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Question - Metro AG is one of the world's largest discount retailers. Headquartered in Germany, its activities are segmented as follows:
Cash and Carry (47%): Food and non-food products at wholesale prices, primarily to business customers, under the Metro and Makro store brands.
Hypermarkets and Supermarkets (21%): Food products under the Extra store brand and, in hypermarkets, food and non-food products under the Real store brand.
Specialty Stores (25%): Two chains in this group, Media Markt and Saturn, offer electronic products, and the other, Praktiker, specialises in the home improvement market.
Department Stores (7%): A variety of household and clothing products in more upscale shopping environments under the Kauflof store brand.
Metro generates about 53% of its sales within Germany, 45% from the rest of Europe, and 2% from elsewhere. Revenues totalled €53.5 billion in 2004.
Most of its nearly 4,000 stores worldwide are leased. Some of these leases are capitalized (i.e., the present value of future lease payments appear on the balance sheet), but most are not.
Metro's 2004 annual report reveals the following information:
Capital leases at the end of 2004 had a present value of €2,090 million. Minimum payments required in 2005 are €280 million. The weighted-average interest rate for those leases was 6.1%.
As of the end of 2004, minimum payments required under operating leases were €1,182 million for 2005, €4,234 million in total payments over the next four years (2006 to 2009), and €5,548 million in total payments for 2010 and beyond.
Shareholders' equity at the end of 2004 was €4,739 million, debt was €9,506 million, and invested capital was €14,245 million.
Metro reported the following results in 2005:
Sales were €55.7 billion. Net operating profit after tax (NOPAT) was €1,368 million, based on a tax rate of 30%. Net income was €649 million. Cash flow from operations was €2.2 billion in 2005, down from €2.9 billion in 2004 and €3.1 billion in 2003.
Required -
1. Prepare the journal entry to record cash payments under capital leases for 2005.
2. Calculate the present value of Metro's operating leases as of the end of 2004. For your calculations, assume that (1) the lease payments are made at the end of each year, (2) the implicit weighted-average interest rate for the leases is 6%, (3) payments for 2006 through 2009 are made evenly throughout the period (i.e., lease payments are the same in each year), and (4) payments in 2010 and beyond are made evenly over the next ten years.