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Lecture 1 Financial Strategy

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Shareholder Wealth - Illustration 1

Year Share Price Dividend Paid

2007 3.30 40c

2008 3.56 42c

2009 3.47 44c

2010 3.75 46c

2011 3.99 48c

There are 2 million shares in issue.! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! Calculate the increase in shareholder wealth for each year:II. Per shareIII. As a percentageIV. For the business as a whole




EPS - Illustration 2

2010$ʻ000

2011$ʻ000

PBIT 2000 2100

Interest 200 300

Tax 300 400

Profit After Tax 1500 1400

Preference Dividend 300 400

Dividend 800 900

Retained Earnings 400 100

Share Capital (50c) 5000 5000

Reserves 3000 3100

Share Price $2.50 $2.80

Calculate the EPS for 2010 and 2011.




Test Your Knowledge

If you can’t answer all of the questions below without looking at the answer then you need to do some more work on this area!

1. What are the 3 things that financial managers need to plan?

2. What is Corporate Strategy?

3. Describe the Agency Problem.

4. What are the 3 main financial objectives of the financial manager?

5. How do you calculate the increase in shareholder wealth?

6. How do you calculate EPS?

7. Outline 2 potential dividend payment strategies.

8. Why did Miller & Modigliani say that dividends were irrelevant?

9. Outline the Clientele Effect.

10. What is a script dividend?

If you’ve successfully answered all of the above questions then you’re ready to do the exam questions below:

December 2010 Q4 Part (d)June 2010 Q4 Part (c)

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Lecture 2 Performance Measurement







Performance Analysis Illustration

X1 X2 X3

Non Current Assets 500 700 1000

Current Assets 150 200 300

650 900 1300

Ordinary Shares ($1) 300 300 300

Reserves 100 280 430

Loan Notes 150 200 300

Payables 100 120 270

650 900 1300

Revenue 3000 3500 4200

COS 2000 2400 3200

Gross Profit 1000 1100 1000

Admin Costs 300 350 400

Distribution Costs 200 250 300

PBIT 500 500 300

Interest 100 150 220

Tax 120 90 50

Profit After Tax 280 260 30

Dividends 100 110 30

Retained Earnings 180 150 0

Share Price $3.30 $4.00 $2.20




Using the information on the previous page calculate and comment on the following Ratios:

I. Return on Capital EmployedII. Return on EquityIII. Gross MarginIV. Net MarginV. Operating MarginVI. Revenue GrowthVII. GearingVIII. Interest CoverIX. Dividend CoverX. Dividend YieldXI. P/E Ratio




Test Your Knowledge


1. In the ROCE calculation what are the 3 ways of calculating Capital Employed?

2. What is the top line of the ROE calculation?

3. Why do we use PAT - Pref DIvs in the ROE calculation?

4. What should we compare the ratios we calculate with?

5. What does gearing tell us?

6. How do you calculate interest cover?

7. How do you calculate EPS?

8. What does the P/E Ratio tell us?

9. How do you calculate dividend cover?

10. What does dividend yield tell us?

If you’ve successfully answered all of the above questions then you’re ready to do the exam question below:

June 2009 Q4 (a)

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Lecture 3 Finance Sources







Rights Issue - Illustration 1

XYZ Ltd. intends to raise capital via a rights issue.

The current share price is $8.

They are offering a 1 for 4 issue at a price of $6.

Calculate the Theoretical Ex-rights Price.

Rights Issue - Illustration 2

ABC Ltd. has decided to raise capital via a rights issue.

The share price is currently $5.50 and ABC intends to raise $5m.

There are currently 6.25m shares in issue and ABC is offering a 1 for 5 rights issue.

Calculate the Theoretical Ex-Rights Price.




Test Your Knowledge


1. What 5 things will a company consider when choosing a source of finance?

2. What is the primary function of the stock market?

3. What are the advantages to the company of being listed?

4. Are there any disadvantages of being listed?

5. A company has 10m shares in issue at a share price of $7 and undertakes a rights issue of 1 for 5 to raise $12m. What is the Theoretical ex-rights price?

6. What is an IPO?

7. What are the disadvantages of an IPO?

8. What is a placing?

9. Who demands covenants to be placed on debt?

10. What is the function of the treasury department in a company?


June 2009 Q4 (b) & (c)

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Lecture 4 Economic

Environment







Test Your Knowledge


1. What are the 4 targets of economic policy?

2. Name 2 examples of cost-push inflation.

3. What is fiscal policy?

4. How is an increase in interest rates likely to effect the economy?

5. When might policy makers decide to decrease interest rates?

6. What are the money markets?

7. How can financial intermediaries help to make the market more efficient?

8. Name 5 types of securities?


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Lecture 5 Working Capital







Working Capital Illustration

Balance Sheet

$ʻ000

ASSETS

Non Current Assets 1000

Inventory 300

Receivables 200

Cash 300

1800

LIABILITIES

Ordinary Shares 800

Reserves 200

Long term Liabilities 700

Payables 100

Overdraft -

1800

Income Statement

$ʻ000

Revenue 1000

COS 800

Gross Profit 200

Other Costs 100

Net Profit 100

Other Information:

All sales are made on credit.

Required:

Calculate the Cash Operating Cycle for Inter Ltd.




Working Capital Illustration Part II

Show the journal entries and calculate the Revised Balance sheet if the operating cycle changes to:

Item Days

Inventory Period 200

Collection Period 100

Less:

Payables Period 30

270

Working Capital Illustration Part III

Show the journal entries and calculate the Revised Balance sheet if the operating cycle changes to:

Item Days

Inventory Period 90

Collection Period 30

Less:

Payables Period 60

60




Test Your Knowledge


1. What are the components of working capital?

2. State 6 indicators of overtrading.

3. What is the Quick Ratio and what does it tell us?

4. How do we calculate the cash operating cycle?

5. If my inventory days go up from 100 to 150 will I need to invest more or less cash in the business?

6. What are permanent current assets?

7. What are fluctuating current assets?

8. What is the matching principle?

9. What are the advantages of an aggressive working capital financing policy?

10. What are the advantages of a conservative working capital financing policy?


June 2009 Q3 (a) & (b)

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Lecture 6 Managing

Receivables







Receivables - Illustration 1

Credit sales: 1200

3 month credit terms

Overdraft rate = 10%

New Policy

2% discount if paid in less than 10 days

2 month terms for everyone else.

20% will take the discount

Receivables - Illustration 2

Receivables are currently $4,600,000. Sales are $37,400,000

A factor has offered to take over the administration of trade receivables on a non-recourse basis for an annual fee of 3% of credit sales. The factor will maintain a trade receivables collection period of 30 days and Gorwa Co will save $100,000 per year in administration costs and $350,000 per year in bad debts. A condition of the factoring agreement is that the factor would advance 80% of the face value of receivables at an annual interest rate of 7%. The current overdraft rate is 5%




Test Your Knowledge


1. How can a company assess the credit worthiness of their customers?

2. Outline 3 ways of maintaining good credit control.

3. What are the benefits of offering a discount to customers?

4. How do you decide whether to offer a discount or not?

5. What is debt factoring?

6. What are the disadvantages of factoring for a company?

7. What is invoice discounting?

8. How can a company seek to ensure that foreign receivables are collected?


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Lecture 7 Inventory

Management







EOQ - Illustration 1

Demand of 1200 units per month.

Cost of making an order of $12.

Cost of one unit $10.

Holding cost per year of 10% of the purchase price of the goods.

Calculate the EOQ & check that it is correct.

Buffer Stock - Illustration 2

Company orders when the level of stock reaches 50,000

It takes 4 weeks to receive new stock from the time of ordering.

The company uses 7,500 units on average per week.

Calculate the buffer stock.




EOQ With Buffer Stock - Illustration 3

Dec 07 Exam Question

The current policy is to order 100,000 units when the inventory level falls to 35,000 units. Forecast demand to meet production requirements during the next year is 625,000 units. The cost of placing and processing an order is €250, while the cost of holding a unit in stores is €0·50 per unit per year. Both costs are expected to be constant during the next year. Orders are received two weeks after being placed with the supplier. You should assume a 50-week year and that demand is constant throughout the year.

Calculate EOQ with buffer stock

EOQ with discounts - Illustration 4

Demand is 1000 units per month.

Purchase cost per unit £11.

Order cost £30

Holding cost 10% p.a. of stock value.

Required

Calculate the minimum total cost with a discount of 1% given on orders of 1500 and over




Test Your Knowledge


1. What are the two types of cost we are seeking to minimise?

2. How do we calculate total ordering costs for the year?

3. How do we calculate total holding costs for the year?

4. How do we calculate the buffer stock?

5. What are the problems with the EOQ method?

6. What are the steps in calculating the total costs when there is a buffer stock?

8. Why might we not use the EOQ when there are bulk discounts available?


June 2009 Q3 (d)December 2010 Q3 (a)

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Lecture 8 Cash Management







Baumol Cash Model - Illustration 1

A business expects to move 500,000 from itʼs interest bearing account into cash over the course of one year.

The interest rate is 7% and the cost of making a transfer is $250.

How much should the business transfer into cash each time it makes a transfer?


Using the information in illustration 1 calculate the total cost to the business each year of their cash management policy.


Subsonic Speaker Systems (SSS) has annual transactions of $9 million.

The fixed cost of converting securities into cash is $264.50 per conversion.

The annual opportunity cost of funds is 9%.

What is the optimal deposit size?




Miller-Orr Model - Illustration 4

If a company must maintain a minimum cash balance of £8,000, and the variance of its daily cash flows is £4m (ie std deviation £2,000). The cost of buying/ selling securities is £50 & the daily interest rate is 0.025 %.

Calculate the spread, the upper limit & the return point




Test Your Knowledge


1. What are the three reasons to hold cash?

2. What does the Baumol Model tell us?

3. Why is there a cost of holding cash?

4. How do we calculate the total trading costs in the year?

5. How do we calculate the total holding costs in the year?

6. What are the problems with the Baumol Model?

7. Why does the Miller-Orr model tell us to buy securities with extra cash?

8. How do we calculate the variance of cash flows?

9. If the interest rate is 8% what figure should be included in the Miller-Orr model for i?

10. How do we calculate the upper limit?


Pilot Paper Q3 (You now know enough to do this all)

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Lecture 9 Investment Appraisal I







ARR - Illustration 1

ABC Ltd are considering expanding their internet cafe business by buying a business which will cost $275,000 to buy and a further $175,000 to refurbish.

They expect the following cash to come in:

Year Net Cash Profits (£)

1 45,000

2 75,000

3 80,000

4 50,000

5 50,000

6 60,000

The equipment will be depreciated to a zero resale value over the same period and, after the sixth year, they can sell the business for $200,000

Calculate the ARR or ROCE of this investment




Relevant Cash Flow Criteria - Illustration 2

A business is considering investing in a new project. They have already spent $20,000 on a feasibility study which suggests that the project will be profitable.

The headquarters of the company has spare floor space which will be allocated to the project with $7,000 of the current monthly rent allocated to the project.

New equipment costing $2.5m will have to be bought and will be depreciated on a straight line basis over 10 years.

A manager who earns $30,000 per year and currently runs a similar project will also manage the new project taking up 25% of his time.

State whether each of the following items are relevant cash flows and explain your answer.

I. The cost of the feasibility study.

II. The rent charged to the project.

III. The new equipment.

IV. The depreciation on the new equipment.

V. The Managers salary.




Payback Period - Illustration 3

Initial Investment of $5.8m.

Annual Cash Flows of $400,000.

Calculate the Payback Period.

Payback Period - Illustration 4

Initial Investment of $6.2m.

Cash Flows of:

Year 1: ! $1,200,000

Year 2:! $2,200,000

Year 3:! $2,500,000

Year 4:! $1,700,000

Calculate the Payback Period.




Discounted Cash-flows - Illustration 5

An investor wants a real return of 10%. Inflation is 5%

What is the MONEY/NOMINAL rate required?


A company undertakes a project with the following cash-flows:

Year Cash-Flows

1 5,000

2 7,000

3 8,000

4 10,000

5 11,000

6 9,000

The company has a cost of capital of 10%.

Calculate the present value of the cash flows for each of the six years and in total.





A company undertakes a project with the following cash-flows:

Year Cash-Flows

1 5,000

2 5,000

3 5,000

4 5,000

5 5,000

6 5,000

The company has a cost of capital of 10%.

Calculate the present value of the total cash flows for the six years


A company expects to receive $100,000 per year forever.

Their cost of capital is 10%.

Calculate the present value of the perpetuity.




Test Your Knowledge


1. What are the 6 steps in investment appraisal?

2. Why carry out a post-completion audit?

3. What is the calculation for the ARR or ROCE?

4. How do you calculate the average investment?

5. What are the weaknesses of the ARR?

6. What are the 3 relevant criteria for cash-flows in investment appraisal?

7. What are the advantages of using the payback period method?

8. Why do we need to discount cash-flows?

9. If the real discount rate is 7% and inflation is running at 3% what is the nominal/money discount rate?

10. If I am going to receive $8,000 per year for 6 years and my cost of capital (discount rate) is 8% what is the present value of the total of these cash-flows?


June 2009 Q2 (a)

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Lecture 10 Investment Appraisal II







WDA - Illustration 1

A business buys a piece of equipment for $100.

Capital allowances are available at 25% reducing balance.

The tax rate is 30%

After the 4 year project the equipment can be sold for $25.

Working Capital - Illustration 2

A business requires the following working capital investment into a four year project:

Initial Investment:! ! 30,000

Year 1!! ! ! 35,000

Year 2!! ! ! 45,000

Year 3!! ! ! 32,000

Show the working capital line in the NPV calculation.




NPV - Illustration 3

A business is evaluating a project for which the following information is relevant:

I. Sales will be $100,000 in the first year and are expected to increase by 5% per year.

II. Costs will be $50,000 and are expected to increase by 7% per year.

III. Capital investment will be $200,000 and attracts tax allowable depreciation of the full value of the investment over the 5 year length of the project.

IV. The tax rate is 30% and tax is payable in the following year.

V. Working Capital invested will be 20% of projected sales for the following year.

VI. General inflation is expected to be 3% over the course of the project and the business uses a real discount rate of 9%.

Calculate the NPV for the project.




Test Your Knowledge


1. What are we comparing in NPV analysis?

2. Why do we need a period 0?

3. Why do we assume that cash-flows occur at the end of each period?

4. If I have profits in period 2 of $4,000 and a tax rate of 30% how much tax will I pay and when?

5. If I receive 25% capital allowances and have a tax rate of 20% what will my tax saving be in each year over a 5 year project if the capital investment is $7,500 with a residual value of $1,500?

6. What makes up working capital?

7. How do we account for working capital in NPV analysis?

8. If my cash flows in my NPV analysis are inflated should I use the real or the nominal discount rate?


June 2010 Q3 (a) & (b)

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Lecture 11 Investment

Appraisal III







IRR - Illustration 1

ABC has evaluated a project and come to the following conclusions.

At a discount rate of 10% the NPV will be $100,000

At a discount rate of 15% the NPV will be -$75,000

What is the IRR?




Test Your Knowledge


1. What are we trying to find with the Internal Rate of Return?

2. What is the formula for the IRR?

3. If a project has cash inflows of $5,000 per year for 5 years and had an initial investment of $17,000 what is the IRR?

4. What are the advantages of the IRR?

5. What are the disadvantages of the IRR?


June 2009 Q2 (b) & (c)December 2010 Q1 (a) & (b)December 2007 Q2 (a) & (b)Pilot Paper Q4

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Lecture 12 Further Appraisal







Expected Values - Illustration 1

A business is considering 2 different projects. The likely profit made from each project is outlined below:

Project AProject A Project BProject B

Projected Profit Percentage Likely-hood

Projected Profit Percentage Likely-hood

$10,000 10% $10,000 15%

$15,000 30% $15,000 25%

$20,000 40% $20,000 30%

$23,000 20% $23,000 30%

Calculate the expected value for each of the projects.

Sensitivity Margin - Illustration 2

A business is considering a project which will cost them an initial 20,000

The sales expected for the 2 year duration are 20,000pa.

The variable costs are 2,000pa

Cost of capital 10%

Calculate the sensitivity margin of:

I. The initial investment.

II. The variable costs of the projects.

III. The sales of the project.




Lease V Buy - Illustration 3

Machine cost $10,000

The Machine has a useful economic life of 5 years with no scrap value

Capital allowances available at 25% reducing balance

Finance choices

1) 5 year loan 14.28% pre tax cost

2) 5 year Finance Lease @ $2,200 pa in advance

If the machine is purchased then maintenance costs of $100 per year will be incurred.

The tax rate is 30%.

The leasing company will maintain the machine if it is leased.

Should the company lease or buy the machine.




Equivalent Annual Cost - Illustration 4

Machine Cost 30,000

Running costs

Year 1 10,000

Year 2 11,500

Residual Value (if sold after..)

Year 1 19,000

Year 2 16,000

Cost of capital = 10%

Is it better to replace the machine every year or to replace it every 2 years?




Test Your Knowledge


1. What is the difference between risk and uncertainty?

2. How can we deal with each of risk and uncertainty in investment appraisal?

3. What is an operating lease?

4. Why might a company want to lease an item rather than buy it?

5. What are the relevant costs of buying the item?

6. What are the relevant costs of leasing the item?

7. If I have a pre-tax borrowing rate of 13% and the tax rate is 25% what is the post-tax borrowing rate?

8. What does the equivalent annual cost method tell us?

9. What is the equation for the EAC?

10. I have an item of plant costing $30,000 new and $5,000 to maintain each year. The residual value after 3 years is $7,000 and after 4 years is $5,000. If I have a cost of capital of 10% after how long should I replace the asset?


December 2009 Q1 (a) & (b)December 2007 Q2 (c)

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Lecture 13 Further Appraisal II







Profitability Index - Illustration 1

A business has identified the following projects. They have $200,000 to invest and the projects are divisible.

Project Investment NPV

A 90,000 15,000

B 110,000 25,000

C 50,000 10,000

D 75,000 22,000

E 70,000 -8,000

Which projects should the business undertake?

Investment Choices - Illustration 2

A business has identified the following projects. They have $200,000 to invest and the projects are non-divisible.

Project Investment NPV

A 90,000 15,000

B 110,000 25,000

C 50,000 10,000

D 75,000 22,000

Which projects should the business undertake?




Equivalent Annual Annuity - Illustration 3

! ! ! ! NPV Duration

Project 1 300 5 yrs

Project 2 200 3 yrs

Project 3 350 6 yrs

Calculate the EEA of each project given a cost of capital of 10%




Test Your Knowledge


1. What is the difference between divisible and non-divisible projects?

2. If the projects are divisible,which method should be used to decide which projects to undertake?

3. How do we calculate the Profitability Index?

4. If projects are non divisible how do we make a decision?

5. What is the equivalent annual benefit?

6. What is capital rationing?

7. What is hard capital rationing?

8. What is soft capital rationing?


December 2009 Q1 (c) & (d)

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Lecture 14 Business Valuations







Net Assets Valuation Method Illustration 1

Non Current Assets 550,000

Current Assets 170,000

Current Liabilities -80,000

Share Capital 300,000

Reserves 200,000

10% Loan Notes 150,000

The Market Value of property in the Non Current Assets is $50,000 more than the book value.The Market Value of property in the Non Current Assets is $50,000 more than the book value.

The Loan Notes are redeemable at a 5% premium.The Loan Notes are redeemable at a 5% premium.

What is the value of a 70% holding using the net assets valuation basis?

DVM - Illustration 2

ABC pays a constant dividend of 45c. It has 3m ordinary shares.

The shareholders require a return of 15%.

What is the Value of the business?




DVM - Illustration 3

A business has Share Capital made up of 50c shares of $3 millionDividend per share (just paid) 30cDividend paid four years ago 22cRequired Return = 12%

Calculate the Value of the business using the dividend valuation method.

P/E Ratio Method - Illustration 4

X1 X2 X3

$ʻ000 $ʻ000 $ʻ000

Revenue 3000 3500 4200

COS 2000 2400 3200




PBIT 500 500 300


Tax 120 90 50




Industry P/E Average 13 12 14

Calculate the Value of the Company for each of the 3 years using the P/E Ratio method.




P/E Ratio Method - Illustration 5

X1 X2 X3

$ʻ000 $ʻ000 $ʻ000

Revenue 3200 3800 4800

COS 2000 2400 3200




PBIT 700 800 900


Tax 120 90 50




Industry P/E Average 17 15 18

Number of Shares 3m 3m 3m

Calculate the Earnings Per Share for each of the 3 years

Calculate the Value of the Company for each of the 3 years using the EPS you calculate.




Earnings Yield - Illustration 6

X1 X2 X3

$ʻ000 $ʻ000 $ʻ000

Revenue 3100 3700 4600

COS 2000 2400 3200




PBIT 600 700 700


Tax 120 90 50




Earnings Yield 0.15 0.18 0.17

Number of Shares 4m 4m 4m

Calculate the Earnings Per Share for each of the 3 years and the share price using the earnings yield.




Present Value of Future Cash Flows - Illustration 7

ABC Company earned $100,000 in cash inflows this year.

They expect this to increase in each of the next 5 years by 5% and after that to increase by 2% forever.

The company uses a cost of capital of 10%.

Calculate the value of the company using the present value of future cash flows method.




Test Your Knowledge


1. When is it appropriate to use the Net Assets Valuation method?

2. What are the downsides of using the Net Assets Valuation method?

3. A company pays a constant dividend of 50c and has a cost of capital of 13%. Calculate the share price using DVM.

4. A company pays a dividend of 50c and paid a dividend of 40c 4 years ago. The company has a cost of capital of 13%. Calculate the share price using DVM.

5. What are the downsides of using DVM?

6. Why do we use a proxy P/E Ratio when valuing a business with this method?

7. When and how can we adjust the P/E Ratio used?

8. The industry average P/E ratio for the fashion industry is 13. We are valuing an unlisted fashion business who have an EPS of 22c and 12m shares in issue. What is the value of the firm?

9. What are the downsides of using the P/E ratio method?

10. A business is expected to earn $250,000 this year that is expected to grow at 4% forever. What is the value of the business using the present value of future cash flows if their cost of capital is 14%?


December 2007 Q1 (a)June 2008 Q2 (a) & (b)December 2008 Q1

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Lecture 15 WACC I







Cost of Equity using DVM - Illustration 1

ABC Company has just paid a dividend of 35c.

The current share price is $3.25.

Calculate the Cost of Equity (Ke) using DVM.

Cost of Equity using DVM - Illustration 2

ABC Company has just paid a dividend of 35c.

The dividend paid has grown by 4% per year for the past 5 years.


Calculate the Cost of Equity (Ke) using DVM.




Cost of Equity using CAPM - Illustration 3

Company A has a Beta of 1.2.

Government bonds are currently trading at 4%.

The average return than investors in the market can expect is 15%.

Calculate the Cost of Equity using CAPM.

Cost of Equity using CAPM - Illustration 4


Company B has a Beta of 1.


The average return than investors in the market can expect is 12%.

Calculate the Cost of Equity using CAPM for each company.




Cost of Equity using CAPM Illustration 5


Company B has a Beta of 1.2.


The average market risk premium is 6%.

Calculate the Cost of Equity using CAPM for each company.




Test Your Knowledge


1. What is the weighted average cost of capital?

2. Set out the creditors hierarchy.

3. Why is debt cheaper to service than equity (2 reasons!)?

4. If a company has a dividend of 40c and a share price of $3.45 what is the cost of equity?

5. If the dividend in question 4 is growing at a rate of 5% what is the cost of equity?

6. What are the two types of risk mentioned in the CAPM lecture?

7. Why can we ignore unsystematic risk?

8. What type of risk is CAPM a measure of?

9. What does Beta tell us?

10. What are the assumptions of CAPM?

11. A company has a Beta of 1.3. The market risk premium is 6% and government bonds are trading at 4%. Calculate the cost of equity using CAPM.

12. Is a company with a Beta of 1.2 a more risky or less risky investment than a company with a Beta of 1.6?

13. How is Beta calculated?

14. What are the downsides of CAPM?

If you’ve successfully answered all of the above questions then you’re ready to do the exam questions below:You’re not Ready Yet - Do the next lecture!

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Lecture 16 WACC II







Irredeemable Debt - Illustration 1

A company has issued 10% irredeemable debt.

The market value of the debt is $90.

The tax rate is 30%

Calculate the cost of debt (Kd).

Redeemable Debt - Illustration 2

A Company has issued debt which is redeemable in 5 years time.

Interest is payable at 8%.

The current market value of the debt is $102.

Ignore taxation.

Calculate the Cost of Debt (Kd).




Redeemable Debt - Illustration 3

A Company has issued debt which is redeemable in 5 years time.



Tax is payable at 30%.


Convertible Debt - Illustration 4

A Company has issued debt which is convertible in 5 years time.



On conversion, investors will have a choice of either:

I. Cash at a 15% premium; or

II. 18 shares per loan note.

The current share price is $6 and it is expected to grow in value by 4% per year.

Tax is payable at 30%.





Preference Shares - Illustration 5

A company has issued 8% preference shares with a nominal value of $1.

The market value of the shares is 80c.


Calculate the cost of the preference shares (Kd).

Bank Debt - Illustration 6

A company has a bank loan of $2m at an interest rate of 10%.


Calculate the cost of debt (Kd).




WACC - Illustration 7

Company A is funded as follows:

Item Capital Structure Cost

Equity 85% 15%

Debt 15% 7%

Calculate the Weighted Average Cost of Capital.






Balance Sheet Extract

Ordinary Shares (50c) 3000

Loan Notes 2000

Bank Loan 1000

The cost to the company of each of the above items has been calculated as:

Ordinary Shares 13%

Loan Notes 8%

Bank Loan 5%

The Loan notes are currently trading at $94.

The current share price is $1.50







Balance Sheet Extract

Ordinary Shares (50c) 2000

12% Loan Notes 1500

8% Preference Shares ($1) 500

Bank Loan 750

Details on these are as follows.

The company has an equity beta of 1.2. Government bonds are currently trading at 6% and the average market risk premium is 7%.

The Loan notes are currently trading at $106 and are redeemable at par in 5 years time.

The preference shares are trading at 92c.

The bank loan has an interest rate of 10%.







Test Your Knowledge

If you can’t answer all of the questions below without looking at the answer then you need to do some more work on this area!1. What is the nominal value of issued debt?

2. What is convertible debt convertible into?

3. What is the calculation for irredeemable debt?

4. A company has 10% irredeemable debt in issue at a market value of $97. If the tax rate is 30% what is the cost of the debt?

5. A company has 5 year 8% redeemable debt in issue at a market value of $103. The tax rate is 25%. What is the cost of the debt?

6. A company has 10% convertible debt in issue at a market value of $111 that is redeemable in 5 years at either cash or 5 shares per nominal. The current share price is $18 and is expected to grow at 2%. The tax rate is 30%. What is the cost of debt?

7. A company has 8% preference share in issue at a current value of 94c. What is the cost of the preference shares.

8. A company has a bank loan of $7m at a rate of 6%. The tax rate is 35%. What is the cost of the bank debt?

9. The company has each of the types of debt in questions 4 to 6 on their balance sheet at a book value of $10m for each of them except for the bank debt which is on the balance sheet at $7m. If the company has a market value of $110m with a cost of equity of 14% then what is the company’s weighted average cost of capital?

10. What if the company has each of the types of debt in questions 4 to 6 on their balance sheet at a book value of $8m for each of them except for the bank debt which is on the balance sheet at $7m. If the company has a market value of $99m with a cost of equity of 12% then what is the company’s weighted average cost of capital?

If you’ve successfully answered all of the above questions then you’re ready to do the exam questions below:December 2008 Q3 (a)June 2010 Q2June 2008 Q1

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Lecture 17 Capital Structure







Capital Structure - Illustration 1

A company has total capital of $1,000 with debt making up $300 and equity making up $700 of the total. The companyʼs cost of debt is 5% and cost of equity is 14%.

I. Calculate the companyʼs current WACC.II. Calculate the WACC if the company substitutes $200 of equity for $200 of debt

causing their cost of equity to rise to 16%.III. Calculate the WACC if the company substitutes $300 of equity for $300 of debt

causing their cost of equity to rise to 25%.




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If you can’t answer all of the questions below without looking at the answer then you need to do some more work on this area!1. What is capital structure?

2. What does the traditional view suggest you can do with the WACC?

3. Why would you want to do this?

4. What other assumptions did M & M make?

5. What does the M&M model with tax suggest we should do with our capital structure?


Pilot Paper Q1 (b)June 2009 Q1 (c)

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Lecture 18 Financing & Investment







Project Specific Discount Rate - Illustration 1

Company A intends to undertake a project in an unrelated industry.

The following details are relevant:

Item Company A Proxy Company

Equity Beta (βe) 1.2 1.4

Value of Equity 1000 800

Value of Debt 400 500

The risk free rate is 4%.

The average return on the market is 12%.

Calculate a project specific discount rate.

Ignore Tax




Project Specific Discount Rate - Illustration 2

Company A intends to undertake a project in an unrelated industry.

The following details are relevant:

Item Company A Proxy Company

Equity Beta (βe) 1.1 1.3

Value of Equity 1200 900

Value of Debt 500 450

The risk free rate is 4%.

The average return on the market is 12%.


Calculate a project specific discount rate.

Ignore Tax




Test Your Knowledge


1. What are the two types of risk included in a company’s equity Beta?

2. When do we use the WACC as a discount rate?

3. What is capital structure?

4. What are the steps to calculate a project specific discount rate?

5. Our business has a Beta of 1.2, debt with a market value of 100 and equity with a market value of 400. If the proxy has a Beta of 1.4, debt with a market value of 100 and equity with a market value of 200 calculate a project specific discount rate. The risk free rate is 4% and the average market risk premium is 7%. Ignore tax.

6. What are the 3 types of market efficiency?

7. Describe weak form market efficiency.


December 2008 Q3 (c)June 2010 Q3 (c) (iii)December 2010 Q1 (c)

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Lecture 19 More Debt







December 07 Exam Question (6 marks)

Phobis Co has in issue 9% bonds which are redeemable at their par value of $100 in five yearsʼ time.

Alternatively, each bond may be converted on that date into 20 ordinary shares of the company. The current ordinary share price of Phobis Co is $4·45 and this is expected to grow at a rate of 6·5% per year for the foreseeable future. Phobis Co has a cost of debt of 7% per year.

Required: Calculate the following current values for each $100 convertible bond: (i) market value; (ii) floor value; (iii) conversion premium.




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If you can’t answer all of the questions below without looking at the answer then you need to do some more work on this area!1. How is the market value of convertible debt calculated?

2. What will the capital repaid figure in the IRR calculation be the higher of?

3. What is the floor value of convertible debt?

4. How is the floor value calculated?

5. What is the conversion premium?


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Lecture 20 Currency Risk I







Buy or Sell Currency - Illustration 1

You have an invoice to pay to a US business of $1250 and you are a UK business.

The rate offered by the bank is $:£ 1.2500 - 1.3500

How many £ will it take to pay the $125?

Buy or Sell Currency - Illustration 2

You have issued an invoice to a US customer of $2000 and you are a UK business.

The rate offered by the bank is $:£ 1.4500 - 1.5500

How many £ will you receive for the $2000?




Purchasing Power Parity Theory - Illustration 3

The current exchange rate is 2$ per £.

Inflation in the US is 6%.

Inflation in the UK is 8%.

What will the FX rate be in 1 years time?

Interest Rate Parity Theory - Illustration 4

The current exchange rate is 2$ per £.

The interest rate in the US is 3%.

The interest rate in the UK is 2%.

What will the FX rate be in 1 years time?

Forward Rate - Illustration 5

ABC Company has entered into a contract whereby they will receive $500,000 from a US customer in 3 months.

ABC is a UK company.

A 3 month forward rate is available at $:£ 1.6000 +/- 0.0500.

Calculate the amount of £ ABC would receive under the forward contract.




Money Market Hedge - Illustration 6

A UK business needs to pay $350,000 to a US supplier in 3 months time.

Exchange rate now: $:£ 1.6500 - 1.7000

Deposit rates UK 4% annual US 6% annual

Borrowing rates UK 5% annual US 6.5% annual

How much £ will the transaction cost using a money market hedge?

Money Market Hedge Illustration 7

A UK business will receive $350,000 from a US supplier in 3 months time.

Exchange rate now: $:£ 1.6500 - 1.7000

Deposit rates UK 4% annual US 6% annual

Borrowing rates UK 5% annual US 6.5% annual

How much £ will the business receive using a money market hedge?




Test Your Knowledge

If you can’t answer all of the questions below without looking at the answer then you need to do some more work on this area!1. $/£ 1.35 - 1.45 which currency is the counter currency?

2. UK company receiving $500. Spot rate is $/£ 1.35 - 1.45. How many £ will the company receive?

3. UK inflation is 5%, US inflation is 2%. The spot rate is $/£ 1.35. What will the FX rate be in one year’s time?

4. What are the internal methods of hedging currency risk?

5. What are the disadvantages of a forward contract?

6. How many £ will a company receive if they take a forward contract at a rate of $/£ 1.55 +/- 0.05 for an amount of $400,000?

7. How does a money market hedge eliminate the foreign currency risk?

8. A UK company is going to pay $400,000 to a US supplier in 3 months time. The UK deposit rate is 4.5% and the borrowing rate is 5.5%. The US deposit rate is 5.5% and the borrowing rate is 6.5%. Calculate the cost of the payment if the company uses a money market hedge?


Pilot Paper Q2 (All except part (a))December 2008 Q4 (a), (b) & (c)

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Lecture 21 Currency Risk II







Test Your Knowledge

If you can’t answer all of the questions below without looking at the answer then you need to do some more work on this area!1. What are the 3 types of FX risk?

2. Explain each of the 3.

3. What is a futures contract?

4. What are the advantages of a future?

5. What are the disadvantages of a future?

6. How do you undertake a future contract?

7. What is an option?

8. What is the main advantage of an option?

9. Are there any downsides to an option?

10.What type of risk will an option hedge?


Pilot Paper Q2 (a)December 2008 Q4 (d)

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Lecture 22 Interest Rate Risk







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1. What internal methods may a firm use to manage interest rate risk?

2. What is an FRA?

3. Why might a firm use an interest rate option to manage interest rate risk?

4. What is an Interest Rate Swap?

5. What are the disadvantages of an interest rate swap?

6. What does a Yield Curve plot?

7. In what way does a Yield Curve slope?

8. What are the three ways in which theorists have sought to explain the slope of the yield curve?


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Lecture 23 Islamic Finance







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1. What is the main principle behind islamic finance?

2. What should money only be generated by?

3. What are the Islamic terms for ‘forbidden’ and ‘permitted’?

4. How will a mortgage work under islamic financial principles?

5. What is the islamic term for a bank loan?

6. How will lease finance (ijara) work under islamic finance?

7. What must debt finance relate to under islamic finance principles?

8. What is the islamic finance term for a joint venture?


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