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The company Smart Inc. is a company that produces T-shirts in Toronto area. The results of the company which has been mediocre for the past couple of years have been presented in the annual financial statement. Sales (1 million units x 16S) Fixed Costs Variable Costs (1 million units x 10s) Depreciation Annual Profit (loss) 16 000 000S (10 000 000) (10 000 000) (3 000 000) (7 000 000) According to the experts, this loss has been caused by the poor performance of the equipment in the factory. They suggest to the board of directors to replace the old equipment by new ones. Considering following information, the board of directors asks you to evaluate this project for the company. The new equipments would increase the level of production and allow the company to avoid this loss entirely, but there is no projection concerning any profit. The purchase (including the installation) of the new equipment requires an initial investment for an amount of 18 000 000S. The old equipment can be sold in the beginning of project on the market for 1 500 000S (For simplification, consider this amount as an exchange value). The new equipment will be sold for 2 000 000S in 10 years (end of project). The purchase of the equipment requires a new issue of long term bonds with a coupon rate of 8% over 10 years. The project also requires major renovation of the old building for the amount of 500 000S and an additional investment in heavy machinery for the total amount of 1 000 000S at the end of 5h year (Both amounts are depreciable with declining method under the tax law). . The project requires the purchase of a land for 1 200 000S which will be sold in 10 years (end of project) for 2 200 000$. Suppose that at this moment 50% of capital gains are tax-free under tax law The company also has to build a new building for an amount of 2 400 000S which will be sold at the end of the project for 3 200 000S. This amount is depreciable with declining method. The project also requires an additional investment in new Computers and furniture for a total amount of 400 000S in the beginning of project. Computers and furniture have to be replaced by new ones after 5 years for the amount of 600 000S. The do not have any salvage value. .At the present time, supplier account and client account are at 1 000 000S each. The project would increase client account and decrease supplier account by 50%. All related accounts will return to zero at the end of project. At the present time, Smart Inc is renting a warehouse for the annual rent of 50 000s (paid at the end of year). If the company undertakes the new project, they will need to cancel the lease of the old warehouse and to rent a larger warehouse for the annual rent of 200 000S (to be paid annually at the end of each year). The cancellation of the old lease does not cause any penalty. The project also requires 5 new technicians today with annual salary of 60 000S for each and 5 other technicians in 5 years for annual salary of 75 000S each. Given the performance of new equipment, Smart Inc could lay off 80 employees whose annual salaries is 40 000S. The lay-offs will oblige the company to pay lay-off premiums in the amount of 10 000S to each employee which will be tax deductible. The corporate tax rate is at 40%. The new equipment and new heavy machinery are in the category with a depreciation of 20%, the major renovations are depreciated at 25%, the new building is depreciated at 10%, all items depreciations are calculated with decreasing declining) method. The computers and furniture are depreciated by linear method at 20%. Investors require 12% return on this type of project. Given this information, answer the following questions: 6. Calculate the Operational Cash Flow (OCF) of the 3rd year of this project.

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