Question: You work for Ceres Specialties - a multinational corporation headquartered in Australia, where the domestic currency is the AUD (Australian dollar) - and you are

You work for Ceres Specialties - a multinational corporation headquartered in Australia, where the domestic currency is the AUD (Australian dollar) - and you are evaluating the current status of a foreign currency options hedge that you have in place for a future British pound cash flow. The current spot exchange rate today for the GBP is AUD0.9374. Assume that the call premium currently charged by your broker/dealer for a single GBP62,500 call option with an exercise price of AUD0.8779 is AUDO.0780 today, but was AUD0.1145 at the time you originally purchased the call options to set up the hedge. What is the intrinsic value of the call options now if they cover a total position size GBP562,500? a. AUDO.00 b. AUD1, 156.25 c. AUD3,718.75 d. AUD43,875.00 e. AUD449,943.75 f. AUD33,468.75 g. AUD49,993.75 h. AUD77,343.75 i. AUD8,593.75 j. AUD10,406.25
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