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A construction company Y is considering to participate in the tendering process for building a toll...

A construction company Y is considering to participate in the tendering process for building a toll bridge. The duration of the construction project is 5 years. The successful tenderer is allowed to collect toll from the bridge users after the completion of the project and subsequently will be responsible for maintaining the bridge. The expected cash flow transactions from this project are as follows:

  • Receive bank loan of RM 2,000,000 now
  • Annual material expenses of RM 200,000 in year 1 and expected to increase by RM 20,000 per year until year 5
  • Annual bridge maintenance cost of RM 70,000 from year 6 until end of bridge life
  • Annual bank loan payment of RM 500,000 starting from the first year until at the end of year 10
  • Progress payment received from the government: RM 4,000,000 (end of year 3) and RM 8,000,000 (end of year 5)
  • Toll revenue of RM 500,000 per year from year 6 until year 10

a) Construct cash flow diagram to summarize the above transactions.

b) Another company is interested in this project and is willing to buy over this project worth RM 1,500,000 now. Should this offer being accepted? Show all your calculations to justify your decision and assume the growth rate is 12% per year.                                                                                             

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Y COMPANY

(a) CASH FLOW FOR THE PROJECT

FROM YEAR 1 TO 10
In RM
Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Year 6 Year 7 Year 8 Year 9 Year 10
Toll Revenue 500000 500000 500000 500000 500000
Progress Payment from Government 4000000 8000000
Less :
Annual Maintenance 200000 220000 240000 260000 280000
Annual Birdge Maintenance Cost 70000 70000 70000 70000 70000
Interest on loan
PBT
Less : Tax
PAT
Repayment of loan 500000 500000 500000 500000 500000 500000 500000 500000 500000 500000
Project Cash Flow -700000 -720000 3260000 -760000 7220000 -70000 -70000 -70000 -70000 -70000
PV Factor - 12% 0.8929 0.7972 0.7118 0.6355 0.5674 0.5066 0.4523 0.4039 0.3606 0.322
Discounted Cash Flow -625030 -573984 2320468 -482980 4096628 -35462 -31661 -28273 -25242 -22540 4591924
NPV 4591924
(b) The offer should not be accepted as the NPV of the project is RM 4,591,924 where as the offer price was RM 1,500,000

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