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Assignment 2 (15%) Lease vs. Buy Analysis HST330 W24 1 Your submission must be submitted through Blackboard BEFORE 11:59PM on Thursday, April 4 th . Late assignments are not accepted and will not receive a grade. Your sheet is to be uploaded via Blackboard, per the usual pattern. Begin with a fresh (blank) Excel sheet and name your file per the usual pattern: HST330_Assignment 2_ LASTNAME FIRSTNAME.xls Your completed spreadsheet will be your final deliverable and should be uploaded to Blackboard when completed. It is not necessary for your spreadsheet adhere to a specific format or template. You are encouraged to develop your own presentation style. However, it is important that your final result is tidy, follows and logical flow and is ultimately understandable at a glance by your co- workers and/or an audience with no financial expertise or experience. Your answers are to be based solely on the information contained in the case data provided, as well as the methods and materials discussed in/for class. This assignment will be graded out of 100 possible marks and is worth 15% of your overall grade for the course . THIS IS AN INDIVIDUAL ASSIGNMENT NEVER SHARE YOUR DOCUMENT WITH ANYONE Ensure that you are aware of Seneca's Academic Integrity Policy which can be found at: http://www.senecacollege.ca/about/policies/academic-integrity-policy.html Review section 2 of the policy for details regarding approaches to supporting integrity. Section 2.3 and Appendix B of the policy describe various sanctions that can be applied, if there is suspected academic misconduct (e.g., contract cheating, cheating, falsification, impersonation or plagiarism). Please visit the Academic Integrity website: http://open2.senecac.on.ca/sites/academic-integrity/for-students to understand and learn more about how to prepare and submit work so that it supports academic integrity, and to avoid academic misconduct.
Assignment 2 (15%) Lease vs. Buy Analysis HST330 W24 2 Case Facts Daiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited (the “Client”) , together with its subsidiaries, manufactures, packages, tests, and sells integrated circuits and other semiconductor devices in Taiwan, China, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Japan, the United States, and internationally. It provides complementary metal oxide silicon wafer fabrication processes to manufacture logic, mixed-signal, radio frequency, and embedded memory semiconductors. Daiwan Semi has engaged your company to consult and advise on a planned asset acquisition. The Client has a large backlog of customer orders among their automotive clients, in part due to chip shortages. Therefore, Daiwan needs to acquire a new machine used to lay silicon wafers onto computer processor chips in an effort to deliver finished product in a more timely fashion. There are 2 suppliers that could supply the new machinery that Daiwan needs: Howard Picard and Marcosoft. Each manufacturer offers both financing and leasing alternatives for each of their respective equipment offerings. Daiwan Semi’s CEO, Dr. Wei, is an electrical engineer. He is a technological master but has limited understanding of finance. You will be presenting your results directly to him. Therefore, points are awarded for summarizing and simplifying your conclusions in a way that is suitable for your audience. Using the case facts outlined below and the methods used in class, your task is to determine which of the options below you would recommend. 1. Lease from Howard Picard 2. Purchase from Howard Picard (using debt financing) 3. Lease from Macrosoft 4. Purchase from Macrosoft (using debt financing) Your Excel file should show your work which demonstrates the rationale for your conclusions. Please be sure to include a brief rationale supporting your conclusions . Making reference to specific metrics is highly recommended. Daiwan Semi-Conductors Uses a discount rate of 15% for assessing all new investments of this type. Is subject to an income tax rate of 25 %
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