1.

Problem 13-17 Preferred Stock and WACC

The Saunders Investment Bank has the following financing outstanding.

Debt:	80,000 bonds with a coupon rate of 11 percent and a current price quote of 112.0; the bonds have 20 years to maturity. 250,000 zero coupon bonds with a price quote of 19.5 and 30 years until maturity.
Preferred stock:	170,000 shares of 9 percent preferred stock with a current price of $74, and a par value of $100.
Common stock:	2,800,000 shares of common stock; the current price is $60, and the beta of the stock is 1.25.
Market:	The corporate tax rate is 40 percent, the market risk premium is 7 percent, and the risk-free rate is 4 percent.

What is the WACC for the company? (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your final answer to 2 decimal places. (e.g., 32.16))

WACC

%

2.

Problem 13-20 Firm Valuation

Schultz Industries is considering the purchase of Arras Manufacturing. Arras is currently a supplier for Schultz, and the acquisition would allow Schultz to better control its material supply. The current cash flow from assets for Arras is $7.4 million. The cash flows are expected to grow at 9 percent for the next five years before leveling off to 6 percent for the indefinite future. The cost of capital for Schultz and Arras is 13 percent and 11 percent, respectively. Arras currently has 3 million shares of stock outstanding and $25 million in debt outstanding.

What is the maximum price per share Schultz should pay for Arras? (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your final answer to 2 decimal places. (e.g., 32.16))

Price per share	$

3.

Problem 13-24 Project Evaluation

Suppose you have been hired as a financial consultant to Defense Electronics, Inc. (DEI), a large, publicly traded firm that is the market share leader in radar detection systems (RDSs). The company is looking at setting up a manufacturing plant overseas to produce a new line of RDSs. This will be a five-year project. The company bought some land three years ago for $4 million in anticipation of using it as a toxic dump site for waste chemicals, but it built a piping system to safely discard the chemicals instead. The land was appraised last week for $4.8 million. In five years, the aftertax value of the land will be $5.2 million, but the company expects to keep the land for a future project. The company wants to build its new manufacturing plant on this land; the plant and equipment will cost $31.6 million to build. The following market data on DEIs securities is current:

Debt:	225,000 7.2 percent coupon bonds outstanding, 25 years to maturity, selling for 108 percent of par; the bonds have a $1,000 par value each and make semiannual payments.
Common stock:	8,300,000 shares outstanding, selling for $70.50 per share; the beta is 1.1.
Preferred stock:	445,000 shares of 5 percent preferred stock outstanding, selling for $80.50 per share and and having a par value of $100.
Market:	7 percent expected market risk premium; 5 percent risk-free rate.

DEI uses G.M. Wharton as its lead underwriter. Wharton charges DEI spreads of 8 percent on new common stock issues, 6 percent on new preferred stock issues, and 4 percent on new debt issues. Wharton has included all direct and indirect issuance costs (along with its profit) in setting these spreads. Wharton has recommended to DEI that it raise the funds needed to build the plant by issuing new shares of common stock. DEIs tax rate is 35 percent. The project requires $1,175,000 in initial net working capital investment to get operational. Assume Wharton raises all equity for new projects externally.

a.

Calculate the projects initial Time 0 cash flow, taking into account all side effects. Assume that the net working capital will not require floatation costs. (Negative amount should be indicated by a minus sign. Do not round intermediate calculations. Enter your answer in dollars, not millions of dollars, i.e. 1,234,567.)

Cash flow

$

b.

The new RDS project is somewhat riskier than a typical project for DEI, primarily because the plant is being located overseas. Management has told you to use an adjustment factor of 2 percent to account for this increased riskiness. Calculate the appropriate discount rate to use when evaluating DEIs project. (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your final answer to 2 decimal places. (e.g., 32.16))

Discount rate

%

c.

The manufacturing plant has an eight-year tax life, and DEI uses straight-line depreciation. At the end of the project (that is, the end of year 5), the plant and equipment can be scrapped for $4.0 million. What is the aftertax salvage value of this plant and equipment? (Do not round intermediate calculations.Enter your answer in dollars, not millions of dollars, i.e. 1,234,567.)

Aftertax salvage value

$

d.

The company will incur $6,300,000 in annual fixed costs. The plan is to manufacture 14,500 RDSs per year and sell them at $10,550 per machine; the variable production costs are $9,150 per RDS. What is the annual operating cash flow (OCF) from this project? (Do not round intermediate calculations.Enter your answer in dollars, not millions of dollars, i.e. 1,234,567.)

Operating cash flow

$

e.	DEIs comptroller is primarily interested in the impact of DEIs investments on the bottom line of reported accounting statements. What will you tell her is the accounting break-even quantity of RDSs sold for this project? (Do not round intermediate calculations.)

Break-even quantity

units

f.

Finally, DEIs president wants you to throw all your calculations, assumptions, and everything else into the report for the chief financial officer; all he wants to know is what the RDS projects internal rate of return (IRR) and net present value (NPV) are. (Enter your NPV answer in dollars, not millions of dollars, i.e. 1,234,567. Do not round intermediate calculations and round your final answers to 2 decimal places. (e.g., 32.16))

IRR	%
NPV	$