VM Materials Inc. management has decided to repurchase some of the company's shares. The company has 2,000,000 shares outstanding that trade at $15.00 per share and has stockholders' equity of $10,500,000. It plans to repurchase 200,000 shares at $15.00 and will use debt to finance the purchase at an interest rate of 6.0%. The company's EBIT is $1,500,000. Ignoring income taxes what is the return on equity before and after the repurchase? 14.3% before and 20.3% after 14.6% before and 17.6% after 14.3% before and 17.6% after 14.3% before and 24.0% after Question 10 3.34 pts ChexPro Corporation is considering an expansion project that requires an initial fixed asset investment of $2,750,000. The fixed assets will be depreciated over 5 years using straight-line (not MACRS) with no residual value. The project will generate annual sales of $3,190,000, cash costs of $2,365,000 (costs DO NOT include depreciation expense) and the tax rate is 25%. What is the annual operating cash flow of the project? $825,000 $756,250 $725,250 $206,250