As the Financial Manager of Technodrone Ltd, you are requested by the Board of Directors to evaluate the investment opportunities for the business and analyse financing via a bond issue. The company has the following information,

Capital Structure:

The company is currently funded for each source of capital and relevant specific cost of capital are as follows:

Type of Financing	Market Value	Specific cost
Debt (Long Term)	$2,500,000	7.5%
Ordinary Share Capital	$1,500,000	11.0%
Preference Share Capital	$ 350,000	12.0%

Note the company tax rate is 30%

Proposed Capital Investment Project

The proposed planned expansion into new markets would require manufacturing plants being set up in various states, in this regard the production team are attempting to select the better of two mutually exclusive projects. The initial investment and after-tax cash inflows associated with these projects are shown in the following table:

Cash flows	Project X	Project Y
Initial investment (CF 0)	$300,000	$200,000
Cash inflows (CFt), t1 to 5	$60,000	$ 70,000

Proposed Bond issue and valuation

The planned expansion into new markets in the next financial year, would require considerable cash, in this regard the company is planning to issue 5 year bonds with a face value of $1,000 and coupon rate of 8%. The going market rate for such bonds are 6%. Assume that coupon payments will be annual and the company needs to raise $300,000.

You are required to:

1) Calculate the companys Weighted Average Cost of Capital (WACC) and explain how the firm can use this cost in the investment decision-making process. (5 Marks)

2) Calculate the price and number of bonds to be issued to achieve the necessary investment ($300,000) in the projects. (10 marks)

3) Calculate the following for the capital investment projects X & Y( total 15 marks):

Calculate the net present value (NPV) of each project.