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Kara Limited,a South African-based Savory manufacturing company, intends to expand its output capacityin order to meet the expected increase in demand from the industry. The companyplan is to acquire a new machine from China. They have the option toeither lease or purchase thenew machinery. The machinery has a cost of R900 000.

 

LEASE:

The company can lease the machinery under a three-year lease. They have to make a payment of R360 000 at the end of each year. Kara Limited has the option to buy the machinery at the end of the lease for R300 000 and the financial manager intends on exercising this option.Monthly insurance costs ofR12 000 are borne by thelessee.

 

BUY:

Alternatively, the company could finance the R900 000 cost of the machinerythrough its retained earnings, payable upfront. Kara Limited will also pay an additional R156 000 per year for insurance costs while the currentrunning costs (water and electricity) for similar machines are R30 000 perannum.

Insurance is expected to increase by 8% per annum starting from year two. Due to improvements in the water supply and the use of renewablemeans of energyin the factory,running costs are expectedto decrease at a rate of 10% per annum starting from year two.

Depreciation is calculated using the straight-line method.

 

 

Assume that the currentcorporate tax rate is 30% andthe after-tax cost of debt is 11%.

 

 

Required:

 

 

You are requiredto:

  1. Determine the after-tax cashflows and the netpresent value of the cash outflows under each alternative.


  1. Briefly indicate which alternativeshould be recommended.                                                                                                             

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QUESTION 2

 

Batman Traders Limited is a South Africanbased manufacturer of Generators, an award-winning generator. The company is currently investigating two investment projects.The information is given below:

 

Project A

 

Involves extending the company's production facility in Gauteng. The plant will cost R850 000 and is expected to create an additional annual profit of R120 000for the 5 years life of theproject.

The following expenses were includedinthe annual profit:

  • Depreciation was calculated on thestraight-line method, over the life of project.
  • Share of existing overheads, borne byhead office amounting to R50 000p.a.
  • Additional fixed cost of R45 000.

 

 

Project B

 

Involves setting up an independent manufacturing facility in Taiwan. The cost of the facility would be an initial outlay 2 800 000 Taiwan dollars. This would result in:

  • annual profit of 500 000 Taiwan dollars, for the 5 years of the project.
  • The annual fixed costs andvariable costs are 90 000 and 80 000 Taiwan dollars respectively. These costs were not included in the profit calculation.
  • Consultant fees of 40 000Taiwan dollars were included in thecalculation of profit for Project B.

 

 

Note:

 

  • Batman Traders Limited currentcost of capital is 11%.
  • The Taiwaneseinflation is expected to exceed the South African inflation by 2% p.a. throughout the life of the project.
  • The current spot rate exchange is 2.5 Taiwan dollars to the Rand.

 

 

Required:

 

Compute the necessary calculations and advise Batman Traders Limited if it is worth investing in neither, in one or both of these two opportunities.                                                                                                               

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Question 3

 

Bingo Traders uses a combination of shares and debtin their capital structure. The details are given below:

 

There are 8 000 000 R5 ordinary shares in issue and the current market price is R7.70 per share. The latest dividend paid was 89 cents and a 11% average growth for the past eight years was maintained.

 

The companyhas 4 400 000 R5,10% preference shares with a marketprice of R6 per share.

 

 

Bingo Traders has a public traded debt with a facevalue of R14 000 000. Thecoupon rate of the debentureis 10% and the current yieldto maturity of 13%. The debenture has 6 years to maturity.

 

They also have a bank overdraft of R6 000 000 due in 3 years' time and interestis charged at 15% per annum.

 

 

Additional Information:

 

  • Bingo Traders has a beta of 1.6, a risk-free rate of 7.1% and a return on the market of 17.7%.
  • Company tax rate is 30%.

 

 

Required:

 

 

 

  1. Calculate the weighted average cost of capital, using theCapital Asset Pricing Model to calculate the cost of equity.                                                                                                               

 

  1. Calculate the cost of equity, using the Gordon Growth Model.                                                                                                                      



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