Tucker Corporation Is Planning to Issue New 20-Year Bonds

question 67

Multiple Choice

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

• A)Because of the call premium, the required rate of return would decline.
• B)There is no reason to expect a change in the required rate of return.
• C)The required rate of return would decline because the bond would then be less risky to a bondholder.
• D)The required rate of return would increase because the bond would then be more risky to a bondholder.

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