Question 1

Company A is planning to acquire Company B at a price of $ 65 million by means of a cash bid.

Company A is confident that the merged entity can achieve the same price earnings ratio as that of Company

A.

What does Company A expect the value of the merged entity to be post acquisition?

Options :

A : $122.5 million

B : $156.0 million

C : $187.5 million

D : $207.0 million

Answer: A

Question 2

A company has:

• $6 million market value of equity

• $4 million market value of debt

• WACC of 11.04%

• Corporate income tax rate of 20%

According to Modigliani and Miller's theory of capital structure with tax, what is the ungeared cost of equity?

Options :

A : 12.00%

B : 10.16%

C : 16.24%

D : 12.54%

Answer: A

Question 3

A company is planning to issue a 5 year $100 million bond at a fixed rate of 6%.

It is also considering whether or not to enter into a 10 year $100 million swap to receive 5% fixed and pay

Libor + 1% once a year.

The company predicts that Libor will be 4% over the life of the 5 years.

What is the impact of the swap on the company's annual interest cost assuming that

the Libor prediction is correct?

Options :

A : Increase by 1%.

B : Fall by 1%.

C : Remain the same.

D : Fall by 2%.

Answer: C

Question 4

A listed company is financed by debt and equity.

If it increases the proportion of debt in its capital structure it would be in danger of breaching a debt covenant

imposed by one of its lenders.

The following data is relevant:

The company now requires $800 million additional funding for a major expansion programme.

Which of the following is the most appropriate as a source of finance for this expansion programme?

Options :

A : Retained earnings

B : Private placement of a bond

C : Rights issue

D : Bank overdraft

Answer: C

Question 5

A company based in Country D, whose currency is the D$, has an objective of maintaining an operating profit

margin of at least 10?ch year.

Relevant data:

• The company makes sales to Country E whose currency is the E$. It also makes sales to Country F whose

currency is the F$.

• All purchases are from Country G whose currency is the G$.

• The settlement of all transactions is in the currency of the customer or supplier.

Which of the following changes would be most likely to help the company achieve its objective?

Options :

A : The D$ strengthens against the E$ over time.

B : The F$ weakens against the D$ over time.

C : The D$ strengthens against the G$ over time.

D : The D$ weakens against the G$ over time.

Answer: C

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