Tangshan Mining Is Considering the Acquisition of Zhengsen Mining at a Cash

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Tangshan Mining is considering the acquisition of Zhengsen Mining at a cash price of $6,000,000. The primary motivation for Tangshan's purchase of Zhengsen is for a special piece of drilling equipment that it believes will generate after-tax cash flows of $2,000,000 per year during the next 5 years. Zhengsen Mining has liabilities of $9,000,000 and Tangshan estimates that it can sell the remaining assets $6,500,000. Tangshan will use a 15 percent cost of capital for evaluating the acquisition. Based on this information, what is the net value of the special drilling equipment? Calculate the net value of a second alternative that would allow Tangshan to purchase a better quality asset for $12,000,000 that would provide a $2,600,000 in after-tax inflows for the next 5 years. Which alternative would you choose?

• A) $1,795,700, $3,284,400, both
• B) $1,500,000, $4,500,000, both
• C) ($1,795,700), ($3,284,400), neither
• D) ($1,795,700), ($4,500,000), neither

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Definitions:

Natural Monopoly

A market condition where due to high fixed costs or unique resources, a single company can supply a product or service at a lower cost than any potential competitor, thus dominating the market.

Unit Costs

The price a business incurs for the production, storage, and distribution of a single unit of a certain product or service.

Minimum Efficient Scale

The smallest amount of production a company can achieve while still taking full advantage of economies of scale regarding costs per unit of output.

Diseconomies of Scale

The condition when a company grows so large that the costs per unit increase, causing a decrease in efficiency.