On January 1, a Company Issues Bonds with a Par

question 12

Essay

On January 1, a company issues bonds with a par value of $300,000. The bonds mature in 5 years and pay 8% annual interest, payable each June 30 and December 31. On the issue date, the market rate of interest for the bonds is 10%. Compute the price of the bonds on their issue date. The following information is taken from present value tables:
$\begin{array}{|l|r|}\hline \text { Present value of an annuity for } 10 \text { periods at } 4 \% & 8.1109 \\\hline \text { Present value of an annuity for } 10 \text { periods at } 5 \% & 7.7217 \\\hline \text { Present value of } 1 \text { for } 10 \text { periods at } 4 \% & 0.6756 \\\hline \text { Present value of } 1 \text { for } 10 \text { periods at } 5 \% & 0.6139 \\\hline\end{array}$

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