouse Ltd. has asked you to calculate their weighted average cost of capital (WACC) based on the following data:

Common shares: 100,000 shares currently outstanding with a market price of $32.50 per share. A dividend of $2.00 per share was paid last year, and dividends are expected to grow at a rate of 4% for the foreseeable future.

Preferred shares: Ajax has $2,625,000 in 7.5% preferred shares outstanding. It is expected that any new preferred shares would be priced to yield a return of 10%.

Bonds: There is currently $1,500,000 in 5.0% bonds outstanding, maturing in 10 years. Interest is paid semi-annually. Similar bonds are trading to yield 6.0%.

Ajax has an effective corporate tax rate of 30%; and a target capital structure of 40% common equity, 10% preferred and the balance in debt.

Based on this information what is the WACC for Ajax? (Note: use four (4) decimal places for all calculations)

A. 0716                

B. 0840

C. 0726

D. 0816