Fashions Ltd has a chain of women's clothing boutiques. It focuses on fashionable everyday clothing at a midrange price. Its shops are in local shopping centres rather than fashionable high end malls. Recently the company has overhauled its product range and systems. This means that the products in each outlet take up less space than previously. In 2021 this has encouraged Fashions Ltd to consider using the space to install a dry cleaning service. It is asking mangers to review their local area to see if this would bring in business and if so to go ahead with the investment. Outlets are run as individual prot centres. Two ofthe boutiques \"Northfield\" and "Beacon" have shown an interest in installing the Dry Cleaning facility. The necessary equipment and installation to provide the dry cleaning would cost 3,000,000 per store and last for ten years. It is planned to install the equipment for the beginning of the nancial year ie. to start on 112021. Additional cashows from the dry cleaning are considered to be the same for each store and a fair estimate for each store year ended 30.6.2022 would be: Revenues 1,100,000 Cash Expenses 350,000 The budgeted forecasts for each outlet for the year, without investment in the Dry Cleaning are: Estimated net assets of each boutique at 30.6.2022 without the investment in Dry Cleaning No rtheld Beacon Carrying Carrying Value Value E Property at cost 3,000,000 6,000,000 bought Northeld 1882 Beacon 2018 *less 2.5% per year 2 250 000 7'50 000 800 000 5,400,000 accumulated depreciation Fitments bought 2018 1,000,000 1,200,000 Less 10% per year 400,000 800,000 480,000 ?20,000 accumulated depreciated Net current assets 100,000 80,000 Total Net Assets 1450,0110 E 200 000 Estimated net income for the year ended 30.0.2022 without investment in Dry Cleaning E E Revenues 4,143,000 7,43?,000 Less Expenses 3,068,000 623?,000 depreciation 1T5,000 4,143,000 2?0,000 0,50?,000 Net income 290,000 930,000 * All depreciation is straight line .- Fashions Ltd evaluates managerial performance and awards bonuses based on Return on Investment using the closing asset values. The company's cost of capital is 14%. Giving the managers the opportunity to decide whether to install the Dry Cleaning facility is unusual. The company's general policy is that even though the managers are required to make a return on net assets, the decision to acquire the assets is made by Head Ofce. The decision to buy the properties has been made by Head Ofce. The ttings and decor are implemented by Head Ofce to ensure that the brand is represented in the same way in each store. The clothes are commissioned by head ofce and brand advertising is also commissioned by Head Ofce. Required a] Show calculations to determine whether the dry cleaning installation is viable using the company's cost of capital of 14%. Comment on the result. [The present value of an annual annuity for 10 years at 14% = 5.216} b] i) As divisional managers are evaluated on Return on Investmentr for each division, calculate the Return on Investment for the year ended 30.6.2022 with and without the Dry Cleaning initiative. [' ii} Based on your results trom bi) explain, with reasons, why each manager might or might not proceed with the Dry Cleaning initiative. ' c] Calculate the Residual Income for each branch for the year ended 30.6.2022 before and after the investment in Dry Cleaning and explain the use of this measure on the managers' decision making. d] i) Briey explain why the current method of ROI or RI may not encourage the managers to feel rewarded for their efforts. ii} Discuss which of the boutiques is trading most effectively. Suggest one specic evaluation method which would be fairer and could be used. Show calculations using the method you have suggested and comment on whether, using that method, the managers would proceed with the dry cleaning expansion