Avoca is a small manufacturing company that makes garden furniture. They are considering a project where the make special metal ornaments, this is considered toe in the normal area of its business. This will involve the company buying a new piece of equipment, the capital costs of which can be expensed straight away. This piece of equipment will replace an old machine which has a book value of $50,000 and one year to go before it will have been depreciated to zero. The new equipment will be depreciated straight line to zero over five years with no salvage value at the end of its life. If the project is undertaken, the old equipment will be sold for $90,000. The ornaments will retail for $12 each and will cost a total of $8 each to get to the market. In the final two years of the five year project, it is expected that the costs will rise to $9 and $10 respectively. At the start of the project, it is expected that there will be $40,000 of stock required. At the same time accounts receivables will be $50,000 and accounts payable of $25,000. These levels will be maintained until the end of the project. The company expects to sell 80,000 units in the first year, rising to 100,000 in year 2, and 120,000 in year 3, before falling back to 100,000 for each of years 4 and 5. The company expects to incur an extra $50,000 in marketing costs in the first year, followed by $40,000 a year thereafter. The project will also incur $40,000 of overheads costs from the parent company. Two managers from the parent company will come and work on the project; their current salaries are $50,000 each and the parent company will have to hire two new managers to fill the vacated positions. The company expects to start two new managers at a salary of $40,000 each. The company is funded with $16m of equity and $6m of debt. The recent divided growth rate at the company has been 6%. The asset beta is 1.15 and the debt beta is 0.25. The company faces a tax rate of 30%. The risk free rate of interest is 4.6% and the stock market risk premium is 6%. Required: Layout the cash flows for the project and calculate the NPV. Avoca is a small manufacturing company that makes garden furniture. They are considering a project where the make special metal ornaments, this is considered toe in the normal area of its business. This will involve the company buying a new piece of equipment, the capital costs of which can be expensed straight away. This piece of equipment will replace an old machine which has a book value of $50,000 and one year to go before it will have been depreciated to zero. The new equipment will be depreciated straight line to zero over five years with no salvage value at the end of its life. If the project is undertaken, the old equipment will be sold for $90,000. The ornaments will retail for $12 each and will cost a total of $8 each to get to the market. In the final two years of the five year project, it is expected that the costs will rise to $9 and $10 respectively. At the start of the project, it is expected that there will be $40,000 of stock required. At the same time accounts receivables will be $50,000 and accounts payable of $25,000. These levels will be maintained until the end of the project. The company expects to sell 80,000 units in the first year, rising to 100,000 in year 2, and 120,000 in year 3, before falling back to 100,000 for each of years 4 and 5. The company expects to incur an extra $50,000 in marketing costs in the first year, followed by $40,000 a year thereafter. The project will also incur $40,000 of overheads costs from the parent company. Two managers from the parent company will come and work on the project; their current salaries are $50,000 each and the parent company will have to hire two new managers to fill the vacated positions. The company expects to start two new managers at a salary of $40,000 each. The company is funded with $16m of equity and $6m of debt. The recent divided growth rate at the company has been 6%. The asset beta is 1.15 and the debt beta is 0.25. The company faces a tax rate of 30%. The risk free rate of interest is 4.6% and the stock market risk premium is 6%. Required: Layout the cash flows for the project and calculate the NPV