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Question 32

A listed company plans to raise $350 million to finance a major expansion programme.

The cash flow projections for the programme are subject to considerable variability.

Brief details of the programme have been public knowledge for a few weeks.

The directors are considering two financing options, either a rights issue at a 20% discount to current share price or a long term bond.

 

The following data is relevant:

  

The company's share price has fallen by 5% over the past 3 months compared with a fall in the market of 3% over the same period.

The directors favour the bond option.

However, the Chief Accountant has provided arguments for a rights issue.

 

Which TWO of the following arguments in favour of a right issue are correct?

Options:

A.

The issue of bonds might limit the availability of debt finance in the future.

B.

The recent fall in the share price makes a rights issue more attractive to the company.

C.

The rights issue will lead to less pressure on the operating cash flows of the programme.

D.

The WACC will decrease assuming Modigliani and Miller's Theory of Capital Structure without taxes applies.

E.

The administrative costs of a rights issue will be lower.

Question 33

Three companies are quoted on the New York Stock Exchange. The following data applies:

Which of the following statements is TRUE?

Options:

A.

Company A has the greatest business risk

B.

Companies A and B have the same capital structure

C.

Companies A and C have the same business risk

D.

Companies A and B have the same business risk

Question 34

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?

Options:

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 35

Company H is considering the valuation of an unlisted company which it hopes to acquire.

It has obtained the target company's financial statements.

Company H has been advised that the book value of net assets as shown in the financial statements of the target company does not provide a reliable indicator of their true value.

 

Advise the Board of Directors which of the following THREE statements are disadvantages of the net asset basis of valuation?

Options:

A.

The net book value of assets is merely a record of past transactions which complies with accounting conventions.

B.

The net book value of assets can be obtained from the financial statements. 

C.

Intangible assets are often not shown in the company's financial statements.

D.

The net realisable value is usually different from the net book value shown in the financial statements.  

E.

The net book value of current assets is normally a reliable indicator of their realisable value.

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Exam Code: F3
Exam Name: Financial Strategy
Last Update: Dec 22, 2024
Questions: 435
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