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Shrewsbury Herbal Products, located in central England close to the Welsh border, is an old-line producer of herbal teas, seasonings, and medicines. Its products are marketed all over the United Kingdom and in many parts of continental Europe as well.
Shrewsbury Herbal generally invoices in British pound sterling when it sells to foreign customers in order to guard against adverse exchange rate changes. Nevertheless, it has just received an order from a large wholesaler in central France for EUR320,000 of its products, conditional upon delivery being made in 3 months' time and the order invoiced in euros.
Shrewsbury's controller, Elton Peters, is concerned with foreign exchange rate risk exposure of this particular transaction. He observes the following quotes from a commercial bank:
The banker offers to set up a forward hedge based on the EUR/GBP forward cross-exchange rate implicit in the forward rates against the dollar. Suppose you are a risk manager working at Shrewsbury. Advise Mr. Peters on the following:
(a) The GBP equivalent of this transaction at the current spot exchange rates.
(b) The foreign exchange rate risk exposure of this transaction.
(c) Whether the company should hedge. If so, show Mr. Peters how you would hedge this risk exposure with the available forward contracts.
Show all workings in your answer.
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