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lech Inc. is considering to introduce a new product with a three year life. The

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Question

lech Inc. is considering to introduce a new product with a three year life. The company will need an equipment that cost $4 million and will be depreciated straight line to zero over its three-year tax life. The equipment will have a market value of $200,000 at the eend of the project. Projected units sold are 100,000 for each of the three years and the 0 company expects to charge a price of $25 per unit. Variable costs are estimated at $10 per dles unit and fixed costs at $200,000 for each of the three years of the life of the product. The project requires an initial investment in networking capital of $300,000. If the tax rate is 35 percent and the discount rate is 10%, what is the OCF of this project? What is the NPV?

Explanation / Answer

Calculation of Depreciation = (Cost of asset – expected salvage value)/ Life of the asset

                                                       = ($4,000,000 – 0)/ 3

                                                       = $1,333,333.33

Net Salvage value = Market value of asset – (Market value of asset – book value) x tax rate

                                     = $200,000 – ($200,000-0) x 35%

                                     = $130,000

Annual Revenue = 100,000 x $25 = $2,500,000

Annual Variable Expenses = 100,000 x $10 = $1,000,000

Year

0

1

2

3

Cost of asset

-4000000

Working capital investment

-300000

Annual Revenue

2500000

2500000

2500000

Annual Variable Expenses

-1000000

-1000000

-1000000

Annual Fixed expenses

-200000

-200000

-200000

Annual Depreciation

-1333333

-1333333

-1333333

EBIT

-33333.3

-33333.3

-33333.3

Taxes 35%

11666.67

11666.67

11666.67

(+) Depreciation

1333333

1333333

1333333

OCF

1311667

1311667

1311667

Net Salvage value

130000

working Capital recovered

300000

Free cash flow

-4300000

1311667

1311667

1741667

Calculation of NPV

NPV is the sum of PV of cash flows

Year

0

1

2

3

Free Cash flow

-4300000

1311667

1311667

1741667

PV Factor @10%

1.000000

0.909091

0.826446

0.751315

PV

-4300000

1192424

1084022

1308540

NPV

-715014


Therefore, NPV of this project would be -$715014 and this project would be rejected.

Year

0

1

2

3

Cost of asset

-4000000

Working capital investment

-300000

Annual Revenue

2500000

2500000

2500000

Annual Variable Expenses

-1000000

-1000000

-1000000

Annual Fixed expenses

-200000

-200000

-200000

Annual Depreciation

-1333333

-1333333

-1333333

EBIT

-33333.3

-33333.3

-33333.3

Taxes 35%

11666.67

11666.67

11666.67

(+) Depreciation

1333333

1333333

1333333

OCF

1311667

1311667

1311667

Net Salvage value

130000

working Capital recovered

300000

Free cash flow

-4300000

1311667

1311667

1741667