Mullet Technologies is considering whether or not to refund a $150 million, 15% coupon, 30-year...
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Mullet Technologies is considering whether or not to refund a $150 million, 15% coupon, 30-year bond issue that was sold 5 years ago. It is amortizing $5 million of flotation costs on the 15% bonds over the issue's 30-year life. Mullet's investment banks have indicated that the company could sell a new 25-year issue at an interest rate of 9% in today's market. Neither they nor Mullet's management anticipate that interest rates will fall below 9% any time soon, but there is a chance that rates will increase.
A call premium of 13% would be required to retire the old bonds, and flotation costs on the new issue would amount to $6 million. Mullet's marginal federal-plus-state tax rate is 40%. The new bonds would be issued 1 month before the old bonds are called, with the proceeds being invested in short-term government securities returning 4% annually during the interim period.
The data has been collected in the Microsoft Excel Online file below. Open the spreadsheet and perform the required analysis to answer the question below.
Conduct a complete bond refunding analysis. What is the bond refunding's NPV? Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to the nearest dollar.
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