QUESTION 1 [41 MARKS] ABC Holdings is considering two projects. The projects are similar in nature and...

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QUESTION 1 [41 MARKS]
ABC Holdings is considering two projects. The projects are similarin nature and are expected to both operate for four years. Due tounavailability of funds to undertake both of them, only one projectcan be accepted. The cost of capital is 12%.
The following information is available:

Net cash flows
Project AProject B
N$000N$000
Initial Investment4600046000
Year 11700015000
Year 21400013000
Year 32400015000
Year 4900025000
Estimated scrap value at the end of year 440004000

Depreciation is charged on the straight line basis.

a) Calculate the following for both proposals:

(i) the payback period (round off your answer to one decimalplace)

(ii) the net present value (NPV)

(iii) the return on investments (ROI)

(iv) the residual income (RI)

(v) If the two projects are mutually exclusive, which projectshould be chosen and why?

(b) Determine the sensitivity of Project A to a change in costof capital

(c) Determine the sensitivity of Project B to a change ininitial investment

(d) Assuming that the management of ABC holdings have decided toundertake both projects and the projects can be undertaken in part,how much NPV will they get if they have N$80 000 000 available toinvest.

(e) Explain three non-financial considerations that should betaken into account before a project is chosen.

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We need to consider the following pointsWe are given net cashflows so we dont need to consider thedepreciationWe are not given the tax rate so the entire scrap value at theend of year 4 is an inflowi Payback periodOpening balance previous years closing balanceClosing balance Opening balanceInitial investmentCashinflowProject AYearOpening BalanceInitial investmentCash inflowClosing Balance04600000 4600000146000001700000 2900000229000001400000 15000003150000024000009000004900000900000 180000041800000400000 2200000We see that till the end of year 2 the closing balance ispositive but at the end of year 3 it becomes negative which meansthat during the year 3 the entire initial investment is recoveredRequired recovery is the opening balance of 15000 while the totalinflow is 24000 We assume that the    See Answer
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