(USA) is an international provider of soup products. Management is very interested in continuing to grow the company in its core business, while “spinning off ” those businesses that are not part of its core operation.

Instructions

Go to the Campbell website and then choose the current annual report. Review the financial statements and management’s discussion and analysis, and then answer the following questions.

a. What was the total amount of capital expenditures in the current year, and how does this amount compare with the previous year? In your response, note what year you are using.

b. What interest rate did the company pay on new borrowings in the current year?

c. Assume that this year’s capital expenditures are expected to increase cash flows by $50 million. What is the expected internal rate of return (IRR) for these capital expenditures? (Assume a 10-year period for the cash flows.)