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In business schools, managers are taught to maximize the netpresentvalue (NPV) of future cash flows. We can broadly classify firms’ corporate behaviors into two categories: growth and value firms. In the real world, managers consistently ignore this advice.
Managers who anticipate these agency problems won’t invest in a moonshot even if they believe it has a positive netpresentvalue. But managers can’t properly motivate the employees by rewarding them with the company’s stock, because its price wouldn’t track the value of the moonshot alone.
Additionally, Post expects the transaction to result in a tax benefit to Post with a netpresentvalue of approximately $120 million. One-time costs to achieve synergies are estimated to be approximately $75 million.
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They provide insights into the financial position, capitalstructure, and overall worth of the business. Balance sheet projections aid in assessing the company's ability to meet its obligations and measure its net worth. These projections are discounted back to their presentvalue using an appropriate discount rate.
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