Sheffield inc. manufactures cycling equipment. recently, the vice president of operations of the company has requested construction of a new plant to meet the increasing demand for the company’s bikes. after a careful evaluation of the request, the board of directors has decided to raise funds for the new plant by issuing $3,294,900 of 12% term corporate bonds on march 1, 2020, due on march 1, 2035, with interest payable each march 1 and september 1, with the first interest payment on september 1st, 2020. at the time of issuance, the market interest rate for similar financial instruments is 10%. what is the selling price of the bonds?

Which of the following statements is correct? stockholders should generally be happier than bondholders to have managers invest in risky projects with high potential returns as opposed to safe projects with lower expected returns. potential conflicts between stockholders and bondholders are increased if a firm's bonds are convertible into its common stock. takeovers are most likely to be attempted if the target firm’s stock price is above its intrinsic value. one advantage of operating a business as a corporation is that stockholders can deduct their pro rata share of the taxes the firm pays, thereby eliminating the double taxation investors would face in a partnership.