Lifesaver Inc., a producer of personal protective equipment, trades on the TSX Venture stock exchange at an EV/EBITDA multiple of 4.0x. From performing a precedent transaction analysis, you note that recent acquisitions of similar companies have transacted at an EV/EBITDA multiple of 6.0x. The following is not a valid potential reason for this discrepancy: a. Special purchaser considerations, such as synergies, being inherent in the precedent transaction multiples.
b. Multiples implied by precedent transactions are not relevant when considering publicly traded companies.
c. The presence of a control premium within the EV/EBITDA multiple implied by the acquisitions.
d. The presence of an implied minority discount (a discount due to a lack of control in the company when purchasing shares in the open market in the 4.0X EV/EBITDA trading multiple

Burke enterprises is considering a machine costing $30 billion that will result in initial after-tax cash savings of $3.7 billion at the end of the first year, and these savings will grow at a rate of 2 percent per year for 11 years. after 11 years, the company can sell the parts for $5 billion. burke has a target debt/equity ratio of 1.2, a beta of 1.79. you estimate that the return on the market is 7.5% and t-bills are currently yielding 2.5%. burke has two issuances of bonds outstanding. the first has 200,000 bonds trading at 98% of par, with coupons of 5%, face of $1000, and maturity of 5 years. the second has 500,000 bonds trading at par, with coupons of 7.5%, face of $1000, and maturity of 12 years. kate, the ceo, usually applies an adjustment factor to the discount rate of +2 for such highly innovative projects. should the company take on the project?