K-Roo Ltd., an Australian firm, has a USD 264 million payable in one year that it wants to hedge, and enters into a risk sharing arrangement with its supplier, Ala Co. The terms of the risk sharing contract are the following: Base rate: AUD1.13/USD Neutral zone: AUD1.017/USD to AUD1.243/USD. K-Roo and Ala Co. agree to split the exchange rate risk equally. If the spot exchange rate in one year is AUD1.4125/USD, how much must K-Roo pay? a. 320.6940 million b. 336.7287 million c. 288.6246 million d. 22.3740 million O e. 372.9000 million
K-Roo Ltd., an Australian firm, has a USD 264 million payable in one year that it wants to hedge, and enters into a risk sharing arrangement with its supplier, Ala Co. The terms of the risk sharing contract are the following: Base rate: AUD1.13/USD Neutral zone: AUD1.017/USD to AUD1.243/USD. K-Roo and Ala Co. agree to split the exchange rate risk equally. If the spot exchange rate in one year is AUD1.4125/USD, how much must K-Roo pay? a. 320.6940 million b. 336.7287 million c. 288.6246 million d. 22.3740 million O e. 372.9000 million
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![K-Roo Ltd., an Australian firm, has a USD 264 million payable in one year that it wants to hedge, and enters into a risk sharing arrangement
with its supplier, Ala Co.
The terms of the risk sharing contract are the following:
Base rate: AUD1.13/USD
Neutral zone: AUD1.017/USD to AUD1.243/USD.
K-Roo and Ala Co. agree to split the exchange rate risk equally.
If the spot exchange rate in one year is AUD1.4125/USD, how much must K-Roo pay?
O a. 320.6940 million
b. 336.7287 million
O c. 288.6246 million
O d. 22.3740 million
e. 372.9000 million](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2Fc6520c29-41bf-4ae6-8530-147e0f75501a%2Fba1d983b-f73a-48c3-a16a-df54b37819cc%2F6uyhty7_processed.jpeg&w=3840&q=75)
Transcribed Image Text:K-Roo Ltd., an Australian firm, has a USD 264 million payable in one year that it wants to hedge, and enters into a risk sharing arrangement
with its supplier, Ala Co.
The terms of the risk sharing contract are the following:
Base rate: AUD1.13/USD
Neutral zone: AUD1.017/USD to AUD1.243/USD.
K-Roo and Ala Co. agree to split the exchange rate risk equally.
If the spot exchange rate in one year is AUD1.4125/USD, how much must K-Roo pay?
O a. 320.6940 million
b. 336.7287 million
O c. 288.6246 million
O d. 22.3740 million
e. 372.9000 million
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