After seeing Snapple's success with fruit drinks, the board of directors of Modern Foods is seriously...

  

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After seeing Snapple's success with fruit drinks, the board of directors of Modern Foods is seriously considering a proposal for a lemon juice project. You have been recently hired as a financial analyst by Modern Foods and you report to Mahajan, the CEO of the company. You have been entrusted with the task of evaluating the project. The lemon juice would be produced in an unused building adjacent to the main plant of Modern Foods. The building, owned by Modern Foods, is fully depreciated. However, it can be rented out for an annual rental of 1 million. The outlay on the project is expected to be 25 million - 15 million toward plant and machinery and 10 million toward gross working capital. You can assume that the outlay will occur right in the beginning. This means that there is no interest during the construction period. 8 million of term loan, The proposed scheme of financing is as follows: 0 million of equity, *5 million of working capital advance, and 2 million of trade credit. The term loan is repayable in 8 equal semi-annual installments of 1 million each. The first installment will be due after 18 months. The interest on the term loan will be 15 percent. The levels of working capital advance and trade credit will remain at 5 million and * 2 million respectively, till they are paid back or retired at the end of 5 years, which is the expected life of the project. Working capital advance will carry an interest rate of 14 percent. The lemon juice project is expected to generate a revenue of 30 million a year. The operating costs (excluding depreciation and interest) are expected to be 20 million a year. For tax purposes, the depreciation rate on fixed assets will be 25 percent as per the written down value method. Assume that there is no other tax benefit. The net salvage value of plant and machinery is expected to be 5 million at the end of the year 5. Recovery of working capital, at the end of year 5, is expected to be at book value. The income tax rate is expected to be 30 percent. Mahajan wants you to estimate the cash flows from two different points of view: (a) Cash flows from the point of all investors (which is also called the explicit cost funds point of (b) Cash flows from the point of equity investors. After seeing Snapple's success with fruit drinks, the board of directors of Modern Foods is seriously considering a proposal for a lemon juice project. You have been recently hired as a financial analyst by Modern Foods and you report to Mahajan, the CEO of the company. You have been entrusted with the task of evaluating the project. The lemon juice would be produced in an unused building adjacent to the main plant of Modern Foods. The building, owned by Modern Foods, is fully depreciated. However, it can be rented out for an annual rental of 1 million. The outlay on the project is expected to be 25 million - 15 million toward plant and machinery and 10 million toward gross working capital. You can assume that the outlay will occur right in the beginning. This means that there is no interest during the construction period. 8 million of term loan, The proposed scheme of financing is as follows: 0 million of equity, *5 million of working capital advance, and 2 million of trade credit. The term loan is repayable in 8 equal semi-annual installments of 1 million each. The first installment will be due after 18 months. The interest on the term loan will be 15 percent. The levels of working capital advance and trade credit will remain at 5 million and * 2 million respectively, till they are paid back or retired at the end of 5 years, which is the expected life of the project. Working capital advance will carry an interest rate of 14 percent. The lemon juice project is expected to generate a revenue of 30 million a year. The operating costs (excluding depreciation and interest) are expected to be 20 million a year. For tax purposes, the depreciation rate on fixed assets will be 25 percent as per the written down value method. Assume that there is no other tax benefit. The net salvage value of plant and machinery is expected to be 5 million at the end of the year 5. Recovery of working capital, at the end of year 5, is expected to be at book value. The income tax rate is expected to be 30 percent. Mahajan wants you to estimate the cash flows from two different points of view: (a) Cash flows from the point of all investors (which is also called the explicit cost funds point of (b) Cash flows from the point of equity investors.

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