Ranger Inc

question 6

Multiple Choice

Ranger Inc.would like to issue new 20-year bonds.Initially, the plan was to make the bonds non-callable.If the bonds were made callable after 5 years at a 5% call premium, how would this affect their required rate of return?

• A) There is no reason to expect a change in the required rate of return.
• B) The required rate of return would decline because the bond would then be less risky to a bondholder.
• C) The required rate of return would increase because the bond would then be more risky to a bondholder.
• D) It is impossible to say without more information.
• E) Because of the call premium, the required rate of return would decline.

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