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The following information is available about Chiantivino Corp. (CC): An activist

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Question

The following information is available about Chiantivino Corp. (CC):

An activist investor is confident that by terminating CC’s money-losing fortified wine division, she can increase free cash flow by $4 million annually for the next decade. In addition, she estimates that an immediate, special dividend of $10 million can be financed by the sale of the division.

Show your answer if you conduct a sensitivity analysis by assuming the cost of capital is 15 percent and the increased cash flow is only $3.5 million per year.

Explanation / Answer

a) The maximum justifiable premium =the fair marekt value of CC under new management -the fair marekt value of CC under existing management

the fair marekt value of CC under existing management =Current market value of firm + market value of interest bearing debt

=8*10+75

=$ 155 millions

the fair marekt value of CC under new management = $ 155 millions+present value of enhancements

   =$ 155 millions+$4 million * PVAF@14% for 10 years+$10 million for sale of division

= 155+4*5.216+10

Fair market value of business =$ 185.86 millions

Fair market value of equity =$ 185.86 millions-75 million

=$ 110.86 millions

Fair market value of equity per share = $ 110.86 millions/10

=$ 11.09 per share

Premium over the existing price($ 8) = 38.6%

Fair market value of the firm assuming a 15 % discount rate and a $ 3.5 million annuity = 155+3.5(5.019)+10

=$ 182.57 million.

Value of equity =$ 182.57 million.-$ 75 million

=$ 107.57 million

Value per share =107.57/10

=$v10.76 per share

Premium over the existing price($ 8) = 34.5%