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Kravel Corporation is a diversified company with several manufacturing plants. Kravel’s Dayton Plant has been supplying parts to truck manufacturers for over 30 years. The last shipment of truck parts from the Dayton Plant will be made December 31, 2006. Kravel’s management is currently studying three alternatives relating to its soon-to-be-idle plant and equipment in Dayton. Alternative 1 Wasson Industries has offered to buy the Dayton Plant for $3,000,000 cash on January 1, 2007. Alternative 2 Harr Enterprises has offered to lease the Dayton facilities for four years beginning on January 1, 2007. Harr’s annual lease payments would be $500,000 plus 10% of the gross dollar sales of all items produced in the Dayton Plant. Probabilities of Harr’s annual gross dollar sales from the Dayton Plant are estimated as follows. ![]() Alternative 3 Kravel is considering the production of souvenir items to be sold in connection with upcoming sporting events. The Dayton Plant would be used to produce 70,000 items per month at an annual cash outlay of $2,250,000 during 2007, 2008, and 2009. Linda Yetter, Vice President of Marketing, has recommended a selling price of $5 per item and believes the items will sell uniformly throughout 2008, 2009, and 2010. The adjusted basis of the Dayton Plant as of the close of business on December 31, 2006, will be $4,200,000. Kravel has used straight-line depreciation for all capital assets at the Dayton Plant. If the Dayton Plant is not sold, the annual straight-line depreciation charge for the plant and equipment will be $900,000 each year for the next four years. The market value of the plant and equipment on December 31, 2010, is estimated to be $600,000. Kravel requires an after-tax rate of return of 16% for capital investment decisions and is subject to corporate income tax rates of 40% on operating income and 20% on capital gains. Questions A. Calculate the present value (at December 31, 2006) of the expected after-tax cash flows for each of the three alternatives available to Kravel Corporation regarding the Dayton Plant. Assume all recurring cash flows take place at the end of the year. B. Discuss the additional factors, both quantitative and qualitative, Kravel Corporation should consider before a decision is made regarding the disposition or use of the idle plant and equipment at the Dayton Plant. |