HLIMA Company aims to increase credit sales by 15%. To achieve this objective, the financial manager is contemplating lengthening its credit period from the existing net 30 terms to net 45 terms. The financial manager asks you to analyze the impacts of the proposed credit change on the shareholder wealth The variable costs, as a percent of sales, account 55%. The existing biannual sales equal $540 million. The existing bad debt loss rate is 3% and will increase by 0.5% after lengthening the credit period. The existing credit & collection expenses equal 2% of sales and those under 45 -day terms will be 225% of sales. The annual company's cost of capitat is presently 12. Under the new credit policy, the firm offers a 2.5k cash discount if cuntomers pay within 10 days. The percent of sales made to cash discount -tabers will be 20k. The firm does not offer acash discount under the existing policy. 1) Calculate the NPV of one day's sales under the existing credit policy. 2) Calculate the NPV of one days sales under the new credit policy. 3) Dovourecommend lengthening the credit period? Wiv? 4). The Alpha's suppliec offers terms of 2/7 net 30 with a late monthly fee of 1.25% You are nawie evaluating vour payables policy. Alpha Inc, has three payment options. The payment could be (i) on or before the cash discount period. (ii) on or betore the end of the credit period but after the cash discount pertiod, or (iii) after the credit period is expired by 5 dass. The invoice price represents the halt of new cales. Calculate the daily NPV for esch altemative What is your recommendations' Explain The financial manager for "LRR" industrial Company would extend the credit terms from "net 30 to " net 45 in order to stimulate credit sales 'LRR' Company also benefits from relaxing of terms from its suppliers from "net 30 to "net 35 : The manager is wondering how to estimate the financial impact of these alternatives would have on the shareholders wealth. The financial manager estimates that the daily sales increase at a growth rate equals 10% following the extension of DSO. You gathered the following information: Purchase amount =40% of sales amount Annual sales amount =$31.025,000 The annual cost of capital =10% Inventory turnover =18.25 1. Calculate the daily NPV of the current terms. (2 points) 2. Calculate the daily NPV of the proposed terms, (2 points) 3. Based on your own calculations, what is you recommendation? Wiy? ( 2 points)