Clarisse, after consulting with Michael and Hana as well as with FORMS accounting firm, investment bankers, and financial advisors came up with three different methods to finance each possible venture.

For the casual footwear line, the commercial bank FORM Manufacturing has been working with since the business was purchased by Giuseppe in 1933 could make a loan for $3.25 million at a fixed rate of 5% for a term of 10 years with monthly loan payments of $17,447.90. However, there was a prepayment penalty of 2% of the remaining balance of the loan if it were paid off in the first five years.

For financing the athletic shoes line, Clarisse, based upon Hanas recommendation, was considering using a finance company from Chicago. The loan would be for $2.25 million for 10 years at a rate of 6.5% without any prepayment penalties and at a monthly payment of $14,222.43.

The financing for the purchase of the Italian footwear company would be the costliest, more complicated, and, Clarisse felt, have the highest amount of risk. The financing would be done using a split of corporate bonds, preferred stock, and issuing a new class of common stock specifically designated for the purchase.

Fifty percent of the $500 million purchase would be using callable bonds with a coupon interest rate of 5% at a par value of $1,000 per bond and a term of 30 years. The 250,000 issued bonds would pay interest semi-annually and, with FORMs corporate tax rate at 34%, the after-tax interest rate on the issue would be 3.3%. The would have a market price of 103 as a percentage of par.

Twenty-five percent of the purchase price would be financed using non-cumulative preferred stock issued with a par value of $100 per share and paying dividends quarterly at a rate of 10%. The cost of capital for the preferred stock issue would be 7%.

The other 25% of the cash to be raised would come from the sale of a new class of common stock at a projected price of $25.00 per share, not paying dividends for the first five years of the issue, no voting rights, and 5 million shares authorized to be issued. The investment bankers hired by FORM Manufacturing have projected that its ? would be 1.25, higher than Clarisse and Hana wanted it to be. Also, T-bills are currently at a rate of 3%, while the market return rate is 9%. Another piece of the puzzle, and perhaps the most important, are the cash flows each venture could potentially bring to FORM Manufacturing, assuming a 10% discount rate. Hanas staff has come up with the following projected cash flows:

Year	Casual Shoes	Loafers	Eva Union Shoes
1	- $500,000	$850,000	$1,000,000
2	- $400,000	850,000	1,500,000
3	300,000	850,000	2,000,000
4	500,000	850,000	2,500,000
5	800,000	850,000	3,500,000
6	900,000	850,000	4,500,000
7	1,250,000	850,000	5,000,000
8	1,500,000	850,000	5,500,000
9	1,750,000	850,000	6,000,000
10	2,000,000	850,000	6,500,000

While FORM Manufacturing is largely a family-owned company, with the Formo family controlling 51% of the firms voting stock, Clarisse knew he would have to present managements final decision to the board of directors. For Clarisse, there were still questions and concerns that needed to be addressed which he listed in a memo to Hana and requested an answer in one week.

1. What is the net present value (NPV) for each venture? And based on the principle of mutually exclusivity, which venture(s) should be accepted or rejected?

2. What is the internal rate of return (IRR) for each venture? Given that the companys cost of capital is 10%, which venture(s) should be accepted or rejected?

3. What are the Payback Periods for each venture? Which venture(s) should we accept given the companys cutoff period of three (3) years?

4. By using the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM), find the required return on equity for the purchase of Eva Union Shoes.

5. Examine the proposed bond issue to be used in the acquisition of Eva Union Shoes and find its cost of debt using the yield to maturity.

6. Given the weights of the equity portion (both preferred and common stock) and debt in the capital structure for the Eva Union Shoes venture let me know what is FORM's weighted average cost of capital involving the deal.

7. What do you think are the best financial decision rules that should be used in order to make a correct decision for the three possible ventures?

8. Are there any key questions that should be considered?

9. As CFO, which of the three ventures do you think FORM Manufacturing should pursue and why?