A U.S. bank enters into a plain vanilla currency swap with a notional principal of US$500 million (GBP￡300 million). At each settlement date, the U.S. bank” pays a fixed rate of 4.5 percent on the British pounds received and the British bank pays a variable rate equal to LIBOR on the U.S. dollars received. Given the following information, what payment is made to whom at the end of year 2?

The U.S. bank pays:

A.US$13.50 million and the British bank pays 25.00 million.

B.￡13.50 million and the British bank pays US$25.00 million.

C.￡13.50 million and the British bank pays US$22.50 million.