Suppose Alcatel-Lucent has an equity cost of capital of

9.4 %

,

market capitalization of

$ 9.36

billion, and an enterprise value of

$ 13

billion. Assume Alcatel-Lucent's debt cost of capital is

6.9 %

,

its marginal tax rate is

38 %

,

the WACC is

7.97 %

,

and it maintains a constant debt-equity ratio. The firm has a project with average risk. Expected free cash flow, debt capacity, and interest payments are shown in the table:

Year 0 1 2 3 FCF ($ million) -100 49 100 65 @i{D}=@i{d} 51.19 41.55 16.86 0.00 Interest 0.00 3.53 2.87 1.16

a. What is the free cash flow to equity for this project?

b. What is its NPV computed using the FTE method? How does it compare with the NPV based on the WACC method?