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Project 4 Questions – Report Template

Instructions: Answer the five questions below, based on the information that you developed in the Excel workbook. Provide support for your reasoning from the readings in Project 4, Step 1, and the discussion in Project 4, Step 3. Be sure to cite any sources used in proper APA (7th ed.) format.

Provide a detailed response below each question. Use 12-point font and double spacing. Maintain the existing margins in this document. Your final Word document, including the questions, should not exceed 5 pages. Include a title page in addition to the five pages. Any tables and graphs you choose to include are excluded from the five-page limit. Name your document as follows: P4_Final_lastname_Report_date.

You must address all five questions and make full use of the information in the Excel workbook.

You are strongly encouraged to exceed the requirements by refining your analysis. Consider other tools and techniques that were discussed in the required and recommended reading for Project 4.

Title Page 

Name 

Course and section number 

Faculty name 

Submission date 

1. Present-value calculations, rather than future-value calculations, are the key to analysis in the field of corporate finance. Why is this the case? Explain the importance for Largo Global Inc. (LGI) of understanding today’s value of projected future revenues and/or costs.

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2. Based on your calculations in Tab 2, Question 8, which offer should LGI accept for the Bowie plant? Explain why. Be sure to include the concepts of risk and potential return as part of your discussion.

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3. The proposed sale of the Bowie plant is part of a larger effort to divest the company of underperforming assets. A total of $1.3 billion in assets, with a book value of $750 million, have been identified for potential sale. Assuming that all these sales could all be accomplished in 2022, identify the major impacts on the following:

a. Balance Sheet, especially these accounts:

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Property, plant, and equipment

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Accumulated depreciation

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Net property, plant, and equipment

b. Statement of Cash Flows, especially Long-Term Investing Activities

c. Income Statement, especially Net Income

Explain the potential impacts, both positive and negative, of these changes for LGI.

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4. Based on your calculations in Tab 3, Questions 1–4, should LGI proceed with the acquisition of the robotics-based sorting and distribution equipment? Explain your reasoning. How would the acquisition fit into the efforts to turn the company around?

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5. In Tab 3, Question 5, did the change in the discount rate make proceeding with the purchase more or less desirable? What do you conclude from this result? Discuss the role of discount rates in LGI’s decision-making process for capital budgeting and new asset acquisition.

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