Today Is January 1, 2009

question 17

Multiple Choice

Today is January 1, 2009. The state of Iowa has offered your firm a subsidized loan. It will be in the amount of $10,000,000 at an interest rate of 5% and have ANNUAL (amortizing) payments over 3 years. The first payment is due today and your taxes are due January 1 of each year on the previous year's income. The yield to maturity on your firm's existing debt is 8%. What is the APV of this subsidized loan? If you rounded in your intermediate steps, the answer may be slightly different from what you got. Choose the closest.

• A)-$3,497,224.43
• B)$417,201.05
• C)$840,797
• D)None of the above

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