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A process to produce 2000 ton/ year of pyruvic acid requires a total capital investment of $ 30 million (working capital of $ 3 million). Fixed operating costs are $ 1 million/ year and the the variable operating costs (excluding raw materials) is expected to be $ 0.5/kg product. The yield of the product per ton of raw material is 80%. The tax rate is 35%. Calculate the selling price (in $/kg) which gives a minimum ROI after tax of 35%. Assume straight line depreciation. The project life is 10 years.
| produce | 2000 | tons | |
| investment | 30 | Million $ | |
| wc | 3 | Million $ | |
| net investment in fixed assets | 27 | Million $ | |
| operating Fixed Cost | 1 | Million $ | |
| Variable cost | 0.5 | $ per kg | |
| yield of the product per ton of Raw material | 80.00% | ||
| tax rate | 35.00% | ||
| SP? | ?????? | ||
| ROI after tax | 35.00% | ||
| life | 10 | years | |
| Depreciation = | $27 million / 10 years | 2.7 | Million $ |
| Required return= | 35% of 30mil $ | 10.5 | Million $ |
| Variable cost excluding RM | 0.5 per kg | 0.5 | per kg |
| raw materials | Yield = 80% of RM | 2000 tons = 80% of RM | |
| RM= 2000/80% | |||
| RM= | 2500 | TONS | |
| 2500 TONS = | 2267962 | Kg | |
| particulars | Million $ | ||
| sales | 23.9878271538 | 2000 TONS | |
| - raw materials | 3 | Note 1 | |
| - VC | 1.133981 | (2267962*$0.5/Kg) | |
| contribution | 19.8538461538 | ||
| - Fixed cost | 1 | (given) | |
| EBITDA | 18.8538461538 | ||
| -DA | 2.7 | (from above) | |
| EBIT | 16.1538461538 | 100.00% | |
| -interest | 0 | ||
| EBT | 16.1538461538 | 100.00% | |
| -taxes | 5.6538461538 | 35.00% | |
| PAT | 10.5 | 65.00% | |
| Calculations : | |||
| sales | 23.98782715 | Million $ | |
| tons | 2000 tons or | 1814369 | Kg |
| selling price (in $/kg)= | 23.98782715 million $ /1814369 kg) | ||
| selling price (in $/kg)= | 0.000013221 | Million $ | |
| answer | 0.000013221 | Million $ | |
| Note 1 : working capital = | CA-CL | ||
| assume Current liability ( CL) = 0 | |||
| CA= working capital | |||
| working capital includes RM , inventory etc | |||
| so, working capital =Raw materials | |||
| Assumption 2 : working capital is also an investment as it could have earned something , if invested otherwise | |||