Class #3, Friday, October 21, 2005
Topic: Project Financing

Case: Aluminum Bahrain (Alba): The Pot Line 5 Expansion Project (9-205-027)
 

Assignment Questions:

1.  What are the advantages, disadvantages, and risks of using a multi-sourced financing strategy rather than a single-sourced financing strategy?

2.  What are Alba's objectives for financing? Given these objectives, what type of financing strategy would you recommend (number of sources, which ones, and how much from each one)? 

3.  Would you include the Islamic lease as one of the funding sources?