Sports EX Inc. is a Sports Shoes Company which is considering investing in a new equipment for the production of a new line of Tennis and Football Shoes for its elite customers. The new equipment will cost $$250,000,$ and an additional $$80,000$ is needed for installation. The equipment which falls into the MACRS $3-yr$ class, would be sold after three years for $$35,000.$

The equipment will generate additional annual revenues of $$210,000,$ and will have annual operating expenses of $$60,000.$ An inventory investment of $$60,000$ is required during the life of the project. Sports EX is in the $30$ percent tax bracket, and has the same risk as the firm's existing assets.

The capital required for the project has been arranged as follows:

Debt: $1,0008\%,10-$year, semi$-$annual coupon bonds with a par value of $$100,$ each selling for $90\%$ of its face value

Common stock: $2,500$ shares selling for $$96$ each with a beta of $1\mathrm{.}05.$ The market's rate of return is $11\%$ and risk$-$free investments offer a $4\%$ return.

You are required to:

Compute the after$-$tax cost of debt $(4$ marks$)$

Compute the cost of common stock $(4$ marks$)$

Compute the WACC $(5$ marks$)$

Compute the initial outlay of the project $(3$ marks$)$

Calculate the annual after$-$tax OCF for years $1-3(7$ marks$)$

Determine the terminal cash flow for year $3(5$ marks$)$

Determine the FCF for years $1-3(1$ mark$)$

Compute the project's NPV $(3$ marks$)$

Estimate the project's IRR $(2$ marks$)$

Should the project be accepted? $(1$ mark$)$