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please answer all parts perfectly. Question 1 [30 Total Marks] Asados is an Argentinian manufacturer with operations in the UK, famous for its barbeque grills.

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Question 1 [30 Total Marks] Asados is an Argentinian manufacturer with operations in the UK, famous for its barbeque grills. Asados considers developing a new grill named Fuego, which is better suited to the barbequing style of British customers. The company commissioned a feasibility study from a consulting firm at a cost of 80,000. The projected revenues and costs associated with launching the new grill Fuego are as follows: 1. Asados will be selling 55,000 grills per year at a price of 215 per grill during four years. Asados's will be discontinuing Fuego at the end of the 4th year. The cost is 80 per grill. The new grill is aimed at a different market niche than the products the company currently offers, such that no cannibalisation is expected to occur. 2. They estimate an annual Selling and Marketing overhead cost of 3,300,000 to market the product in the British market. 3. Asados needs to make an initial investment of 6,000,000 in a new machine in year 0. The new machine has no recovery (salvage) value and fully depreciates by 25% per year for 4 years (hint: the problem starts in year 0 with the investment in the machine, sales start in year 1 and end in year 4). 4. The machine will be installed in an existing industrial estate owned by the firm, that could be otherwise rented out by 500,000 per year in case the company chooses not to undertake Fuego project. 5. Working capital requirements: Asados estimates that customers pay on average within 55 days, whereas Asados can pay back their suppliers within 55 days too. They do not anticipate any cash nor inventory requirements. (Hint: Working capital will be required in year 1 and will be recovered later in year 4). 6. Asados intends to finance the project fully with equity (raised in the UK). The CAPM estimation of Asado's stock Beta is Bi = 1.50, with a standard error equal to se(B1) = 0.15. The risk-free rate is 5%, whereas the market premium is 8%. 7. The corporate tax rate is 35%. (a) Based on the estimation of the project's Net Present Value (NPV), provide a recommendation to Asado's management as to whether this investment should be accepted or rejected. Justify your answer. [20 Marks] Page 2 of 8 Next Page a (b) Conduct a sensitivity check on the project's NPV by estimating a 95% confidence interval for Asados' cost of equity capital (hint: the critical t-value for a 95% confidence level is 1.96). [5 Marks] (C) Suppose the UK economy is hit by a crisis and the market premium increases from 8% to 13%. Considering that the Internal Rate of Return (IRR) of this project is 28% and based on your answers for parts (a) and (b) of the question, would you revise the recommendation you made as to whether the project should be accepted or rejected? Justify your answer. [5 Marks]

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