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You are in charge of one division of Bigfella Conglomerate Inc. Your division is subject to

capital rationing. Your division has 4 indivisible projects available, detailed as follows:

Project

Initial

Outlay IRR NPV

1 2 million 18% 2,500,000

2 1 million 15% 950,000

3 1 million 10% 600,000

4 3 million 9% 2,000,000

Instruction: If you must select projects subject to a budget constraint of 5 million dollars, which

set of projects should be accepted so as to maximize firm value? Show the detail calculation.

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Answer:

Bigfella Conglomerate Inc.

Capital rationing:

To select projects subject to a budget constraint of 5 million dollars, the set of projects that should be accepted in order to maximize firm value are:

Projects 1 and 4.  These projects yielded the highest annual returns and NPV, and the combination could survive under the budget constraint.

Explanation:

a) Data and Calculations:

Project      Initial Outlay      IRR           NPV             Expected Annual Returns

   1               2 million       18%       2,500,000      $360,000 (18% * $2 million)

  2              1 million         15%         950,000       $150,000 (15% * $1 million)

  3               1 million         10%         600,000       $100,000 (10% * $1 million)

 4              3 million          9%      2,000,000     $270,000 (9% * $3 million)

b) Based on a budget constraint of $5 million, the set of projects that should be accepted to maximize firm value is:

Project      Initial Outlay      IRR           NPV             Expected Annual Returns

 1               2 million        18%       2,500,000      $360,000 (18% * $2 million)

 4              3 million          9%      2,000,000     $270,000 (9% * $3 million)

Total         5 million                      4,500,000     $630,000

c) In terms of the net present value of cash inflows versus cash outflows, projects 1 and 4 perform far better than projects 2 and 3 combined with project 4.  The expected annual returns based on the Internal Rate of Return (IRR) also indicate that the combination of projects 1 and 4 outperform any other combination of projects.

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