You are a manager at Permeable Fiber, which is considering adding a new product line. You thought that you had estimated the complete FCFs (free cash flows) to evaluate the project, but your assistant has brought up possible effects that you had not yet considered. Here are your current estimates (in millions of dollars; note that the question is continued below, so you need to scroll down to see it all): 2 0 - 50 1 24 FCF 42 Everything that you have calculated is correct as far as it goes, but you need to decide how, if at all, to adjust for the following factors that your assistant has pointed out. First, the project will utilize other equipment that you did not value separately because the equipment is already owned and not being used in other projects. However, the equipment could instead be donated to a charity, and the tax benefit of that donation would be $2.2 million (in other words, this is the total amount that your taxes would decrease by in period 0, if you donated the equipment rather than using it for the project). In addition, donating the equipment would also generate goodwill and increased reputation which you feel would be worth another $1.8 million (in dollars today). Second, there will be additional benefits from this new product line due to increased reputation and attracting new customers who will also start using your existing products. This increased business would have a net (after tax) effect of $9 million per year in added profit from your other products, over the two years you would be producing the new product. Last, much management time has been spent trying to analyze whether or not this new product line is desirable, and you estimate that the opportunity cost of the analysis that has already been done has been around $0.7 million. What are the correct free cash flows (FCFS) to be used when evaluating this project? Report them in millions of dollars, not in dollars. [Note: Please show your work for the possibility of partial credit. Briefly show your calculations but do not explain them except to label the numbers you give and to clarify the timing.] The first relevant period's FCF is: The second relevant period's FCF is: The third relevant period's FCF, if any, is: You are a manager at Permeable Fiber, which is considering adding a new product line. You thought that you had estimated the complete FCFs (free cash flows) to evaluate the project, but your assistant has brought up possible effects that you had not yet considered. Here are your current estimates (in millions of dollars; note that the question is continued below, so you need to scroll down to see it all): 2 0 - 50 1 24 FCF 42 Everything that you have calculated is correct as far as it goes, but you need to decide how, if at all, to adjust for the following factors that your assistant has pointed out. First, the project will utilize other equipment that you did not value separately because the equipment is already owned and not being used in other projects. However, the equipment could instead be donated to a charity, and the tax benefit of that donation would be $2.2 million (in other words, this is the total amount that your taxes would decrease by in period 0, if you donated the equipment rather than using it for the project). In addition, donating the equipment would also generate goodwill and increased reputation which you feel would be worth another $1.8 million (in dollars today). Second, there will be additional benefits from this new product line due to increased reputation and attracting new customers who will also start using your existing products. This increased business would have a net (after tax) effect of $9 million per year in added profit from your other products, over the two years you would be producing the new product. Last, much management time has been spent trying to analyze whether or not this new product line is desirable, and you estimate that the opportunity cost of the analysis that has already been done has been around $0.7 million. What are the correct free cash flows (FCFS) to be used when evaluating this project? Report them in millions of dollars, not in dollars. [Note: Please show your work for the possibility of partial credit. Briefly show your calculations but do not explain them except to label the numbers you give and to clarify the timing.] The first relevant period's FCF is: The second relevant period's FCF is: The third relevant period's FCF, if any, is
