The Imaginary Products Co. currently has debt with a market value of $225 millio

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The Imaginary Products Co. currently has debt with a market value of $225 million outstanding. The debt consists of 9 percent coupon bonds (semiannual coupon payments) which have a maturity of 15 years and are currently priced at $1,291.67 per bond. The firm also has an issue of 2 million preferred shares outstanding with a market price of $12. The preferred shares pay an annual dividend of $1.20. Imaginary also has 14 million shares of common stock outstanding with a price of $20.00 per share. The firm is expected to pay a $2.20 common dividend one year from today, and that dividend is expected to increase by 6 percent per year forever. If Imaginary is subject to a 40 percent marginal tax rate, then what is the firm’s weighted average cost of capital?

Calculate the Weights for debt, common equity, and preferred equity. (Round intermediate calculations to 4 decimal places, e.g. 1.2514 and final answer to 2 decimal places, e.g. 15.25%.)

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Market value Weights Common stock $                   280,000,000 52.93% 14000000*20 Debt $                   225,000,000 42.53% Preferred stock $                     24,000,000 4.54% 2000000*12 Total $                   529,000,000 100.00%

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