Question: QUESTION THREE ( 2 0 MARKS ) a ) YNot Ltd is considering a new investment in machinery at a cost of Ksh 4 .

QUESTION THREE (20 MARKS) a)YNot Ltd is considering a new investment in machinery at a cost of Ksh 4.25 Million. The machinery has an economic useful life of 5 years. The scrap value (residual value) of the machinery in 5 years time is expected to be Ksh 500,000/=. The project will generate annual operating sales revenue of Ksh 4.5 Million while its annual operating costs are projected to be Ksh 2.9 Million per year including depreciation. The new machinery will require an investment of Ksh 600,000/= in working capital at the beginning of the project, which will be recovered at the end of the projects life in 5 years time. If YNot Ltds cost of capital is 14%, and the tax rate is 30% what is the projects NPV?Should the company accept the project? (10 Marks) b)Car clean Company operates a car wash business. The Company bought a machine two years ago at a price of sh.60,000/=. The life span of the machine is 6 years and the machine has no disposal value. The current market value of the machine is sh.20,000/= The Company is considering buying a new machine. The cost of the new machine is 100,000/= and its life span is four (4) years. The new machine has a disposal value of 20,000/=. The new machine is faster than the old one and so the management believes that the revenue will increase from 1 million annually to 1.03 million. In addition the new machine is expected to save the company 10,000/= in water and electricity costs. The discount rate of Car Clean Company is 15%; and the corporate tax rate is 40% What is the NPV & IRR of replacing the old machine? (10 Marks) There is no additional information to this qurstion

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