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A company has in a 5% corporate bond in issue on which there are two loan covenants.
• Interest cover must not fall below 3 times
• Retained earnings for the year must not fall below $3.5 million
The Company has 200 million shares in issue.
The most recent dividend per share was $0.04.
The Company intends increasing dividends by 10% next year.
Financial projections for next year are as follows:
Advise the Board of Directors which of the following will be the status of compliance with the loan covenants next year?
The Board of Directors of a listed company wish to estimate a reasonable valuation of the entire share capital of the company in the event of a takeover bid.
The company's current profit before taxation is $4.0 million.
The rate of corporate tax is 25%.
The average P/E multiple of listed companies in the same industry is 8 times current earnings.
The P/E multiple of recent takeovers in the same industry have ranged from 9 times to 10 times current earnings.
The average P/E multiple of the top 100 companies on the stock market is 15 times current earnings.
Advise the Board of Directors which of the following is a reasonable estimate of a range of values of the entire share capital in the event of a bid being made for the whole company?
Which THREE of the following would be most important if a hospital wishes to review the effectiveness of its services?
A company has a 4% corporate bond in issue on which there are two loan covenants.
• Interest cover must not fall below 4 times
• Retained earnings for the year must not fall below S5 00 million
The Company has 100 million shares in issue. The most recent dividend per share was $0 10 The Company intends increasing dividends by 8% next year.
Financial projections tor next year are as follows:
Advise the Board of Directors which of the following will be the status of compliance with the loan covenants next year?
A company is funded by:
• $40 million of debt (market value)
• $60 million of equity (market value)
The company plans to:
• Issue a bond and use the funds raised to buy back shares at their current market value.
• Structure the deal so that the market value of debt becomes equal to the market value of equity.
According to Modigliani and Miller's theory with tax and assuming a corporate income tax rate of 20%, this plan would:
Company ABC's management has noticed that Company BCD has quickly built up a 20% stake by buying shares in Company ABC and are concerned that this is the start of a hostile bid.
This build-up of shares triggers the poison pill provision which automatically converts the rights to buy future preference shares previously issued to existing shareholders in Company ABC to full ordinary shares
What is the most likely impact of the triggering of a poison pill strategy at this stage in the bidding process?
A company has recently announced a scrip issue of 1 new share for every 4 existing shares. The market value of each share price before the announcement was $20.00.
What is the best estimate of the share price after the scrip issue ignoring all other influences on the share price?
Company W is a manufacturing company with three divisions, all of which are making profits:
• Division A which manufactures cars
• Division B which manufactures trucks
• Division C which manufactures agricultural machinery
Company W is facing severe competitive pressure in all of its markets, and is currently operating with a high level of gearing Company W's latest forecasts suggest that it needs to raise cash to avoid breaching loan covenants on its existing debt finance in 6 months' time
In a recent strategy review. Divisions A and B were identified as being the core divisions of Company W
The management of Division C is known to be interested in the possibility of a management buy-out. Company Z is known to be interested in making a takeover bid for Company W's truck manufacturing division
A rival to Company W has recently successfully demerged its business, this was well received by the Financial markets
Which of the following exit strategies will be most suitable for company W?
Which of the following statements about IFRS 7 Financial Instruments: Disclosures is true?
Formed in 2010, the International Integrated Reporting Council The primary purpose of the IIRC's framework is to help enable an organisation to communicate which of the following'?
