Question: Suppose that Cott Corporation (COT) is considering adding a new product. Cott currently sells apple juice, and they are considering adding a new fruit

Suppose that Cott Corporation (COT) is considering adding a new product. Cottcurrently sells apple juice, and they are considering adding a new fruitdrink. The new fruit drink will be discontinued in 4 years. They

Suppose that Cott Corporation (COT) is considering adding a new product. Cott currently sells apple juice, and they are considering adding a new fruit drink. The new fruit drink will be discontinued in 4 years. They own a piece of land that was bought 10 years ago for $50,000, it is in the company's books for $50,000 and could be sold today for $100,000. They hired an engineer to evaluate it, and she has approved it for building a new factory. The engineer billed the company for $15,000. Building a new factory will cost $2,100,000. At the end of the project, the factory (including the land) can be sold for $500,000. The factory will be depreciated via 3-year MACRS depreciation schedule; however, the land is not depreciable. The fruit drink will have a selling price of $1.64 per container. Projected sales are expected to be 4,000,000 containers in the first year and they will increase at 9% for each subsequent year. As existing customers switch to the new fruit drink, sales of the existing apple juice will decline by $500,000 per year. Variable costs are 60% of the sales and fixed costs are $1,250,000 per year. To finance this project the company will issue a bond and it will cost the company $60,000/year in interest. The new fruit drink requires an increase in inventory of $275,000, an increase in accounts receivable of $135,000, and an increase in accounts payable of $110,000 in year 0. In the following years (that is, years 1, 2, 3) the investment in net working capital will be 10% of the forecasted sales increase. This means that the investment in NWC in year 0 will be enough to support the sales of year 1. The investment in NWC in year 1 will be 10% of the forecasted sales increase (the sales increase is calculated as forecasted Sales, - Sales). For the forecasted sales numbers, use whatever sales numbers you have in Row 31. The company's tax rate is 0.35.

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