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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?
- $48.0 million
- $20.8 million
- $11.2 million
- $32.0 million
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