Cost of Capital definition

Cost of Capital means the Company’s weighted cost of equity plus its weighted cost of debt, expressed as a percentage, as determined by the Committee in a manner consistent with the Manual.
Cost of Capital means the weighted average of the cost of equity and the after tax cost of debt for the relevant Plan Year. The Cost of Capital will be determined by the Compensation Committee prior to each Plan Year, consistent with the following methodology:
Cost of Capital means the weighted average of the cost of equity and the after tax cost of debt for the relevant Plan Year on a market value basis. The Cost of Capital will be determined (to the nearest tenth of a percent) by the Committee prior to each Plan Year, consistent with the following methodology:a) Cost of Equity = Risk Free Rate + (Business Risk Index X Average Equity Risk Premium)b) Debt Cost of Capital = Debt Yield X (1 - Tax Rate)c) The weighted average of the Cost of Equity and the Debt Cost of Capital is determined by reference to the actual debt-to-capital ratiowhere the Risk Free Rate is the average daily closing yield rate on 10 year U.S. Treasury Bonds for the month of March immediately preceding the relevant Plan Year, the Business Risk Index is determined by using an average of the Beta available in the four (4) most recent Value Line reports on the Company. The Average Equity Risk Premium is 6%, the Debt Yield is the weighted average yield of all borrowing included in the Company’s permanent capital, and the tax rate is the combination of the relevant federal and state income tax rates.

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  • The Cost of Capital Rate shall equal the proposed Weighted Costs of Capital plus Federal Income Taxes and State Income Taxes.


More Definitions of Cost of Capital

Cost of Capital or “Kc” means a percentage determined by dividing (i) the sum of the Cost of Debt and the Cost of Equity for each of the three calendar years within the 2011-2013 Performance Period by (ii) the sum of Average Total Debt and Average Shareholders’ Equity for each of the three calendar years within the 2011-2013 Performance Period. All components of Cost of Capital shall be obtained directly from the audited financial statements of the Company for the applicable year.
Cost of Capital means the Company’s cost of equity plus its cost of debt, expressed as a percentage, as determined by the Committee using a weighted average of the expected return on the Company’s debt and equity capital. Cost of Capital is intended to reflect the rate of return that an investor could earn by choosing another investment with equivalent risk.
Cost of Capital means a charge imposed on an Operating Unit based upon the assets employed by such Operating Unit, as determined by the Chief Executive Officer.
Cost of Capital means the cost of a capital decrease resulting from the establishment of an Interest Maintenance Reserve liability calculated as follows: The product of (i) the average of the amounts of the Interest Maintenance Reserve liability (a) as of the first day of each calendar year (except in the case of the year in which the Coinsurance Effective Date occurs, which shall be as of the last day of the calendar quarter preceding the Coinsurance Effective Date) and (b) as of the last day of each calendar year, multiplied by (ii) an annual, simple interest rate equal to 5% (pro-rated for the year in which the Coinsurance Effective Date occurs) (in this manner, the Cost of Capital is amortized in accordance with the Ceding Company’s Interest Maintenance Reserve amortization schedule as reported in its statutory annual financial statement dated as of and for the period ended December 31, 2008 over a period of ten (10) years).
Cost of Capital means for a fiscal year the weighted average of the after-tax cost of debt and the cost of equity for such year, as determined by the Chief Financial Officer with the concurrence of the Committee.
Cost of Capital means the effective annual interest associated with any Contract for Company Debt, including for the purposes of calculating such annual interest, any interest payments, whether in cash or Securities, origination fees, standby fees, original issue discounts, bonus issuances of Securities, any and all charges and expenses, whether in the form of a fee, fine, penalty, commission or other similar charge or expense or in any other form, paid or payable for the advancing of credit under the Contract, any fee, fine, penalty, commission and other similar charge or expense directly or indirectly incurred under the Contract or any other form of payment, whether in cash or Securities; provided that the value attributed to any New Subordinate Share will be equal to the Fair Market Value of a Purchaser Share at such time multiplied by 0.3048.
Cost of Capital or “C*” means the weighted average of the after tax cost of debt and equity for the year in question. It is calculated as follows: