Over the last two years, the company has already spent $100,000 on R&D for the newly proposed project. If the company would decide to actually go ahead with the project, the initial investment in the required equipment is expected to be $1,040,000. The new project is expected to run for 10 years, and after that point the project will be retired. The expectation is that at the end of the project, the assets of the project can be sold at a residual value of only 4% of their original value. Half of the total sum which the company has raised for this project has been borrowed at an interest rate equal to the average cost of debt of the company of 4.4%.

In the first year the project is expected to generate a revenue of $624,000, and in the following years the revenues of this new project are expected to grow by 8.4% each year. Your team will have to determine the rest of the cash flows associated with this proposed project. The CFO of the company has indicated that it would be reasonable to expect that the operating costs of the new plant will be of similar proportion relative to the revenues as the companys other projects, which is at 65%. The new project would require an additional NWC of $20,800. Depreciation of the new equipment should be done in a straight-line over the full life of the project to a value of 0.

Based on the already existing projects of the company, which will be running for the foreseeable future, the company is currently able to pay a stable yearly dividend of $5.00 per share. The company has 100,000 shares outstanding, and the shareholders require a return of 14.7%. The company is financed for 70% with equity, and 30% with debt (that is including the new loan). The effective tax rate for the company is 14%.

If the company would decide to go ahead with the project, the yearly cash flows of the project can be partially paid out to the shareholders, and partially reinvested in other projects.

The CFO has indicated that the company intends to have a payout ratio of 40%, such that each year 40% of free cash flows of the project will be paid as dividends.

1. A demonstration of the expected yearly cash flows from the project

2. Calculate NPV and the IRR of the proposed project