Company X Wants to Borrow $10,000,000 Floating for 5 Years;

question 54

Multiple Choice

Company X wants to borrow $10,000,000 floating for 5 years; company Y wants to borrow $10,000,000 fixed for 5 years.Their external borrowing opportunities are shown here: $$\begin{array} { c c c } & \text { Fixed-Rate } & \text { Floating-Rate } \\&\text { Borrowing Cost } & \text { Bortowing Cost } \\\text { Compary X } & 10 \% & \text { LIBOR } \\\text { Compary Y } & 12 \% & \text { LIBOR } + 1.5 \%\end{array}$$ A swap bank proposes the following interest only swap:
Y will pay the swap bank annual payments on $10,000,000 with a fixed rate of rate of 9.90 percent.In exchange the swap bank will pay to company Y interest payments on $10,000,000 at LIBOR ? 0.15 percent; What is the value of this swap to company Y?

• A)Company Y will save 15 basis points per year on $10,000,000 = $15,000 per year.
• B)Company Y will save 45 basis points per year on $10,000,000 = $45,000 per year.
• C)Company Y will save 5 basis points per year on $10,000,000 = $5,000 per year.
• D)Company Y will only break even on the deal.

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