Part a

Alessandro Florenzi Company (AFC) is considering a project to purchase a new equipment. The equipment would be depreciated by the straight-line method over its 3-year life and would have a zero-salvage value. The project requires investment of $6,000 today on net working capital, which will be recovered at the end of the third year when project is closed. Revenues and other operating costs are expected to be constant over the project's 3-year life. However, this project would compete with other company’s products and would reduce their pre-tax annual cash flows. The company can sell the equipment at the end of third year to generate $10,000 after tax cash flow. What is the project's MIRR?

Other information relevant to this project:

WACC                                                                                                                             11.0%

Pre-tax cash flow reduction for other products                                                                            -$5,000

Investment cost (depreciable basis)                                                                                $80,000

Straight-line deprec. rate                                                                                               33.333%

Sales revenues, each year for 3 years                                                                             $67,500

Annual operating costs (excl. depreciation.)                                                                   -$25,000

Tax rate                                                                                                                           35.0%

Part b

You were hired as a consultant to Cerci Corporation, whose target capital structure is 40% debt, 15% preferred, and 45% common equity. The after-tax cost of debt is 6.00%, the cost of preferred is 7.50%, and the cost of retained earnings is 12.75%. The firm will not be issuing any new stock. What is its WACC?

Part c

Suppose one year ago, Mazzola Company had inventory in Britain valued at 240,000 pounds. The exchange rate for dollars to pounds was 1£ = 2 U.S. dollars. This year the exchange rate is 1£ = 1.82 U.S. dollars. The inventory in Britain is still valued at 240,000 pounds. What does the U.S. dollar gain or loss in inventory value because of the change in exchange rates?

Part d

Borinni Inc. paid a $2.37 dividend recently, the dividend is expected to grow at a constant rate of 5.50% a year, and the common stock currently sells for $52.50 a share. The before-tax cost of debt is 7.50%, and the tax rate is 40%. The target capital structure consists of 45% debt and 55% common equity. What is the company’s WACC if all the equity used is from retained earnings?