The CEO of the company you are following has asked you to analyze the possibility of acquiring a smaller business operation from another company.

The purchase will cost $95 million in year zero and will also require $3 million of net working capital. The purchase can be depreciated using a four year straight-line depreciation to $10 million. (Note: SL depreciation is (purchase price – ending book value) / years. Assume you can sell the business in four years for $12 million.

The new business operation will generate $71 million in revenue each year, which will take $42 million in costs annually.

Use the 35% marginal tax rate.

(1) Compute the cash flows for the project.

(2) Use the cost of capital from your firm (14.59%) and a payback benchmark of 3.5 years. Compute the following decision statistics and their accept/reject conclusion.

A. NPV

B. IRR

C. Payback

(3) Make your recommendation to the CEO.