EXCEL ASSIGNMENT EXPORT VERSUS INVEST DECISION Palo Alto Electronics (PAE) of the US exports 360,000 sets...

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EXCEL ASSIGNMENT EXPORT VERSUS INVEST DECISION Palo Alto Electronics (PAE) of the US exports 360,000 sets of routers per year to the Philippines. It sells them for the equivalent of $58 per set. Current total costs are $47 per set and are expected to stay the same for the next ten years. PAE is studying an offer to start a subsidiary in the Philippines (to be named PAE Philippines) that would establish a project to produce and sell the routers locally. Initial investment would be $19,600,000 in plant and equipment plus $400,000 in shipping and installation and $5,000,000 in initial net working capital. Plant and equipment will be depreciated to a book value of $5,240,000 on a straight-line basis over the ten-year project life, but will have 8,800,000 market salvage value. PAE Philippines would import all the parts it needs from the parent company at a cost of $25 per set. Additional local variable costs are $13 per set. Local fixed costs are $2,500,000. The parent's pre-tax profit margin on the $25 per unit sale to its subsidiary is $10.40. Tax rate in the US and the Philippines is 25%. Discount rate for Palo Alto is 12% and it applies to both the parent company and its prospective subsidiary. Assume there is no increase in the number of units sold over the ten year period. a. Use an income statement format and an excel spreadsheet to calculate all relevant cash flows from the subsidiary's perspective. b. Is the project profitable in its own right (i.e. from the subsidiary's perspective)? Show all calculations that enter into this decision masking process. c. Assuming no limits on repatriation, what are the effective annual cash flows to PAE (the parent company)? d. Should PAE build the plant in the Philippines instead of exporting? Show all calculations. EXCEL ASSIGNMENT EXPORT VERSUS INVEST DECISION Palo Alto Electronics (PAE) of the US exports 360,000 sets of routers per year to the Philippines. It sells them for the equivalent of $58 per set. Current total costs are $47 per set and are expected to stay the same for the next ten years. PAE is studying an offer to start a subsidiary in the Philippines (to be named PAE Philippines) that would establish a project to produce and sell the routers locally. Initial investment would be $19,600,000 in plant and equipment plus $400,000 in shipping and installation and $5,000,000 in initial net working capital. Plant and equipment will be depreciated to a book value of $5,240,000 on a straight-line basis over the ten-year project life, but will have 8,800,000 market salvage value. PAE Philippines would import all the parts it needs from the parent company at a cost of $25 per set. Additional local variable costs are $13 per set. Local fixed costs are $2,500,000. The parent's pre-tax profit margin on the $25 per unit sale to its subsidiary is $10.40. Tax rate in the US and the Philippines is 25%. Discount rate for Palo Alto is 12% and it applies to both the parent company and its prospective subsidiary. Assume there is no increase in the number of units sold over the ten year period. a. Use an income statement format and an excel spreadsheet to calculate all relevant cash flows from the subsidiary's perspective. b. Is the project profitable in its own right (i.e. from the subsidiary's perspective)? Show all calculations that enter into this decision masking process. c. Assuming no limits on repatriation, what are the effective annual cash flows to PAE (the parent company)? d. Should PAE build the plant in the Philippines instead of exporting? Show all calculations.