Question

11)

Cellular Access? Inc., is a cellular telephone service provider that reported net operating profit after tax? (NOPAT) of $241 million for the most recent fiscal year. The firm had depreciation expenses of $102 million, capital expenditures of $220 million, and no interest expenses. Working capital increased by $13 million. Calculate the free cash flow for Cellular Access for the most recent fiscal year. The free cash flow is $ --- million. ? (Round to the nearest? integer.)

12)

A bicycle manufacturer currently produces 255,000 units a year and expects output levels to remain steady in the future. It buys chains from an outside supplier at a price of $2.10 a chain. The plant manager believes that it would be cheaper to make these chains rather than buy them. Direct? in-house production costs are estimated to be only $1.50 per chain. The necessary machinery would cost $253,000 and would be obsolete after ten years. This investment could be depreciated to zero for tax purposes using a? ten-year straight-line depreciation schedule. The plant manager estimates that the operation would require $27,000 of inventory and other working capital upfront? (year 0), but argues that this sum can be ignored since it is recoverable at the end of the ten years. Expected proceeds from scrapping the machinery after ten years are $18,975. If the company pays tax at a rate of 35% and the opportunity cost of capital is 15%?, what is the net present value of the decision to produce the chains? in-house instead of purchasing them from the? supplier?

Project the annual free cash flows (FCF?) of buying the chains.

The annual free cash flows for years 1 to 10 of buying the chains is $ ------.

? (Round to the nearest dollar. Enter a free cash outflow as a negative? number.)

Answer 1

11) Free Cash Flow = NOPAT + Depreciation/Amortization - Increase in W.Capital - Capital Expenditures = 241+102-13-220 = $110 million

12)

Incremental Operating Cash flows year 1 to 10 from in-house production
Cost Savings =255000*(2.1-1.5)	153,000.00
Less: Depreciation =253000/10	25,300.00
Incremental savings	127,700.00
Less: Incremental taxes	44,695.00
Incremental net profit	83,005.00
Add: Depreciation	25,300.00
Operating Cash flows	108,305.00

Incremental NOV from In-house = -253,000-27000+(108,305.00*PVAF(15%,10years))+((12,333.75+27000)*PVF(10%,10years)) = -280000+(108,305.00*5.0188)+(39,333.75*0.2472) = $273,284.44Scrap Value net of tax (year 10) = 18975*(1-0.35) = 12,333.75

Projected annual cash flows of buying chains (year 1 to 10) = 255,000*2.10 = $535,500