ns 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 D Cleaning facility. The necessary equipment and installation to provide the dry cleanir would cost 3,000,000 per store and last for ten years. It is planned to install the equipme for the beginning of the financial year i.e. to start on 1.7.2021. 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 Northfield Beacon Carrying Carrying E Value E E Value E Property at cost 3,000,000 6,000,000 bought Northfield 1992 Beacon 2018 *less 2.5% per year 2 250 000 750 000 600 000 5,400,000 accumulated depreciation Fitments bought 201 8 1,000,000 1,200,000 Less 10% per year 400,000 600,000 480,000 720,000 accumulated depreciated Net current assets 100 000 80 000 Total Net Assets 1450,000 6,200,000 Estimated net income for the year ended 30.6.2022 without investment in Dry Cleaning E E E E Revenues 4,143,000 7,437,000 Less Expenses 3,968,000 6237,000 depreciation 175 000 4 143 000 270 000 6 507 000 Net income 290,000 930,000 * All depreciation is straight line Question continues on next page ntinued) 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 Office. The decision to buy the properties has been made by Head Office. The fittings and dcor are implemented by Head Office to ensure that the brand is represented in the same way in each store. The clothes are commissioned by head office and brand advertising is also commissioned by Head Office