Section C (4 Mark)Pacific Asia reported net income of Rs770 million in 1993, after interest...

Section C (4 Mark)

Pacific Asia reported net income of Rs770 million in 1993, after interest expenses of Rs320 million. (The corporate tax rate was 36%.) It reported depreciation of Rs960 million in that year, and capital spending was Rs1.2 billion. The firm also had Rs4 billion in debt outstanding on the books, rated AA (carrying a yield to maturity of 8%), trading at par (up from Rs3.8 billion at the end of 1992). The beta of the stock is 1.05, and there were 200 million shares outstanding (trading at Rs60 per share), with a book value of Rs5 billion. Pacific Asia paid 40% of its earnings as dividends and working capital requirements are negligible. (The Risk Free rate is 7%.)

Estimate the free cash flow to the firm in 1993.