This project requires an initial investment of $20,000,000 in equipment which will cost an additional $3,000,000 to install. The firm will use the attached MACRS depreciation schedule to expense this equipment. Once the equipment is installed, the company will need to increase raw goods inventory by $5,000,000, but it will also see an increase in accounts payable of $1,500,000. With this investment, the project will last 6 years at which time the market value for the equipment will be $1,000,000. The project will produce a product with a sales price of $20.00 per unit and the variable cost per unit will be $10.00. It is estimated the sales volume for this project will be 700,000 in year 1, 1,000,000 in year 2, 650,000 in year 3, 700,000 in year 4, 650,000 in year 5 and 550,000 in year 6. The fixed costs would be $2,000,000 per year. Because this project could use some existing company infrastructure, management has expressed some favoritism towards this project and as allowed for a reduced rate of return of 2 percentage point below its current WACC as the valuation hurdle it must meet or surpass.

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The company has 81,000 bonds with a 30-year life outstanding, with 15 years until
maturity. The bonds carry a 10 percent semi-annual coupon, and are currently selling
for $899.24.
• The company also has 150,000 shares of $100 par, 9% dividend perpetual preferred
stock outstanding. The current market price is $90.00. Any new issues of preferred
stock would incur a 3.6% per share flotation cost.
• The company has 5 million shares of common stock outstanding with a current price
of $29.84 per share. The stock exhibits a constant growth rate of 10 percent. The last
dividend (D0) was $.80. New stock could be sold with flotation costs of 6.7% per
share.
• The risk-free rate is currently 6 percent, and the rate of return on the stock market as a
whole is 13 percent. Your stock’s beta is 1.18.
• Your firm does not use notes payable for long-term financing.
• Your firm’s federal + state marginal tax rate is 28%.
• For all projects, the reinvestment rate shall be 9.5%                                                                                                             This project requires an initial investment of $20,000,000 in equipment which will cost
an additional $3,000,000 to install. The firm will use the attached MACRS depreciation
schedule to expense this equipment. Once the equipment is installed, the company will
need to increase raw goods inventory by $5,000,000, but it will also see an increase in
accounts payable of $1,500,000. With this investment, the project will last 6 years at
which time the market value for the equipment will be $1,000,000.
The project will produce a product with a sales price of $20.00 per unit and the variable
cost per unit will be $10.00. It is estimated the sales volume for this project will be
700,000 in year 1, 1,000,000 in year 2, 650,000 in year 3, 700,000 in year 4, 650,000 in
year 5 and 550,000 in year 6. The fixed costs would be $2,000,000 per year. Because
this project could use some existing company infrastructure, management has expressed
some favoritism towards this project and as allowed for a reduced rate of return of 2
percentage point below its current WACC as the valuation hurdle it must meet or surpass.                                                  
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