A Company Issues 6%, 5 Year Bonds with a Par

Essay

A company issues 6%, 5 year bonds with a par value of $800,000 and semiannual interest payments. On the issue date, the annual market rate of interest is 8%. Compute the issue (selling) price of the bonds. The following information is taken from present value tables:
Present value of an annuity for 10 periods at 3% 8.5302 Present value of an annuity for 10 periods at 4% 8.1109 Present value of 1 due in 10 periods at 3%................... 0.7441
Present value of 1 due in 10 periods at 4% 0.6756