XYZ Company is a reputable manufacturer of various especially electronic items. Jay Carter, a recent MBA graduate, has been hired by the company in its finance department. On of the major revenue-producing items manufactured by the XYZ is smartphone. The company currently has one smartphone in the market and sells has been excellent. The smartphone is a unique item in that it comes in a variety of tropical colors and is preprogrammed to play Jimmy Buffett music. However, as with any electronic item, technology changes rapidly, and the current smartphone has limited features in comparison with newer models. XYZ spent $750,000 to develop a prototype for a new smartphone that has all the features of the existing one but adds new features such as wifi tethering. The company has spent a further $200,000 for a marketing study to determine the expected sales figures for the new smartphone. The company can manufacture the new smartphone for $205 each in variable costs. Fixed costs for the operation are estimated to run $5.1 million per year. The estimated sales volume is 64,000, 106,000, 87,000, 78,000, and 54,000 unit per year for the next five years, respectively. The unit price of the new smartphone will be $485. The necessary equipment can be purchased for $34.5 million and will be depreciated on a seven-year MACRS schedule. It is believed the value of the equipment in five years will be $5.5 million. Net working capital for the smartphones will be 20% of sales and will occur with the timing of the cash flows for the year (i.e. there is no initial outlay for the first years sales. XYZ has a 35% corporate tax rate and required return of 12%. Jay was asked to prepare a report that answer the following questions:

Part 1- 1. What is the payback period of the project?

2. What is profitability index of the project?

3. What are the NPV, and IRR for the project?

4. How sensitive is the NPV to change in the price of the new smartphone (assume that the price goes done to $370)?

5. How sensitive is the NPV to change in the quantity sold (assume that quantity reduce by 10%)?

Part 2-

1. What is a break-even?

2. What are the degrees of operating and financial leverage?

Part 3- The company has the following capital structure: Debt $36,000,000 Preferred stock $18,000,000 Common stock $66,000,000 To support the new investment, the company needs to raise $40,000,000. What will be the cost of capital if the company decide to raise the needed capital proportionally and with following costs?

Please use the following information to calculate the weighted cost of capital: a. Bond A 30-year bond with a face value of $1000 and coupon interest rate of 13% and floatation cost of $20 (Tax is 35%)

b. Preferred stock Face value of $35 that pays dividend $5 and floatation cost of $2

c. Common stock Market value of $54 with floatation cost of $3.5. Last dividend was $6. The dividend will expect to grow at 7%.

Part 4 If the company uses the new cost of capital, what will be the NPV and total leverage?

Please use excel with formulas.