Question

Preissle Company, wants to sell some 20-year, annual interest, $1,000 par value bonds. Its stock sells for $42 per share, and each bond would have 75 warrants attached to it, each exercisable into one share of stock at an exercise price of $47. The firm's straight bonds yield 10%. Each warrant is expected to have a market value of $2.00 given that the stock sells for $42. What coupon interest rate must the company set on the bonds in order to sell the bonds-with-warrants at par?

Answer 1

Answer:

coupon interest rate that the company must set on the bonds in order to sell the bonds-with-warrants at par is 8.25%.

Explanation:

warrant per share = 2*75 = $150

price of the bond = 1000 - 150 - (1000/(1.05^40))

                             = $707.9543177

coupon*(1 -(1/(1.05^40)))/0.05 = 707.9543177

coupon*17.15908635 = 707.9543177

coupon = 41.25827583

coupon rate = 8.25%

Therefore, coupon interest rate that the company must set on the bonds in order to sell the bonds-with-warrants at par is 8.25%.