Group 5 Shrieves Casting Company is considering adding a new line to its product mix, and the capital budgeting analysis is being conducted by Sidney Johnson, a recently graduated MBA. The production line would be set up in unused space in Shrieves' main plant. The machinery would incur $10,000 in shipping charges, and it would cost an additional $28,000 to install the equipment. The machinery has an economic life of 4 years, and Shrieves has obtained a special tax ruling that places the equipment in the MACRS 3-year class. The machinery is expected to have a salvage value of 15% of initial outlay after 4 years of use. The new line would generate incremental unit sales per year for 4 years at an incremental cost of $108 per unit in the first year, excluding depreciation. Each unit can be sold for $200 in the first year. The sales price and cost are both expected to increase by 3% per year due to inflation. Further, to handle the new line, the firm's net working capital would have to increase by an amount equal to 12% of sales revenues. The firm's tax rate is 35%, + and its overall weighted average cost of capital is 10%. Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 Group 4 Invoice price 225,000 250,000 300,000 380,000 410,000 Unit sales 1,300 1,500 2.000 2,300 2,500 Poor acceptance 950 1,000 1,500 2.000 2,000 Strong acceptance 1,700 2.000 2,500 2,700 3,000 a. What is Shrieves' depreciable basis? What are the annual depreciation expenses? b. Calculate the annual sales revenues and costs (other than depreciation). Why is it important to include inflation when estimating cash flows? c. Construct annual incremental operating cashflow statements. d. Estimate the required net working capital for each year and the cash flow due to investments in net working capital. e. Calculate the after-tax salvage cash flow. f. Calculate the net cash flows for each year. Based on these cash flows, what are the project's NPV, IRR, MIRR, PI, payback, and discounted payback? Do these indicators suggest that the project should be undertaken? g. What does the term "risk" mean in the context of capital budgeting; to what extent can risk be quantified; and, when risk is quantified, is the quantification based primarily on statistical analysis of historical data or on subjective, judgmental estimates? h. 1) What are the three types of risk that are relevant in capital budgeting? 2) How is each of these risk types measured, and how do they relate to one another? 3) How is each type of risk used in the capital budgeting process? Perform a sensitivity analysis on the unit sales, salvage value, and cost of capital for the project. Assume each of these variables can vary from its base-case, or expected, i. Group 5 Shrieves Casting Company is considering adding a new line to its product mix, and the capital budgeting analysis is being conducted by Sidney Johnson, a recently graduated MBA. The production line would be set up in unused space in Shrieves' main plant. The machinery would incur $10,000 in shipping charges, and it would cost an additional $28,000 to install the equipment. The machinery has an economic life of 4 years, and Shrieves has obtained a special tax ruling that places the equipment in the MACRS 3-year class. The machinery is expected to have a salvage value of 15% of initial outlay after 4 years of use. The new line would generate incremental unit sales per year for 4 years at an incremental cost of $108 per unit in the first year, excluding depreciation. Each unit can be sold for $200 in the first year. The sales price and cost are both expected to increase by 3% per year due to inflation. Further, to handle the new line, the firm's net working capital would have to increase by an amount equal to 12% of sales revenues. The firm's tax rate is 35%, + and its overall weighted average cost of capital is 10%. Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 Group 4 Invoice price 225,000 250,000 300,000 380,000 410,000 Unit sales 1,300 1,500 2.000 2,300 2,500 Poor acceptance 950 1,000 1,500 2.000 2,000 Strong acceptance 1,700 2.000 2,500 2,700 3,000 a. What is Shrieves' depreciable basis? What are the annual depreciation expenses? b. Calculate the annual sales revenues and costs (other than depreciation). Why is it important to include inflation when estimating cash flows? c. Construct annual incremental operating cashflow statements. d. Estimate the required net working capital for each year and the cash flow due to investments in net working capital. e. Calculate the after-tax salvage cash flow. f. Calculate the net cash flows for each year. Based on these cash flows, what are the project's NPV, IRR, MIRR, PI, payback, and discounted payback? Do these indicators suggest that the project should be undertaken? g. What does the term "risk" mean in the context of capital budgeting; to what extent can risk be quantified; and, when risk is quantified, is the quantification based primarily on statistical analysis of historical data or on subjective, judgmental estimates? h. 1) What are the three types of risk that are relevant in capital budgeting? 2) How is each of these risk types measured, and how do they relate to one another? 3) How is each type of risk used in the capital budgeting process? Perform a sensitivity analysis on the unit sales, salvage value, and cost of capital for the project. Assume each of these variables can vary from its base-case, or expected