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8-1. Pisa Pizza, a seller of frozen pizza, is considering introducing a healthier version of its pizza that

will be low in cholesterol and contain no trans fats. The firm expects that sales of the new pizza

will be $20 million per year. While many of these sales will be to new customers, Pisa Pizza

estimates that 40% will come from customers who switch to the new, healthier pizza instead of

buying the original version.

a. Assume customers will spend the same amount on either version. What level of incremental

sales is associated with introducing the new pizza?

b. Suppose that 50% of the customers who will switch from Pisa Pizza’s original pizza to its

healthier pizza will switch to another brand if Pisa Pizza does not introduce a healthier

pizza. What level of incremental sales is associated with introducing the new pizza in this

case?

8-2. Kokomochi is considering the launch of an advertising campaign for its latest dessert product,

the Mini Mochi Munch. Kokomochi plans to spend $5 million on TV, radio, and print

advertising this year for the campaign. The ads are expected to boost sales of the Mini Mochi

Munch by $9 million this year and by $7 million next year. In addition, the company expects that

new consumers who try the Mini Mochi Munch will be more likely to try Kokomochi’s other

products. As a result, sales of other products are expected to rise by $2 million each year.

Kokomochi’s gross profit margin for the Mini Mochi Munch is 35%, and its gross profit margin

averages 25% for all other products. The company’s marginal corporate tax rate is 35% both

this year and next year. What are the incremental earnings associated with the advertising

campaign?

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

3 Cost of Goods Sold (7,350) (6,050)

5 Selling, General & Admin. (5,000) –

8 Income tax at 35% 473 (1,033)

A B C D E

Year 1 2

Incremental Earnings Forecast ($000s)

1 Sales of Mini Mochi Munch 9,000 7,000

2 Other Sales 2,000 2,000

$250

$300

8-3. Home Builder Supply, a retailer in the home improvement industry, currently operates seven

retail outlets in Georgia and South Carolina. Management is contemplating building an eighth

retail store across town from its most successful retail outlet. The company already owns the

land for this store, which currently has an abandoned warehouse located on it. Last month, the

marketing department spent $10,000 on market research to determine the extent of customer

demand for the new store. Now Home Builder Supply must decide whether to build and open the

new store.

Which of the following should be included as part of the incremental earnings for the proposed

new retail store?

a. The cost of the land where the store will be located.

b. The cost of demolishing the abandoned warehouse and clearing the lot.

c. The loss of sales in the existing retail outlet, if customers who previously drove across town

to shop at the existing outlet become customers of the new store instead.

d. The $10,000 in market research spent to evaluate customer demand.

e. Construction costs for the new store.

f. The value of the land if sold.

g. Interest expense on the debt borrowed to pay the construction costs.

8-4. Hyperion, Inc. currently sells its latest high-speed color printer, the Hyper 500, for $350. It plans

to lower the price to $300 next year. Its cost of goods sold for the Hyper 500 is $200 per unit, and

this year’s sales are expected to be 20,000 units.

a. Suppose that if Hyperion drops the price to $300 immediately, it can increase this year’s

sales by 25% to 25,000 units. What would be the incremental impact on this year’s EBIT of

such a price drop?

b. Suppose that for each printer sold, Hyperion expects additional sales of $75 per year on ink

cartridges for the next three years, and Hyperion has a gross profit margin of 70% on ink

cartridges. What is the incremental impact on EBIT for the next three years of a price drop

this year?

118 Berk/DeMarzo, Corporate Finance, Fourth Edition

a. Change in EBIT = Gross profit with price drop – Gross profit without price drop

8-5. After looking at the projections of the HomeNet project, you decide that they are not realistic. It

is unlikely that sales will be constant over the four-year life of the project. Furthermore, other

companies are likely to offer competing products, so the assumption that the sales price will

remain constant is also likely to be optimistic. Finally, as production ramps up, you anticipate

lower per unit production costs resulting from economies of scale. Therefore, you decide to redo

the projections under the following assumptions: Sales of 50,000 units in year 1 increasing by

50,000 units per year over the life of the project, a year 1 sales price of $260/unit, decreasing by

10% annually and a year 1 cost of $120/unit decreasing by 20% annually. In addition, new tax

laws allow you to depreciate the equipment over three rather than five years using straight-line

depreciation.

a. Keeping the other assumptions that underlie Table 8.1 the same, recalculate unlevered net

income (that is, reproduce Table 8.1 under the new assumptions, and note that we are

ignoring cannibalization and lost rent).

b. Recalculate unlevered net income assuming, in addition, that each year 20% of sales comes

from customers who would have purchased an existing Cisco router for $100/unit and that

this router costs $60/unit to manufacture.

a.

Year

0

1

2

3

4

5

Incremental Earnings Forecast ($000s)

1

Sales

–

13,000

23,400

31,590

37,908

–

2

Cost of Goods Sold

–

3

Gross Profit

–

7,000

13,800

20,070

25,620

–

4

Selling, General & Admin.

–

5

Research & Development

(15,000)

–

6

Depreciation

–

7

EBIT

(15,000)

1,700

8,500

14,770

22,820

–

8

Income tax at 40%

6,000

(680)

–

9

Unlevered Net Income

1,020

5,100

Chapter 8/Fundamentals of Capital Budgeting 119

b.

Year

0

1

2

3

4

5

Incremental Earnings Forecast ($000s)

1

Sales

–

12,000

21,400

28,590

33,908

–

2

Cost of Goods Sold

(5,400)

(8,400)

(9,720)

(9,888)

–

3

Gross Profit

–

6,600

13,000

18,870

24,020

–

4

Selling, General & Admin.

–

(2,800)

–

5

Research & Development

–

6

Depreciation

–

(2,500)

–

7

EBIT

1,300

7,700

13,570

21,220

–

8

Income tax at 40%

6,000

(520)

(3,080)

(5,428)

(8,488)

–

9

Unlevered Net Income

4,620

8-6. Cellular Access, Inc. is a cellular telephone service provider that reported net income of $250

million for the most recent fiscal year. The firm had depreciation expenses of $100 million,

capital expenditures of $200 million, and no interest expenses. Working capital increased by $10

million. Calculate the free cash flow for Cellular Access for the most recent fiscal year.

8-7. Castle View Games would like to invest in a division to develop software for video games. To

evaluate this decision, the firm first attempts to project the working capital needs for this

operation. Its chief financial officer has developed the following estimates (in millions of dollars):

Assuming that Castle View currently does not have any working capital invested in this division,

calculate the cash flows associated with changes in working capital for the first five years of this

investment.

Year0 Year1 Year2 Year3 Year4 Year5

1

Cash 6 12 15 15 15

8-8. Mersey Chemicals manufactures polypropylene that it ships to its customers via tank car.

Currently, it plans to add two additional tank cars to its fleet four years from now. However, a

proposed plant expansion will require Mersey’s transport division to add these two additional

tank cars in two years’ time rather than in four years. The current cost of a tank car is $2

million, and this cost is expected to remain constant. Also, while tank cars will last indefinitely,

they will be depreciated straight-line over a five-year life for tax purposes. Suppose Mersey’s tax

rate is 40%. When evaluating the proposed expansion, what incremental free cash flows should

be included to account for the need to accelerate the purchase of the tank cars?

initial tank car cost 4 replace date without expansion 4

Year: 012345678910

with expansion

CapEx -4

8-9. Elmdale Enterprises is deciding whether to expand its production facilities. Although long-term

cash flows are difficult to estimate, management has projected the following cash flows for the

first two years (in millions of dollars):

a. What are the incremental earnings for this project for years 1 and 2?

b. What are the free cash flows for this project for the first two years?

a.

Year

1

2

Incremental Earnings Forecast ($000s)

1

Sales

125.0

160.0

2

Costs of good sold and operating expenses other than depreciation

(40.0)

(60.0)

4

EBIT

60.0

64.0

5

Income tax at 35%

(21.0)

(22.4)

6

Unlevered Net Income

39.0

41.6

Free Cash Flow ($000s)

1

2

7

Plus: Depreciation

25.0

36.0

8

Less: Capital Expenditures

(30.0)

(40.0)

9

Less: Increases in NWC

(5.0)

(8.0)

Free Cash Flow

29.0

29.6

8-10. You are a manager at Percolated Fiber, which is considering expanding its operations in

synthetic fiber manufacturing. Your boss comes into your office, drops a consultant’s report on

your desk, and complains, “We owe these consultants $1 million for this report, and I am not

sure their analysis makes sense. Before we spend the $25 million on new equipment needed for

this project, look it over and give me your opinion.” You open the report and find the following

estimates (in thousands of dollars):

All of the estimates in the report seem correct. You note that the consultants used straight-line

depreciation for the new equipment that will be purchased today (year 0), which is what the

accounting department recommended. The report concludes that because the project will

increase earnings by $4.875 million per year for 10 years, the project is worth $48.75 million.

You think back to your halcyon days in finance class and realize there is more work to be done!

First, you note that the consultants have not factored in the fact that the project will require $10

million in working capital upfront (year 0), which will be fully recovered in year 10. Next, you

see they have attributed $2 million of selling, general and administrative expenses to the project,

but you know that $1 million of this amount is overhead that will be incurred even if the project

is not accepted. Finally, you know that accounting earnings are not the right thing to focus on!

a. Given the available information, what are the free cash flows in years 0 through 10 that

should be used to evaluate the proposed project?

b. If the cost of capital for this project is 14%, what is your estimate of the value of the new

project?

a. Free Cash Flows are:

0

1

2

…

9

10

= Net income

4,875

+ Overhead (after tax at 35%)

650

+ Depreciation

2,500

25,000

10,000

FCF

8,025

…

8,025

18,025

8-11. Using the assumptions in part (a) of Problem 5 (assuming there is no cannibalization),

a. Calculate HomeNet’s net working capital requirements (that is, reproduce Table 8.4 under

the assumptions in Problem 5(a)).

b. Calculate HomeNet’s FCF (that is, reproduce Table 8.3 under the same assumptions as in

(a)).

a.

Year

0

1

2

3

4

5

Net Working Capital Forecast ($000s)

1

Cash requirements

–

2

Inventory

–

3

Receivables (15% of Sales)

–

1,950

3,510

4,739

5,686

–

4

Payables (15% of COGS)

–

(900)

(1,440)

(1,728)

(1,843)

–

5

Net Working Capital

–

1,050

2,070

3,011

3,843

–

b.

Year

0

1

2

3

4

5

Incremental Earnings Forecast ($000s)

1

Sales

–

13,000

23,400

31,590

37,908

–

2

Cost of Goods Sold

(6,000)

(9,600)

(11,520

)

(12,288

)

–

3

Gross Profit

–

7,000

13,800

20,070

25,620

–

4

Admin.

–

(2,800)

–

5

Research & Development

(15,000)

–

6

Depreciation

–

(2,500)

–

7

EBIT

(15,000)

1,700

8,500

14,770

22,820

–

8

Incometaxat40%

6,000

(680)

(3,400)

(5,908)

(9,128)

–

Free Cash Flow ($000s)

Plus: Depreciation

–

2,500

–

Expenditures

(7,500)

–

Less: Increases in NWC

–

(1,050)

(1,020)

(941)

(833)

3,843

Free Cash Flow

(16,500)

2,470

6,580

10,421

12,860

3,843

8-12. A bicycle manufacturer currently produces 300,000 units a year and expects output levels to

remain steady in the future. It buys chains from an outside supplier at a price of $2 a chain. The

plant manager believes that it would be cheaper to make these chains rather than buy them.

Direct in-house production costs are estimated to be only $1.50 per chain. The necessary

machinery would cost $250,000 and would be obsolete after 10 years. This investment could be

depreciated to zero for tax purposes using a 10-year straight-line depreciation schedule. The

plant manager estimates that the operation would require additional working capital of $50,000

but argues that this sum can be ignored since it is recoverable at the end of the 10 years.

Expected proceeds from scrapping the machinery after 10 years are $20,000.

If the company pays tax at a rate of 35% and the opportunity cost of capital is 15%, what is the

net present value of the decision to produce the chains in-house instead of purchasing them from

the supplier?

Chapter 8/Fundamentals of Capital Budgeting 123

FCF in-house:

8-13. Consider again the choice between outsourcing and in-house assembly of HomeNet discussed in

Section 8.3 and analyzed in Table 8.6. Suppose, however, that the upfront cost to set up for in–

house production is $6 million rather than $5 million, and the cost per unit for in-house

production is expected to be $92 rather than $95.

a. Suppose the outside supplier decides to raise its price above $110/unit. At what cost per unit for

the outsourced units would Cisco be indifferent between outsourcing and in-house assembly?

b. Alternatively, suppose the cost for outsourcing remains $110/unit, but expected demand

increases above 100,000 units per year. At what level of annual sales, in terms of units sold,

would Cisco be indifferent between these two options?

124 Berk/DeMarzo, Corporate Finance, Fourth Edition

a. As shown in Table 8.6, the cost of outsourcing has an NPV of -$19,510. The cost of in-house

assembly, given the $6 million setup and $92/unit assembly cost, has total NPV of -$20,167, as shown

below:

In-HouseAssembly 0 1 2 3 4 5

Units(000s) 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

b. The after-tax cost of in-house production is $3,600 for setup and an additional present value of 20,167

8-14. One year ago, your company purchased a machine used in manufacturing for $110,000. You

have learned that a new machine is available that offers many advantages; you can purchase it

for $150,000 today. It will be depreciated on a straight-line basis over 10 years, after which it has

no salvage value. You expect that the new machine will produce EBITDA (earning before

interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization) of $40,000 per year for the next 10 years. The

current machine is expected to produce EBITDA of $20,000 per year. The current machine is

being depreciated on a straight-line basis over a useful life of 11 years, after which it will have no

salvage value, so depreciation expense for the current machine is $10,000 per year. All other

expenses of the two machines are identical. The market value today of the current machine is

$50,000. Your company’s tax rate is 45%, and the opportunity cost of capital for this type of

equipment is 10%. Is it profitable to replace the year-old machine?

8-15. Beryl’s Iced Tea currently rents a bottling machine for $50,000 per year, including all

maintenance expenses. It is considering purchasing a machine instead, and is comparing two

options:

a. Purchase the machine it is currently renting for $150,000. This machine will require $20,000

per year in ongoing maintenance expenses.

b. Purchase a new, more advanced machine for $250,000. This machine will require $15,000

per year in ongoing maintenance expenses and will lower bottling costs by $10,000 per year.

Also, $35,000 will be spent upfront in training the new operators of the machine.

Suppose the appropriate discount rate is 8% per year and the machine is purchased today.

Maintenance and bottling costs are paid at the end of each year, as is the rental of the machine.

Assume also that the machines will be depreciated via the straight-line method over seven years

and that they have a 10-year life with a negligible salvage value. The marginal corporate tax rate

is 35%. Should Beryl’s Iced Tea continue to rent, purchase its current machine, or purchase the

advanced machine?

We can use Eq. 8.5 to evaluate the free cash flows associated with each alternative. Note that we only

need to include the components of free cash flows that vary across each alternative. For example, since

NWC is the same for each alternative, we can ignore it.

The spreadsheet below computes the relevant FCF from each alternative. Note that each alternative has

a negative NPV—this represents the PV of the costs of each alternative. We should choose the one

with the highest NPV (lowest cost), which in this case is purchasing the existing machine.

5

6

7

8

9

Purchase Current Machine

4 Maintenance (20,000) (20,000) (20,000) (20,000) (20,000) (20,000) (20,000) (20,000) (20,000) (20,000)

5 Depreciation 21,429 21,429 21,429 21,429 21,429 21,429 21,429 – – –

Purchase Advanced Machine

9 Maintenance (15,000) (15,000) (15,000) (15,000) (15,000) (15,000) (15,000) (15,000) (15,000) (15,000)

A B

C

D E F G H I J K L M N

012345678910

Rent Machine

1 Rent (50,000) (50,000) (50,000) (50,000) (50,000) (50,000) (50,000) (50,000) (50,000) (50,000)

8-16. Markov Manufacturing recently spent $15 million to purchase some equipment used in the

manufacture of disk drives. The firm expects that this equipment will have a useful life of five

years, and its marginal corporate tax rate is 35%. The company plans to use straight-line

depreciation.

a. What is the annual depreciation expense associated with this equipment?

b. What is the annual depreciation tax shield?

c. Rather than straight-line depreciation, suppose Markov will use the MACRS depreciation

method for five-year property. Calculate the depreciation tax shield each year for this

equipment under this accelerated depreciation schedule.

d. If Markov has a choice between straight-line and MACRS depreciation schedules, and its

marginal corporate tax rate is expected to remain constant, which should it choose? Why?

126 Berk/DeMarzo, Corporate Finance, Fourth Edition

e. How might your answer to part (d) change if Markov anticipates that its marginal corporate

tax rate will increase substantially over the next five years?

8-17. Your firm is considering a project that would require purchasing $7.5 million worth of new

equipment. Determine the present value of the depreciation tax shield associated with this

equipment if the firm’s tax rate is 40%, the appropriate cost of capital is 8%, and the equipment

can be depreciated:

a. Straight-line over a 10-year period, with the first deduction starting in one year.

b. Straight-line over a five-year period, with the first deduction starting in one year.

c. Using MACRS depreciation with a five-year recovery period and starting immediately.

d. Fully as an immediate deduction.

Equipment Cost 7.5

PV(DTS) Year 0 Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Year 6 Year 7 Year 8 Year 9 Year 10

Depreciation Tax Shield (Tc*Dep)

8-18. Arnold Inc. is considering a proposal to manufacture high-end protein bars used as food

supplements by body builders. The project requires use of an existing warehouse, which the firm

acquired three years ago for $1 million and which it currently rents out for $120,000. Rental

rates are not expected to change going forward. In addition to using the warehouse, the project

requires an up-front investment into machines and other equipment of $1.4m. This investment

can be fully depreciated straight-line over the next 10 years for tax purposes. However, Arnold

Inc. expects to terminate the project at the end of eight years and to sell the machines and

equipment for $500,000. Finally, the project requires an initial investment into net working

capital equal to 10% of predicted first-year sales. Subsequently, net working capital is 10% of

the predicted sales over the following year. Sales of protein bars are expected to be $4.8 million

in the first year and to stay constant for eight years. Total manufacturing costs and operating

expenses (excluding depreciation) are 80% of sales, and profits are taxed at 30%.

a. What are the free cash flows of the project?

Chapter 8/Fundamentals of Capital Budgeting 127

b. If the cost of capital is 15%, what is the NPV of the project?

a. Assumptions:

FCF in years 1–7:

$4.8m

Sales

–$3.84m

–Cost (80%)

$0.96m

=Gross Profit

–$0.12m

–Lost Rent

–$0.14m

–Depreciation

$0.70m

=EBIT

–$0.21m

–Tax (30%)

$0.49m

= (1 – t) x EBIT

$0.14m

+Depreciation

$0.63m

= FCF

Note that there is no more CAPX nor investment into NWC in years 1–7.

b. The NPV is the present value of the FCFs in years 0 to 8:

128 Berk/DeMarzo, Corporate Finance, Fourth Edition

8-19. Bay Properties is considering starting a commercial real estate division. It has prepared the

following four-year forecast of free cash flows for this division:

Assume cash flows after year 4 will grow at 3% per year, forever. If the cost of capital for this

division is 14%, what is the continuation value in year 4 for cash flows after year 4? What is the

value today of this division?

The expected cash flow in year 5 is 240,000 × 1.03 = 247,200. We can value the cash flows in year 5

and beyond as a growing perpetuity:

8-20. Your firm would like to evaluate a proposed new operating division. You have forecasted cash

flows for this division for the next five years, and have estimated that the cost of capital is 12%.

You would like to estimate a continuation value. You have made the following forecasts for the

last year of your five-year forecasting horizon (in millions of dollars):

a. You forecast that future free cash flows after year 5 will grow at 2% per year, forever.

Estimate the continuation value in year 5, using the perpetuity with growth formula.

b. You have identified several firms in the same industry as your operating division. The

average P/E ratio for these firms is 30. Estimate the continuation value assuming the P/E

ratio for your division in year 5 will be the same as the average P/E ratio for the comparable

firms today.

c. The average market/book ratio for the comparable firms is 4.0. Estimate the continuation

value using the market/book ratio.

8-21. In September 2008, the IRS changed tax laws to allow banks to utilize the tax loss carryforwards

of banks they acquire to shield their future income from taxes (prior law restricted the ability of

acquirers to use these credits). Suppose Fargo Bank acquires Covia Bank and with it acquires

$74 billion in tax loss carryforwards. If Fargo Bank is expected to generate taxable income of 10

billion per year in the future, and its tax rate is 30%, what is the present value of these acquired

tax loss carryforwards given a cost of capital of 8%?

8-22. Using the FCF projections in part b of Problem 11, calculate the NPV of the HomeNet project

assuming a cost of capital of

a. 10%.

b. 12%.

c. 14%.

What is the IRR of the project in this case?

a.

Year

0

1

2

3

4

5

Net Present Value ($000s)

1

Free Cash Flow

(16,500)

2,470

6,580

10,421

12,860

3,843

2

Project Cost of Capital

3

Discount Factor

1.000

0.909

0.826

0.751

0.683

0.621

Year

0

1

2

3

4

5

1

PV of Free Cash Flow

(16,500)

2,245

5,438

7,830

8,783

2,386

2

NPV

10,182

3

IRR

28.8%

b.

Year

0

1

2

3

4

5

Net Present Value ($000s)

1

Free Cash Flow

(16,500)

2,470

6,580

10,421

12,860

3,843

2

Project Cost of Capital

Year

0

1

2

3

4

5

1

PV of Free Cash Flow

(16,500)

2,205

5,246

7,418

8,172

2,181

2

NPV

8,722

3

IRR

28.8%

130 Berk/DeMarzo, Corporate Finance, Fourth Edition

c.

Year

0

1

2

3

4

5

Net Present Value ($000s)

1

Free Cash Flow

(16,500)

2,470

6,580

10,421

12,860

3,843

2

Project Cost of Capital

3

Discount Factor

1.000

0.877

0.769

0.675

0.592

0.519

Year

0

1

2

3

4

5

1

PV of Free Cash Flow

(16,500)

2,167

5,063

7,034

7,614

1,996

2

NPV

7,374

3

IRR

28.8%

8-23. For the assumptions in part (a) of Problem 5, assuming a cost of capital of 12%, calculate the

following:

a. The break-even annual sales price decline.

b. The break-even annual unit sales increase.

8-24. Bauer Industries is an automobile manufacturer. Management is currently evaluating a proposal

to build a plant that will manufacture lightweight trucks. Bauer plans to use a cost of capital of

12% to evaluate this project. Based on extensive research, it has prepared the following

incremental free cash flow projections (in millions of dollars):

a. For this base-case scenario, what is the NPV of the plant to manufacture lightweight trucks?

b. Based on input from the marketing department, Bauer is uncertain about its revenue

forecast. In particular, management would like to examine the sensitivity of the NPV to the

revenue assumptions. What is the NPV of this project if revenues are 10% higher than

forecast? What is the NPV if revenues are 10% lower than forecast?

c. Rather than assuming that cash flows for this project are constant, management would like

to explore the sensitivity of its analysis to possible growth in revenues and operating

expenses. Specifically, management would like to assume that revenues, manufacturing

expenses, and marketing expenses are as given in the table for year 1 and grow by 2% per

Chapter 8/Fundamentals of Capital Budgeting 131

year every year starting in year 2. Management also plans to assume that the initial capital

expenditures (and therefore depreciation), additions to working capital, and continuation

value remain as initially specified in the table. What is the NPV of this project under these

alternative assumptions? How does the NPV change if the revenues and operating expenses

grow by 5% per year rather than by 2%?

d. To examine the sensitivity of this project to the discount rate, management would like to

compute the NPV for different discount rates. Create a graph, with the discount rate on the

x-axis and the NPV on the y-axis, for discount rates ranging from 5% to 30%. For what

ranges of discount rates does the project have a positive NPV?

Year 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Free Cash Flow Forecast ($ millions)

1 Sales —100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

2 Manufacturing —(35.0) (35.0) (35.0) (35.0) (35.0) (35.0) (35.0) (35.0) (35.0) (35.0)

3 Marketing Expenses —(10.0) (10.0) (10.0) (10.0) (10.0) (10.0) (10.0) (10.0) (10.0) (10.0)

4 Depreciation —(15.0) (15.0) (15.0) (15.0) (15.0) (15.0) (15.0) (15.0) (15.0) (15.0)

5 EBIT —40.0 40.0 40.0 40.0 40.0 40.0 40.0 40.0 40.0 40.0

6 Income tax at 35% —(14.0) (14.0) (14.0) (14.0) (14.0) (14.0) (14.0) (14.0) (14.0) (14.0)

7Unlevered Net Income —26.0 26.0 26.0 26.0 26.0 26.0 26.0 26.0 26.0 26.0

8 Depreciation —15.0 15.0 15.0 15.0 15.0 15.0 15.0 15.0 15.0 15.0

9 Inc. in NWC —(5.0) (5.0) (5.0) (5.0) (5.0) (5.0) (5.0) (5.0) (5.0) (5.0)

10 Capital Expenditures (150.0) ——————————

11 Continuation value — — — — — — — — — — 12.0

12 Free Cash Flow (150.0) 36.0 36.0 36.0 36.0 36.0 36.0 36.0 36.0 36.0 48.0

13 NPV at 12% 57.3 ——————————

a. The NPV of the estimate free cash flow is

d. NPV is positive for discount rates below the IRR of 20.6%.

8-25. Billingham Packaging is considering expanding its production capacity by purchasing a new

machine, the XC-750. The cost of the XC-750 is $2.75 million. Unfortunately, installing this

machine will take several months and will partially disrupt production. The firm has just

completed a $50,000 feasibility study to analyze the decision to buy the XC-750, resulting in the

following estimates:

■ Marketing: Once the XC-750 is operating next year, the extra capacity is expected to

generate $10 million per year in additional sales, which will continue for the 10-year life of

the machine.

■ Operations: The disruption caused by the installation will decrease sales by $5 million this

year. Once the machine is operating next year, the cost of goods for the products produced

by the XC-750 is expected to be 70% of their sale price. The increased production will

require additional inventory on hand of $1 million to be added in year 0 and depleted in year

10.

■ Human Resources: The expansion will require additional sales and administrative personnel

at a cost of $2 million per year.

■ Accounting: The XC-750 will be depreciated via the straight-line method over the 10-year

life of the machine. The firm expects receivables from the new sales to be 15% of revenues

and payables to be 10% of the cost of goods sold. Billingham’s marginal corporate tax rate is

35%.

a. Determine the incremental earnings from the purchase of the XC-750.

b. Determine the free cash flow from the purchase of the XC-750.

c. If the appropriate cost of capital for the expansion is 10%, compute the NPV of the

purchase.

d. While the expected new sales will be $10 million per year from the expansion, estimates

range from $8 million to $12 million. What is the NPV in the worst case? In the best case?

e. What is the break-even level of new sales from the expansion? What is the break-even level

for the cost of goods sold?

f. Billingham could instead purchase the XC-900, which offers even greater capacity. The cost

of the XC-900 is $4 million. The extra capacity would not be useful in the first two years of

operation, but would allow for additional sales in years 3–10. What level of additional sales

(above the $10 million expected for the XC-750) per year in those years would justify

purchasing the larger machine?

Chapter 8/Fundamentals of Capital Budgeting 133

Incremental Effects

(with vs. without XC-750)

Year 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Sales Revenues -5,000 10,000 10,000 10,000 10,000 10,000 10,000 10,000 10,000 10,000 10,000

Cost of Capital 10.00%

Net Working Capital Calculation

Year 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Incremental Effects

(with vs. without XC-900)

Year 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Net Working Capital Calculation

Year 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10