Part 2: Cost of Capital As Andrew is expecting to borrow a loan from the bank, he is worried that he may not be the true owner of the snack vending machine business. So, he proposes to value the business using techniques learnt in ACTG103:

(10) Calculate cost of equity. What is the purpose of calculating the cost of equity for Andrew? (1 mark)

(11) Calculate post-tax weighted average cost of capital if tax rate is 30%. Briefly describe the calculation (2 marks)

Part 3: Capital Budgeting Please write a short story-line to make students understand that these are different forms of valuation tools.

(14) Calculate internal rate of return for this project. Briefly describe the calculation (1 mark)

(15) Calculate profitability index for this project. Briefly describe the calculation (1 mark)

Show all the calculations in excel.

Andrew is a current student at SIBT. He is also a budding entrepreneur and while studying has thought of a business idea. He has a project in mind. The project will involve Andrew setting up snack vending machines in SIBT. For this, he plans to buy 20 snack machines. To ensure that his business idea is successful, he has gathered information helpful for him to consider whether the project is viable (i.e. money making): NOTE: Each Group will be provided with different project numbers. Business set up cost: Vending machines cost $12,000 each; Funding for the machine will come from 25% equity contribution by Andrew as a business owner. He will borrow (debt finance) the rest from a bank. Borrowing a business loan to help finance the investment project: St Thomas Bank has read Andrew's business plan and for the loan proposes the following terms and conditions: A 8 year loan with repayment instalments at the end of each year; Interest charged on the loan is fixed at an effective annual interest rate of 6%; To repay the loan, Andrew anticipates that he will be able to use the cash flow generated from the snack vending machine business. According to the Business plan the stream of cash flow from the snack vending project is as follows: $42,000 at the end of year 1; $42,000 at the end of year 2; $42,000 at the end of year 3; $42,000 at the end of year 4; $42,000 at the end of year 5; $42,000 at the end of year 6; $42,000 at the end of year 7; and $42,000 at the end of year 8 . Setting up a business as a small company with ordinary shares. Setting up a business as a small company with ordinary shares. He would like to register the business and incorporate it as a privately owned company through share issue. The following is information relating to this: The business will have outstanding ordinary shares of 10,000 at $6 per share. The market Beta for a business investment of similar type is 1.4; The market risk free rate is 2%; and The expected market risk for similar investments is 10%