1. Chapter 26 Leasing Principles of Corporate Finance Eighth Edition
Slides by
Matthew Will
McGraw-Hill/Irwin
Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved

2. Topics Covered What is a Lease? Why Lease? Operating Leases
Valuing Financial Leases
When Do Financial Leases Pay?

3. Lease Terms
Lease = A rental agreement that extends for a year or more and involves a series of fixed payments
Operating Leases
Financial Leases
Rental Lease
Net lease
Direct lease
Leveraged lease

4. Why Lease? Sensible Reasons for Leasing
Short-term leases are convenient
Cancellation options are valuable
Maintenance is provided
Standardization leads to low costs
Tax shields can be used
Avoiding the alternative minimum tax

5. Why Lease? Dubious Reasons for Leasing
Leasing avoids capital expenditure controls
Leasing preserves capital
Leases may be off balance sheet financing
Leasing effects book income

6. AMT

7. Operating Lease Example
Acme Limo has a client who will sign a lease for for 7 years, with lease payments due at the start of each year. The following table shows the NPV of the limo if Acme purchases the new limo for $75,000 and leases it our for 7 years.

8. Operating Lease Example - cont
Acme Limo has a client who will sign a lease for for 7 years, with lease payments due at the start of each year. The following table shows the NPV of the limo if Acme purchases the new limo for $75,000 and leases it our for 7 years.

9. Financial Leases Example
Greymare Bus Lines is considering a lease. Your operating manager wants to buy a new bus for $100,000. The bus has an 8 year life. The Bus Saleswoman says she will lease Greymare the bus for 8 years at $16,900 per year, but Greymare assumes all operating and maintenance costs.
Should Greymare Buy or Lease the bus?

10. Financial Leases
Example - cont
Greymare Bus Lines is considering a lease. Your operating manager wants to buy a new bus for $100,000. The bus has an 8 year life. The Bus Saleswoman says she will lease Greymare the bus for 8 years at $16,900 per year, but Greymare assumes all operating and maintenance costs.
Should Greymare Buy or Lease the bus?
Cash flow consequences of the lease contract to Greymare

11. Financial Leases
Example - cont
Greymare Bus Lines is considering a lease. Your operating manager wants to buy a new bus for $100,000. The bus has an 8 year life. The Bus Saleswoman says she will lease Greymare the bus for 8 years at $16,900 per year, but Greymare assumes all operating and maintenance costs.
Should Greymare Buy or Lease the bus?
Cash flow consequences of the lease contract to Greymare :
Greymare saves the $100,000 cost of the bus
Loss of depreciation benefit of owning the bus
$16,900 lease payment is due at the start of each year
Lease payments are tax deductible

12. Financial Leases Example - cont
Greymare Bus Lines Balance Sheet without lease
Equivalent lease balance sheet

13. Financial Leases Example - cont
Greymare Bus Lines can borrow at 10%, thus the value of the lease should be discounted at 6.5% or .10 x (1-.35). The result will tell us if Greymare should lease or buy the bus.

14. Financial Leases Example - cont
Greymare Bus Lines can borrow at 10%, thus the value of the lease should be discounted at 6.5% or .10 x (1-.35). The result will tell us if Greymare should lease or buy the bus.

15. Financial Leases Example - cont
Greymare Bus Lines lease cash flows can also be thought of as loan equivalent cash flows.

16. Financial Leases Example - cont
Greymare Bus Lines lease cash flows can also be thought of as loan equivalent cash flows.

17. Financial Leases Example - cont
The Greymare Bus Lines lease cash flows can also be treated as a favorable financing alternative and valued using APV.

18. Financial Lease Benefits
Value of lease to lessor =
Value of lease =

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