Scenario: You are an angel investor who an entrepreneur has approached to assess an investment opportunity.

An entrepreneur asks for $100,000 to purchase a diagnostic machine for a healthcare facility. The entrepreneur hopes to maintain as much equity in the company as possible . Yet, the angel investor began negotiations saying he wanted the transaction to be financed with 50% debt and 50% equity.

As the angel investor, you assign a cost of equity of 14% and a cost of debt at 10%. Based on Year 1 sales projections, the entrepreneur assures you a return on investment (ROI) of 9%; conceptually, this will cover the first years pretax cost of debt and allow for planned equity growth and refinancing model for Year 2. You will use an after-tax weighted average cost of capital (AT- WACC) model, including the after-tax cost of debt and proportionate costs of debt versus equity. A 32% marginal tax rate is applied.

Address the following checklist items.

Checklist:

• Explain the tax benefits of debt financing.
• Calculate the AT-WACC with a 50% debt and 50% equity financing structure.
• Apply the calculated AT-WACC to explain why this is or is not a viable investment for you as the angel investor.
• Explain a financial restructuring AT-WACC (given changes to proportions of percent debt versus percent equity financing) that would create a positive ROI.
• Explain why you, as the angel investor, would require more or less debt versus equity financing. Be sure to note the role of the Unified Commercial Code-1 (UCC-1) document in this transaction and the order of claim on assets in times of a bankruptcy.
• Include a strong thesis statement, introduction, and conclusion. The main points of the response should be developed and explained clearly with appropriate financial and accounting terminology.