Company X Wants to Borrow $10,000,000 Floating for 5 Years;

Multiple Choice

Company X wants to borrow $10,000,000 floating for 5 years; company Y wants to borrow $10,000,000 fixed for 5 years.Their external borrowing opportunities are shown below: $$\begin{array} { l l l } & \begin{array} { l } \text { Fixed-Rate Borrowing } \\\text { Cost }\end{array} & \begin{array} { l } \text { Floating-Rate Borrowing } \\\text { Cost }\end{array} \\\hline \text { Company X } & 10 \% & \text { LIBOR } \\\text { Company Y } & 12 \% & \text { LIBOR } + 1.5 \%\end{array}$$ A swap bank is involved and quotes the following rates five-year dollar interest rate swaps at 10.05%-10.45% against LIBOR flat. Assume company Y has agreed,but company X will only agree to the swap if the bank offers better terms.
What are the absolute best terms the bank can offer X,given that it already booked Y?

A) 10.45%-10.45% against LIBOR flat.
B) 10.45%-10.05% against LIBOR flat.
C) 10.50%-10.50% against LIBOR flat
D) none of the above