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Instruction 9.2: Use the Information for Following Problem(s)

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Instruction 9.2:
Use the information for following problem(s) .
Oregon Transportation Inc. (OTI) has just signed a contract to purchase light rail cars from a manufacturer in Germany for euro 2,500,000. The purchase was made in June with payment due six months later in December. Because this is a sizable contract for the firm and because the contract is in euros rather than dollars, OTI is considering several hedging alternatives to reduce the exchange rate risk arising from the sale. To help the firm make a hedging decision you have gathered the following information.
∙ The spot exchange rate is $1.40/euro
∙ The six month forward rate is $1.38/euro
∙ OTI's cost of capital is 11%
∙ The Euro zone 6-month borrowing rate is 9% (or 4.5% for 6 months)
∙ The Euro zone 6-month lending rate is 7% (or 3.5% for 6 months)
∙ The U.S. 6-month borrowing rate is 8% (or 4% for 6 months)
∙ The U.S. 6-month lending rate is 6% (or 3% for 6 months)
∙ December call options for euro 625,000; strike price $1.42, premium price is 1.5%
∙ OTI's forecast for 6-month spot rates is $1.43/euro
∙ The budget rate, or the highest acceptable purchase price for this project, is
$3,625,000 or $1.45/euro
-Refer to Instruction 9.2. OTI chooses to hedge its transaction exposure in the forward market at the available forward rate. The required amount in dollars to pay off the accounts payable in 6 months will be ________.

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Definitions:

Hydrogen Bonds

A weak bond between two molecules resulting from an electrostatic attraction between a proton in one molecule and an electronegative atom in the other.

Anticodons

Sequences of three nucleotides on transfer RNA molecules that are complementary to codons on messenger RNA and ensure the correct amino acids are added during protein synthesis.

Base-pairing Bonds

The hydrogen bonds between complementary nucleotides (adenine with thymine or uracil, and cytosine with guanine) in DNA or RNA.

Transcription

The process of copying a segment of DNA into RNA by the enzyme RNA polymerase.