EBK PRINCIPLES OF CORPORATE FINANCE
EBK PRINCIPLES OF CORPORATE FINANCE
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ISBN: 9781259358487
Author: BREALEY
Publisher: MCGRAW HILL BOOK COMPANY
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Real and nominal flows Guandong Machinery is evaluating a new project to produce encapsulators. The initial investment in plant and equipment is RMB 500,000.15 Sales of encapsulators in year 1 are forecasted at RMB 200,000 and costs at RMB 100,000. Both are expected to increase by 10% a year in line with inflation. Profits are taxed at 25%. Working capital in each year consists of inventories of raw materials and is forecasted at 20% of sales in the following year. The project will last five years and the equipment at the end of this period will have no further value. For tax purposes the equipment can be depreciated straight-line over these five years. If the nominal discount rate is 15%, show that the net present value of the project is the same whether calculated using real cash flows or nominal flows.

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Free Cash Flow   Use the financial statements shown here for Lan & Chen Technologies. The federal-plus-state tax rate is 25%. Lan & Chen Technologies: Income Statements for Year Ending December 31   (Thousands of Dollars) 2023 2022 Sales $960,000 $900,000 Expenses excluding depreciation and amortization 820,000 774,000   EBITDA $140,000 $126,000 Depreciation and amortization 33,000 31,500   EBIT $107,000 $94,500 Interest Expense 10,000 8,900   EBT $97,000 $85,600 Taxes (25%) 24,250 21,400   Net income $72,750 $64,200   Common dividends $43,000 $41,230 Addition to retained earnings $29,750 $22,970   Lan & Chen Technologies: December 31 Balance Sheets  (Thousands of Dollars)     Assets 2023 2022 Cash and cash equivalents $48,250 $45,000 Short-term investments 3,200 3,600 Accounts Receivable 280,500 270,000 Inventories 141,000 135,000   Total current assets $472,950 $453,600   Net fixed assets 360,750 315,000 Total assets…

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