A company has assets that will yield $30 million of cash flow in one year, an additional
Question:
A company has assets that will yield $30 million of cash flow in one year, an additional cash flow in two years, and then no subsequent cash flows. The cash flow in two years will be $10 million if the assets are properly maintained but only $7 million if maintenance is ignored. The cost of maintaining the assets, which the company must pay in one year (after receiving the $2 million cash flow) if it wishes to maintain the assets, is $2 million.
The company has no other assets. The company has outstanding debt of $9 million due in two years, immediately after it receives the final cash flows from its assets. Suppose that the company can pay any cash flow it generates in one year out as a dividend to shareholders. Will the company maintain its assets?