After you get yourself familiar with this Mini Case and finish reading all the reading assignments for this week you should write a paper not to exceed five pages in length, using 12-point font, and utilizing the provided Week 05 Mini Case 02 Template (Word) and an Excel Spreadsheet to prepare the report that the Mini Case requires.

NOTE: In order to receive full credit, you should create an Excel spreadsheet to perform the necessary calculation involved in this case analysis. The questions to be answered are:

1. Using the current exchange rates and the unconsolidated balance sheets for Sundance and its affiliates, prepare a consolidated balance sheet for the MNE according to FASB52.
2. a) Prepare a translation exposure report for Sundance Sporting Goods, Inc., and its two affiliates. b) Using the translation exposure report you have prepared, determine if any reporting currency imbalance will result from a change in exchange rates to which the firm has currency exposure. Your forecast is that exchange rates will change from $1.00 = CD1.25 = Ps3.30 = A1.00 = YEN 105 = W800 to $1.00 = CD1.30 = Ps3.30 = A1.03 = YEN105 = W800.
3. Prepare a second consolidated balance sheet for the MNE using the exchange rates you expect in the future. Determine how any reporting currency imbalance will affect the new consolidated balance sheet for the MNE.
4. a) Prepare a transaction exposure report for Sundance and its affiliates. Determine if any transactions exposures are also translation exposures. b) Investigate what Sundance and its affiliates can do to control its transaction and translation exposures. Determine if any of the translation exposure should be hedged.

NOTE: In order to receive full credit you must use the provided template to write a sensible report for this Mini Case. Your report should address all the questions in this Mini Case and be based on the calculations you performed for this case in your Excel Spreadsheet.

Sundance Sporting Goods Inc. Sundance Sporting Goods Inc. is a U.S. manufacturer of high-quality sporting goods-principally golf, tennis, and other racquet equipment, and also lawn sports, such as croquet and badminton-with administrative offices and manufacturing facilities in Chicago, Illinois. Sundance has two wholly owned manufacturing affiliates, one in Mexico and the other in Canada. The Mexican affiliate is located in Mexico City and services all of Latin America. The Canadian affiliate is in Toronto and serves only Canada. Each affiliate keeps its books in its local currency, which is also the functional currency for the affiliate. The current exchange rates are: $1.00= CD1.25 = Ps3.30 = A1.00 = 105 = W800. The nonconsolidated balance sheets for Sundance and its two affiliates appear in the accompanying table. You joined the International Treasury division of Sundance six months ago after spending the last two years receiving your MBA degree. The corporate treasurer has asked you to prepare a report analyzing all aspects of the translation exposure faced by Sundance as an MNC. She has also asked you to address in your analysis the relationship between the firm's translation exposure and its transaction exposure. After performing a forecast of future spot rates of exchange, you decide that you must do the following before any sensible report can be written. a. Using the current exchange rates and the nonconsolidated balance sheets for Sundance and its affiliates, prepare a consolidated balance sheet for the MNC according to FASB 52 . i. Prepare a translation exposure report for Sundance Sporting Goods Inc. and its two affiliates. ii. Using the translation exposure report you have prepared, determine if any reporting currency imbalance will result from a change in exchange rates to which the firm has currency exposure. Your forecast is that exchange rates will change from $1.00= CD1.25 = Ps3.30 = A1.00 = 105= W800 to $1.00= CD1.30 = Ps3.30 = A1.03= 105= W800. c. Prepare a second consolidated balance sheet for the MNC using the exchange rates you expect in the future. Determine how any reporting currency imbalance will affect the new consolidated balance sheet for the MNC. d. Please complete the following i. Prepare a transaction exposure report for Sundance and its affiliates. Determine if any transaction exposures are also translation exposures. ii. Investigate what Sundance and its affiliates can do to control its transaction and translation exposures. Determine if any of the translation exposure should be hedged. Nonconsolidated Balance Sheet for Sundance Sporting Goods, Inc. and Its Mexican and Canadian Affiliates, December 31, 2019 (in 000 currencv units) aThe parent firm is owed Ps1,320,000 by the Mexican affiliate. This sum is included in the parent's accounts receivable as $400,000, translated at Ps3.30/ $1.00. The remainder of the parent's (Mexican affiliate's) accounts receivable (payable) is denominated in dollars (pesos). b The Mexican affiliate is wholly owned by the parent firm. It is carried on the parent firm's books at $2,400,000. This represents the sum of the common stock (Ps4,500,000) and retained earnings (Ps3,420,000) on the Mexican affiliate's books, translated at Ps3.30/\$1.00. 'The Canadian affiliate is wholly owned by the parent firm. It is carried on the parent firm's books at $3,600,000. This represents the sum of the common stock (CD2,900,000) and the retained earnings (CD1,600,000) on the Canadian affiliate's books, translated at CD1.25/\$1.00. d The parent firm has outstanding notes payable of 126,000,000 due a Japanese bank. This sum is carried on the parent firms books as $1,200,000, translated at 105/$1.00. Other notes payable are denominated in U.S. dollars. 'The Mexican affiliate has sold on account A120,000 of merchandise to an Argentine import house. This sum is carried on the Mexican affiliate's books as Ps396,000, translated at A1.00/Ps3.30. Other accounts receivable are denominated in Mexican pesos. f The Canadian affiliate has sold on account W192,000,000 of merchandise to a Korean importer. This sum is carried on the Canadian affiliate's books as CD300,000, translated at W800/CD1.25. Other accounts receivable are denominated in Canadian dollars. Sundance Sporting Goods Inc. Sundance Sporting Goods Inc. is a U.S. manufacturer of high-quality sporting goods-principally golf, tennis, and other racquet equipment, and also lawn sports, such as croquet and badminton-with administrative offices and manufacturing facilities in Chicago, Illinois. Sundance has two wholly owned manufacturing affiliates, one in Mexico and the other in Canada. The Mexican affiliate is located in Mexico City and services all of Latin America. The Canadian affiliate is in Toronto and serves only Canada. Each affiliate keeps its books in its local currency, which is also the functional currency for the affiliate. The current exchange rates are: $1.00= CD1.25 = Ps3.30 = A1.00 = 105 = W800. The nonconsolidated balance sheets for Sundance and its two affiliates appear in the accompanying table. You joined the International Treasury division of Sundance six months ago after spending the last two years receiving your MBA degree. The corporate treasurer has asked you to prepare a report analyzing all aspects of the translation exposure faced by Sundance as an MNC. She has also asked you to address in your analysis the relationship between the firm's translation exposure and its transaction exposure. After performing a forecast of future spot rates of exchange, you decide that you must do the following before any sensible report can be written. a. Using the current exchange rates and the nonconsolidated balance sheets for Sundance and its affiliates, prepare a consolidated balance sheet for the MNC according to FASB 52 . i. Prepare a translation exposure report for Sundance Sporting Goods Inc. and its two affiliates. ii. Using the translation exposure report you have prepared, determine if any reporting currency imbalance will result from a change in exchange rates to which the firm has currency exposure. Your forecast is that exchange rates will change from $1.00= CD1.25 = Ps3.30 = A1.00 = 105= W800 to $1.00= CD1.30 = Ps3.30 = A1.03= 105= W800. c. Prepare a second consolidated balance sheet for the MNC using the exchange rates you expect in the future. Determine how any reporting currency imbalance will affect the new consolidated balance sheet for the MNC. d. Please complete the following i. Prepare a transaction exposure report for Sundance and its affiliates. Determine if any transaction exposures are also translation exposures. ii. Investigate what Sundance and its affiliates can do to control its transaction and translation exposures. Determine if any of the translation exposure should be hedged. Nonconsolidated Balance Sheet for Sundance Sporting Goods, Inc. and Its Mexican and Canadian Affiliates, December 31, 2019 (in 000 currencv units) aThe parent firm is owed Ps1,320,000 by the Mexican affiliate. This sum is included in the parent's accounts receivable as $400,000, translated at Ps3.30/ $1.00. The remainder of the parent's (Mexican affiliate's) accounts receivable (payable) is denominated in dollars (pesos). b The Mexican affiliate is wholly owned by the parent firm. It is carried on the parent firm's books at $2,400,000. This represents the sum of the common stock (Ps4,500,000) and retained earnings (Ps3,420,000) on the Mexican affiliate's books, translated at Ps3.30/\$1.00. 'The Canadian affiliate is wholly owned by the parent firm. It is carried on the parent firm's books at $3,600,000. This represents the sum of the common stock (CD2,900,000) and the retained earnings (CD1,600,000) on the Canadian affiliate's books, translated at CD1.25/\$1.00. d The parent firm has outstanding notes payable of 126,000,000 due a Japanese bank. This sum is carried on the parent firms books as $1,200,000, translated at 105/$1.00. Other notes payable are denominated in U.S. dollars. 'The Mexican affiliate has sold on account A120,000 of merchandise to an Argentine import house. This sum is carried on the Mexican affiliate's books as Ps396,000, translated at A1.00/Ps3.30. Other accounts receivable are denominated in Mexican pesos. f The Canadian affiliate has sold on account W192,000,000 of merchandise to a Korean importer. This sum is carried on the Canadian affiliate's books as CD300,000, translated at W800/CD1.25. Other accounts receivable are denominated in Canadian dollars