St. Paul Co. does business in the United States and New Zealand. In attempting to assess its economic exposure, it compiled the following information.

St. Paul's U.S. sales are somewhat affected by the value of the New Zealand dollar (NZ$) because it faces competition from New Zealand exporters. It forecasts the U.S. sales based on the following three exchange rate scenarios:

EXCHANGE RATE OF NEW ZEALAND DOLLARS		REVENUE FROM U.S. BUSINESS (IN MILLIONS)
NZ$ = $	0.49	$	105
NZ$ =	0.52		115
NZ$ =	0.58		125

Its New Zealand dollar revenues on sales to New Zealand invoiced in New Zealand dollars are expected to be NZ$500 million.

Its anticipated cost of materials is estimated at $170 million from the purchase of U.S. materials and NZ$100 million from the purchase of New Zealand materials.

Fixed operating expenses are estimated at $40 million.

Variable operating expenses are estimated at 15 percent of total sales (after including New Zealand sales, translated to a dollar amount).

Interest expense is estimated at $15 million on existing U.S. loans, and the company has no existing New Zealand loans.

Forecast net cash flows for St. Paul Co. under each of the three exchange rate scenarios. Enter your answers in millions. For example, an answer of $1 million should be entered as 1, not 1,000,000. Round your answers to one decimal place.

Exchange Rate of New Zealand Dollars		Net Cash Flow
NZ$ = $	0.49	$
NZ$ =	0.52	$
NZ$ =	0.58	$

Explain how St. Paul's net cash flows are affected by possible exchange rate movements.

The forecasted income statements show that St. Paul Company is -Select-favorablyadverselyItem 4 affected by a strong New Zealand dollar.

Explain how it can restructure its operations to reduce the sensitivity of its net cash flows to exchange rate movements without reducing its volume of business in New Zealand.

St. Paul Company could reduce its economic exposure without reducing its New Zealand revenues by shifting expenses from -Select-the U.S.New ZealandItem 5 to -Select-the U.S.New ZealandItem 6 .