Atlas Inc. is planning to invest in a four year project which has the same risk as the firm's existing assets and operations. The project requires a 150,000 dollar initial investment and is expected to generate equal annual after-tax cash flows for the next four years. In consultation with investment bankers, Atlas expects to be able to issue new debt at par with a coupon rate of 10% & to issue new preferred stock with a 3 dollar per share dividend at $30 a share. The common stock of the company is currently selling for $25.00 a share. Atlas Inc. expects to pay a dividend of 1 dollar per share next year. Market analysts foresee a growth in dividends in Atlas stock at a rate of 10% per year. Atlas's marginal tax rate is 30%.

[A] If Atlas raises capital using 45% debt, 5 percent preferred stock, and 50 percent common stock, what is its cost of capital?

[B] If Atlas's beta is 1.2, market risk premium is 7.5%, and the risk free rate is 5.0 percent, find out the discount rate the firm should use to evaluate this project?

[C] find out the minimum cash flow per year this project should generate over the next 4 years to be accepted by the company

[D] Atlas is also considering financing this project without issuing preferred stock. The company's optimal debt-to-equity ratio with no preferred stock in its capital structure is 0.25. If the management is expecting annual cash flows of 40,000 dollar, should the company accept this project under this scenario?