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VBN's home currency is the V$. On 1 January, VBN must make a payment of C$2 million on 31 March of that same year.

On 1 January the spot exchange rate was V$1 = C$0.4.

On 1 January VBN paid $180,000 for a call option to buy C$2 million for V$5.5 million on 31 March. VBN's cost of borrowing was 8% per year.

On 31 March the spot rate was V$1 = C$0.45.

What was the total cost, including the cost of the option, of settling the payable?

R plc is considering an investment of $1,100,000 in a new machine which is expected to have substantial cash inflows over the next five years.

The annual cash flows from this investment and their probability are shown below:

Annual cash flow ($) Probability

 200,000                         0.4

 280,000                         0.5

 350,000                         0.1

At the end of its five-year life, the asset is expected to sell for $100,000. The cost of capital is 5%.

What is the Expected Net Present Value?

Give your answer to the nearest whole $.

T has its computer facilities in a building adjacent to its headquarters Severe structural problems have been discovered with this building and T has been advised that the only option is demolition and rebuild This leaves T with strategic decisions to make about its IT provision and it has decided to investigate the outsourcing of its services.

Which TWO of the following factors should T consider as most important at this stage?

X Company M has lost 25% of its revenue in the last three months due to bad debts. One of the receivables written off was from a long standing customer and the other three were from new customers. The management accountant has warned the sales team that the company cannot survive any more substantial bad debts.

Which of the following internal controls should be put in place to try and prevent further bad debts?

A project has been evaluated on the basis that it will cost $22 million and will have a net present value of $4.3 million The project has commenced and $5 million of the $22 million has been invested. A problem has been discovered that will cost an additional $4.5 million to rectify. The $4.5 million will be payable immediately. What is the NPV of continuing with this project?

SDF has a variable rate loan of $100 million on which it is paying interest of LIBOR + 2%.

SDF entered into a swap with CV bank to convert this to a fixed rate 7% loan. CV bank charges an annual commission of 0.3% for making this arrangement.

Calculate the net payment from SDF to CV bank at the end of the first year if LIBOR was 3% throughout the year.

Give your answer in $ million, to one decimal place.

The acronym VPN stands for.

H is a farmer.  An outbreak of a contagious animal disease has just been detected near the region where the farm is located. This could potentially lead to substantial financial losses for H.

In these circumstances, which of the following responses by H is the most appropriate?

Q is a company which generates electricity from alternative energy sources. It has just begun constructing a wind farm near a well-known beauty spot. The project has been controversial as campaigners say it will be noisy and unsightly.

The campaigners took legal action but lost the case. Some of them have started a campaign of direct action against Q and are physically blocking roads leading to the site and attempting to intimidate Q's staff.

Q has hired a security company to help it to protect its staff.

In relation to the ethics of this scenario, which of the following statements are valid?

AZX sells electrical components.

AZX's annual turnover is S24 million. Half of all sales are on 30 days' (1 month) credit

5% of credit sales have to be written off as unrecovered debt

25% of such write off is subsequently recovered through debt collection and legal action.

What is the expected loss each year due to credit risk?