ASSIGNMENT $($ONE$)1($DUE DATE $30/04/2025)$

Alma Ltd is a large company specializing in luxury holidays for the rich and famous. It recently purchased an uninhabited island close to the popular resort Arya for K$2$ million. The company has already spent K$1\mathrm{.}5$ million preparing the land for construction work. Over the next year, it plans to develop the island extensively, with the aim of making it one of the most exclusive holiday locations in Zambia.

An offer has just been made to buy the land for K$5$ million. Alma Ltd has therefore decided to reappraise the project in order to decide whether they should still proceed with the project, or should instead accept the offer. If they decide to accept the offer, the sale will take place immediately, incurring legal fees of $K20,000.$ If they reject the offer, development will continue, and accommodation will be available for rent in one year's time.

The company project accountant, Ivwananji Kazilale, has provided estimates of costs and revenues for the next five years as set out below.

Total construction costs for the seven hotels on the island are K$37$ million. Of the total, K$2$ million has already been spent in the form of down payments to several construction firms. These down payments are irrecoverable.

The total construction costs for the forty luxury self$-$catering lodges that will be attached to the hotels are K$24$ million. A down payment of K $4$ million is required immediately.

The cost of furnishing the hotels and lodges is estimated at K$3\mathrm{.}2$ million.

Each lodge will have its own private swimming pool. The cost of each pool is expected to be K$12,000.$

Six restaurants will be built on the island for K$15$ million. Alma Ltd has already had to commit to K $3$ million of these costs to attract the chefs it requires. Although these monies have not yet been paid over, Alma Ltd is contractually bound to pay them, irrespective of whether the project now proceeds.

A small parade of shops will be developed for K $4$ million.

Annual cash overheads are expected to be K$2$ million for the hotels. Revenues for the hotels are estimated at K$13$ million per annum.

Maintenance costs for each of the lodges will be $K7,000$ per annum, compared to rental income of K$390,000$ per annum, per lodge.

Depreciation totaling K$1\mathrm{.}5$ million per annum will be charged in Alma Ltd$.\text{'}$s accounts for the hotels, lodges, restaurant, and shops.

The restaurant and shops are expected to generate a net income of K $4\mathrm{.}73$ million per annum, in total.

Interest on money borrowed to finance the project will be K$2\mathrm{.}5$ million per annum.

All the set$-$up costs will occur within the next year, before the resort is open. The annual revenues and overheads relate to the four years following this. Assume that all cash flows occur at the end of each year, unless otherwise stated, and that there are no terminal values to consider at the end of the four years. The company is funded with