A company is considering, raising Rs. 100 lakh by one of the two alternative methods viz; 14 per cent institutional term loan and 13% non-convertible debentures. The term loan portion would attract no major incidental cost. The debentures would have to be issued at a discount of 2.5% and would involve Rs. 1,00,000 as cost of issue. Advise the company as to the better option based on the effective cost of capital in each case. Assume a tax rate of 35%.
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