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A private equity sponsor uses $400 million of debt and $600 million of equity to acquire a company. The debt has an 8% interest rate.

If the tax rate is 35%, what is the annual after-tax interest cost to the sponsor?

  1. $48.0 million
  2. $20.8 million
  3. $11.2 million
  4. $32.0 million

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