What is the NPV of the new plant? Assume that PC has a 22 percent tax rate. (Do not round intermediate calculations and enter your answer in dollars, not millions, rounded to the nearest whole dollar amount, e.g., 1,234,567.) NPV

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Photochronograph Corporation (PC) manufactures time series photographic equipment.
It is currently at its target debt-equity ratio of 65. It's considering building a new $69
million manufacturing facility. This new plant is expected to generate aftertax cash flows
of $6.9 million in perpetuity. The company raises all equity from outside financing. There
are three financing options:
1. A new issue of common stock: The flotation costs of the new common stock would be
7.1 percent of the amount raised. The required return on the company's new equity is
12 percent.
2. A new issue of 20-year bonds: The flotation costs of the new bonds would be 2.3
percent of the proceeds. If the company issues these new bonds at an annual coupon
rate of 4 percent, they will sell at par.
3. Increased use of accounts payable financing: Because this financing is part of the
company's ongoing daily business, it has no flotation costs, and the company assigns
it a cost that is the same as the overall firm WACC. Management has a target ratio of
accounts payable to long-term debt of .20. (Assume there is no difference between
the pretax and aftertax accounts payable cost.)
What is the NPV of the new plant? Assume that PC has a 22 percent tax rate. (Do not
round intermediate calculations and enter your answer in dollars, not millions,
rounded to the nearest whole dollar amount, e.g., 1,234,567.)
NPV
Transcribed Image Text:Photochronograph Corporation (PC) manufactures time series photographic equipment. It is currently at its target debt-equity ratio of 65. It's considering building a new $69 million manufacturing facility. This new plant is expected to generate aftertax cash flows of $6.9 million in perpetuity. The company raises all equity from outside financing. There are three financing options: 1. A new issue of common stock: The flotation costs of the new common stock would be 7.1 percent of the amount raised. The required return on the company's new equity is 12 percent. 2. A new issue of 20-year bonds: The flotation costs of the new bonds would be 2.3 percent of the proceeds. If the company issues these new bonds at an annual coupon rate of 4 percent, they will sell at par. 3. Increased use of accounts payable financing: Because this financing is part of the company's ongoing daily business, it has no flotation costs, and the company assigns it a cost that is the same as the overall firm WACC. Management has a target ratio of accounts payable to long-term debt of .20. (Assume there is no difference between the pretax and aftertax accounts payable cost.) What is the NPV of the new plant? Assume that PC has a 22 percent tax rate. (Do not round intermediate calculations and enter your answer in dollars, not millions, rounded to the nearest whole dollar amount, e.g., 1,234,567.) NPV
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