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Question # 11

Company A operates in country A and uses currency AS. It is looking to acquire Company B which operates in country B and uses currency B$. The following information is relevant:

The assistant accountant at Company A has prepared the following valuation of company B ' s equity, however there are some errors in his calculations.

Value of Company B ' s equity = 14.16 + 16.03 + 17.67 = AS47.86 million

Company B has BS5 million of debt finance.

Which of the following THREE statements are true?

A.

The conversion into AS is incorrect as the assistant accountant should have divided by the exchange rate and not multiplied.

B.

Cash flow to all investors should be discounted at Company B ' s cost of equity of 10% rather than its WACC of 8%.

C.

The valuation is understated because forecast cash flows beyond year 3 have been ignored.

D.

The forecast exchange rates are incorrect as they show the BS strengthening and it should be weakening.

E.

The calculations show Company B ' s entity value, not its equity value.

Question # 12

XYZ has a variable rate loan of $200 million on which it is paying interest of Liber ‘3%.

XYZ entered into a swap with AG bank to convert this to a fixed rate 8% loan. AB bank charges an annual commission of 0.4% for making this arrangement

Calculate the net payment from KYZ to AB bank at the end of the first year if Libor was 2% throughout the year.

Give your answer in $ million, to one decimal place.

Question # 13

A company based in Country A with the A$ as its functional currency requires A$500 million 20-year debt finance to finance a long-term investment The company has a high credit rating, but has not previously issued corporate bonds which are listed on the stock exchange Which THREE of the following are advantages of issuing 20 year bonds compared with simply borrowing for a 20 year period?

A.

Larger capital market

B.

Greater availability of debt of 20-year duration

C.

Lower arrangement costs

D.

Less administrative effort to arrange the new finance

E.

Lower interest rate

Question # 14

A company has two divisions.

A is the manufacturing division and supplies only to B, the retail division.

The Board of Directors has been approached by another company to acquire Division B as part of their retail expansion programme.

Division A will continue to supply to Division B as a retail customer as well as source and supply to other retail customers.

Which is the main risk faced by the company based on the above proposal?

A.

Suppliers to Division A will be opposed to the divestment and stop the acquisition.

B.

The level of quality of the product will not be maintained by the acquired company.

C.

Division A ' s going concern is highly dependent on its relationship with Division B as a retail customer.

D.

Shareholders will be opposed to the divestment and stop the acquisition.

Question # 15

The two founding directors of an unlisted geared company want to establish its value as they are intending to approach a venture capitalist for additional funding.

The funding will be used to invest in a major new project which has very high growth potential. The directors intend to sell 10% of the company to the venture capitalist They have prepared the following current valuation of the company using the divided valuation model:

The following information is relevant.

• $60,000 is the most recent dividend paid.

• 4% is the average dividend growth over the last few years.

• 10% is an estimate of the company ' s cost of equity using the CAPM model with the industry average asset beta

Which THREE of the following are weaknesses of the valuation method used in these circumstances?

A.

The industry average asset beta is not an appropriate beta to use in CAPM in this case.

B.

The company is unlikely to achieve constant growth in dividends year-on-year.

C.

Future dividend growth is unlikely to reflect historical dividend growth.

D.

It is not an appropriate valuation method for a small, 10% equity stake

E.

CAPM cannot be used to estimate the cost of equity of an unlisted company.

Question # 16

The long-term prospects for inflation in the UK and the USA are 1% and 4% per annum respectively.

The GBP/USD spot rate is currently GBP/USD1.40

Using purchasing power parity theory, what GBP/USD spot rate would you expect to see in six months’ time?

A.

GBP/USD1.38

B.

GBP/USD1.44

C.

GBP/USD1.42

D.

GBP/USD1.36

Question # 17

A company has just received a hostile bid.  Which of the following response strategies could be considered?

A.

Revalue non-current assets

B.

Poison pill strategy

C.

Change the Articles of Association to amend voting rights

D.

Approach a White Knight 

Question # 18

KKL is a listed sports clothing company with three separate business units. KKL is seeking to sell TT’, one of these business units

TTP cwns a new. brand of trail running shoes that have Droved hugely popular with lone distance runners. The management team of TTP are frustrated by the constraints imposes b/ KKL in managing tie brand and developing. the bus ness and they believe that TTF has huge growth potential.

The management team of TTP have approached KKL with a proposal to purchase 1~P through a management layout (MDO). KKL has accepted this proposal as TTP has not proved to be a good fit ' with the rest of the business and has agreed on the selling price.

Which THREE of the following factors a-e mast Likely to affect the success of the MBO?

A.

The motivation of the TTP management team to invest in future growth.

B.

Searing sufficient. funding for the MBO.

C.

The constraints imposed by KKL managing TTF ' s brand.

D.

The ability of the TTF management team to take over the head office functions successfully.

E.

The ability the TTP management team to develop the brand and achieve the expected growth.

Question # 19

A company is reporting under IFRS 7 Financial Instruments: Disclosures for the first time and the directors are concerned about whether this will lead to the disclosure of information that could affect the company ' s share price.

The company is based in a country that uses the A$ but 40% of revenue relates to export sales to the USA and priced in US$. 

 

When the company reports under IFRS 7 for the first time, the share price is most likely to:

A.

Increase due to greater clarity of information available on the extent of US$ risks and how they are managed.

B.

Stay the same since US$ risk can already be quantified from segmental analysis disclosures included elsewhere in the annual report.

C.

Decrease since investors place a lower value on higher risk businesses.

D.

Either increase or decrease depending on market reaction to new information on how financial risk is managed.

Question # 20

Company A, a listed company, plans to acquire Company T, which is also listed.

 Additional information is:

   • Company A has 150 million shares in issue, with market price currently at $7.00 per share.

   • Company T has 120 million shares in issue,. with market price currently at $6.00 each share.

   • Synergies valued at $50 million are expected to arise from the acquisition.

   • The terms of the offer will be 2 shares in A for 3 shares in T.

Assuming the offer is accepted and the synergies are realised, what should the post-acquisition price of each of Company A ' s shares be?

 Give your answer to two decimal places.

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