Suppose your company needs to raise $35.4 million and you want to issue 24-year bonds for this purpose. Assume the required return on your bond issue will be 7.9 percent, and you’re evaluating two issue alternatives: a 7.9 percent semiannual coupon bond and a zero coupon bond. Your company’s tax rate is 35 percent.

Requirement 1:

(a) How many of the coupon bonds would you need to issue to raise the $35.4 million? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Enter the whole number for your answer, not millions (e.g., 1,234,567).)

Number of coupon bonds

(b) How many of the zeroes would you need to issue? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Enter the whole number for your answer, not millions (e.g., 1,234,567). Round your answer to 2 decimal places (e.g., 32.16).)

Number of zero coupon bonds

Requirement 2:

(a) In 24 years, what will your company’s repayment be if you issue the coupon bonds? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Enter your answer in dollars, not millions of dollars (e.g., 1,234,567).)

Coupon bonds repayment

(b) What if you issue the zeroes? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Enter your answer in dollars, not millions of dollars (e.g., 1,234,567). Round your answer to the nearest whole dollar amount (e.g., 32).)

Zero coupon bonds repayment

Requirement 3:

Assume that the IRS amortization rules apply for the zero coupon bonds.

Calculate the firm’s aftertax cash outflows for the first year under the two different scenarios. (Do not round intermediate calculations. Input a cash outflow as a negative value and a cash inflow as a positive value. Enter your answers in dollars, not millions of dollars (e.g., 1,234,567). Round your answers to 2 decimal places (e.g., 32.16).)

Coupon bond cash flow

Zero coupon bond cash flow