Perpetual Preferred Stock from Franklin Inc

question 59

Multiple Choice

Perpetual preferred stock from Franklin Inc.sells for $97.50 per share, and it pays an $8.50 annual dividend.If the company were to sell a new preferred issue, it would incur a flotation cost of 4.00% of the price paid by investors.What is the company's cost of preferred stock for use in calculating the WACC?

• A) 8.72%
• B) 9.08%
• C) 9.44%
• D) 9.82%
• E) 10.22%

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