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Company A acquires Company B in an all-cash deal for $1,000M. To fund this, Company A uses $200M of its own cash and issues $800M in new debt at a 5.0% pre-tax interest rate. Company A's marginal tax rate is 40%.

What is the annual after-tax cost of this acquisition to Company A, excluding the target's earnings?

  1. $24M
  2. $50M
  3. $30M
  4. $40M

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