Answer: Relevant cost of new preferred stock = 10.53%
Explanation:
Given:
Dividend = $4.00 per share
Selling for = $40 per share.
Flotation costs = 5% of the selling price.
Marginal tax rate is 30%.
We can compute the cost of new preferred stocks using the following formula:
[tex]Relevant\ cost\ of\ new\ preferred\ stock =\frac{ Dividend}{Current\ price\ after\ flotation\ Cost}[/tex]
[tex]Relevant\ cost\ of\ new\ preferred\ stock =\frac{4}{40-(0.05\times40)}[/tex]
∴ Relevant cost of new preferred stock = 10.53%
Therefore, the correct option is (d)