Ellingham plc opens a Spanish subsidiary, which starts operating on 2 January 2011. On 2 January 2011 it has to buy a machine costing €30m, partly financed by a €20m bank loan repayable in instalments of €2m every 15 July and 15 January over 5 years. Financial expenses, payable on a half-yearly basis, are as follows:

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

June

Dec

June

Dec

June

Dec

June

Dec

June

Dec

1

0.9

0.8

0.7

o.6

0.5

0.4

0.3

0.2

0.1

Profits are tax free. Sales will be €12m per month. A month”s inventory of finished products will have to be built up. Customers pay at 90 days.