Imprudential, Inc., has an unfunded pension liability of $760 million that must

Question

Imprudential, Inc., has an unfunded pension liability of $760 million that must be paid in 25 years. To assess the value of the firm’s stock, financial analysts want to discount this liability back to the present.
  
If the relevant discount rate is 8 percent, what is the present value of this liability? (Enter your answer in dollars, not millions of dollars, e.g., 1,234,567. Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answer to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.)
  
Present value            $

Explanation / Answer

We have

Present Value = Future Value/(1+rate per period)^ no. of periods

= 760 million /(1.08)^25

= 760 million /6.84847519622

= 110,973,607.73

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