Plastico Pte Ltd is a leading distributor of industrial and household plastic products in Singapore. The current value of the Company is estimated to be $30,000,000. The company is owned by three shareholders who are actively involved in the daily running of the business. Each shareholder has unique core competences resulting in the success of the business. The shareholders had a meeting with their business banker last month, but they would like to seek a second opinion as they find the banker to be too eager to sell each of them a $20,000,000 Universal Life Policy with premium financing at a preferential interest rate of 1.10%. They provided you with some background information, and request that you address their concerns in relation to their business and personal risk management needs at their next Company Board Meeting. The company comprises of three shareholders:

Alex Tan, 55 years old, owns 40% of the company. He is the creative brainchild of the company and is instrumental in product development and design in the company o Alex is married to Annie and they have a 13-year old son, Abel o Intended retirement age: 70

Ben Lim, 45 years old, owns 30% of the company. He has a depth of experience in operations management and plays a critical role in the operations of the company o Ben is married to Brenda and they have a 5-year old daughter, Bernadette o Intended retirement age: 65

Charles Ang, 35 years old, owns 30% of the company. He has the unique ability to connect with people and never fails to clinch deals for the company and maintaining the relationship and goodwill among different stakeholders o Charles is married to Candy and they have no children o Intended retirement age: 65

All three shareholders unanimously agree that their spouse, who are all home makers taking care of the home and children, are incompatible partners in the business as they lack the business acumen and know-how of the trade. They agreed that it will only be fair to everyone that the shares of any partner(s) exiting the business (due to retirement, illness or otherwise) be bought over by the remaining partners for business continuity and stability as well as financial security for the exiting shareholder and his dependants. The shareholders are acting as personal guarantors for two different Term Loans taken by the Company. The creditors are DBS and OCBC, with a total outstanding debt of $20,000,000. The company also have ten trade debtors comprising sole proprietors and partnerships selling their plastic products via e-commerce channel. Due to COVID-19, sales had slowed down, and the shareholders are starting to be uncomfortable with ageing debt from this group of sole proprietors amounting to $10,000,000.

(b) One of the shareholders, Ben, asks you to calculate the amount he needs to provide for his dependants if he dies prematurely today. He would like to provide the following for his surviving dependants:

household expenditure of $100,000 a year for 50 years, assuming an inflation of 3%.

Brenda's tertiary education 13 years later; the current cost of the same program that she will be enrolling costs $200,000 today, with an education inflation rate of 6%.

He does not think that his dependents can invest money successfully and have instructed you to assume 0% investment return to provide for absolute certainty for the needs in cash.