Three Offers Essay

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Complete Comprehensive Problem on p. 284 of Foundations of Financial Management. Make the following changes: Offer I change $1,000,000 now to $1,250,000; Offer II change 30% to 35%; Offer III change $200,000 to $225,000 (ttl of $450,000 per year. Dr. Harold Wolf of Medical Research Corporation (MRC) was thrilled with the response he had received from drug companies for his latest discovery, a unique electronic stimulator that reduces the pain from arthritis. The process had yet to pass rigorous Federal Drug Administration (FDA) testing and was still in the early stages of development, but the interest was intense. He received the three offers described below this paragraph. (A 10 percent interest rate should be used throughout this analysis unless otherwise specified.) Offer I $1,250,000 now plus $200,000 from year 6 through 15. Also if the product did over $100 million in cumulative sales by the end of year 15, he would receive an additional $3,000,000. Dr. Wolf thought there was a 70 percent probability this would happen. I am going figure at what the present value of each off it to determine which offer would be best. 1,250,000 112,900 year 6 102,640 year 7 93,300 year 8 84,820 year 9 77,100 year 10 70,100 year 11 63,720 year 12 57,940 year 13 52,660 year 14 47,880 year 15 ------------------------- 2,013,060 total present value plus 70 percent chance of another 718,200 which would total 2,731,260 Offer II 35 percent of the buyer’s gross profit on the product for the next four years. The buyer in this case was Zbay Pharmaceutical. Zbay’s gross profit margin was 60 percent. Sales in year one were projected to be $2 million and then expected to grow by 40 percent per year. 700,000 year 1 890,918 year 2 1,133,821 year 3 1,443,097 year 4 4,167,836 total offer Offer III A trust fund would be set up for the next 8 years. At the end of

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