2. How should private equity firms value cross-border acquisitions? (B) Referring to background information provided in problem

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2. How should private equity firms value cross-border acquisitions? (B) Referring to background information provided in problem 1 assume that Ulysses did purchase Salgacoar’s shipping business at a P/E multiple of 10 for cash, that Salgacoar’s shipping business will grow its earnings at the annual rate of 2.50 percent, and that all earnings are paid as dividends, at what exit price will Ulysses have to sell Salgacoar in five years to guarantee to its investor a rate of return of 25 percent? The current exchange rate stands at US$1 = INR 50, and the INR is expected to depreciate at an annual rate of 1.25 percent over the next five years.

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