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You are a major grocery chain (Fine Foods R Us) and are now contemplating starti

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Question

You are a major grocery chain (Fine Foods R Us) and are now contemplating starting a food truck supply service. You will prepare (pre-cook and then freeze or chill) 'small plates' - like Tapas which will then be sold to owners of food trucks. The start-up cost is $120 million. Your financial analysts calculate that the operation will produce free cash flow (FCFF) of $7million the 1st year, and that this free cash flow will grow by 10% over the following 25 years (i.e., g-10% for t=2 through t-26). After that, free cash flow is expected to grow at a constant rate of 4% forever. Your WACCfor this project is 8%. What is the project's NPV? USETVM FORMULAS!

Explanation / Answer

Year Cashflow ( Calculations ) Cashflows PV 0                                       (120.00)           (120.00) (120.00) 1                                               7.00                   7.00            6.48 2                                               7.00 *110% =                     7.70            6.60 3                                               7.70 *110% =                     8.47            6.72 4                                               8.47 *110% =                     9.32            6.85 5                                               9.32 *110% =                   10.25            6.98 6                                             10.25 *110% =                   11.27            7.10 7                                             11.27 *110% =                   12.40            7.24 8                                             12.40 *110% =                   13.64            7.37 9                                             13.64 *110% =                   15.01            7.51 10                                             15.01 *110% =                   16.51            7.65 11                                             16.51 *110% =                   18.16            7.79 12                                             18.16 *110% =                   19.97            7.93 13                                             19.97 *110% =                   21.97            8.08 14                                             21.97 *110% =                   24.17            8.23 15                                             24.17 *110% =                   26.58            8.38 16                                             26.58 *110% =                   29.24            8.54 17                                             29.24 *110% =                   32.16            8.69 18                                             32.16 *110% =                   35.38            8.85 19                                             35.38 *110% =                   38.92            9.02 20                                             38.92 *110% =                   42.81            9.19 21                                             42.81 *110% =                   47.09            9.36 22                                             47.09 *110% =                   51.80            9.53 23                                             51.80 *110% =                   56.98            9.70 24                                             56.98 *110% =                   62.68            9.88 25                                             62.68 *110% =                   68.95         10.07 26 See note                 -                151.68         20.51 NPV      104.23 Since the growth is constant after year 26 we apply the following formula = 75.84 + [ (75.84 * 1.04 ) / ( 1.08 - 1.04 ) ] =151.68