The Open Polytechnic of New Zealand Trimester 1‚ 2012 71303 Corporate Finance Final Examination Time allowed Three hours‚ plus 10 minutes to read this paper. Instructions 1. 2. 3. 4. Answer all questions. Read each question carefully. Start each question on a new page. Show all of your workings. Mark allocation Question Part A Part B 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Cost of capital Risk and return Investment timing real option Capital structure Dividend policy 14 12 15 20 15 Total 100 Topic Multiple-choice
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There is nothing like optimum capital structure for a firm. The Optimal Capital structure is that Capital Structure at which the weighted Average cost of capital (Ko) is Minimum. It is that combination of Equity and Debt at which the total cost of capital is mini-mum. Trade-off theory argues that there ’s an optimal amount of debt of each firm. At this level of debt‚ firms can take the most advantage of debts. Debts can be tax shield so that they can save money for firms to reinvest in
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Acknowledgement We would like to acknowledge all the help we have received from our lecturer in collecting the data and using the cases. Besides‚ every member in our group is contributed in completing the report averagely. Abstract: Investment appraisal techniques are adopted to assess whether or not capital expenditure on a particular project will be profitable. This report is able to present the weakness and strength of the techniques according to the wind turbine system project of McCain
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B6301: Corporate Finance Clarkson Lumber C C Co. Valuation Clarkson Valuation Navin Chopra 1 Clarkson‚ 1996 • At the beginning of 1996‚ company is entirely owned by Mr. Clarkson • Following tight funding during a period of good business performance‚ the company has obtained debt funding to payoff the trade credit‚ NP trade • While financials for the first quarter of 1996 are available‚ we will value the company as at the beginning of 1996/end of 1995 Clarkson Valuation
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A Comparison of Capital Budgeting Techniques Capital budgeting deals with setting the criteria and prescribing the process required for making capital investment choices. Choosing an investment project‚ that is‚ making a capital investment choice is ultimately a cost/benefit analysis. It requires valuing the project by comparing the payoff to its costs. Problem Value‚ rank and select investment projects Example 1. Project A Required rate year 1: year 2 year 3 year 4 year 5 Initial
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Review Problems and Solutions for Chapter 6: Process Selection and Facility Layout For the following three problems (1‚ 2‚ 7)‚ we assume that parallel workstations are not allowed. 1. An assembly line with 17 tasks is to be balanced. The longest task is 2.4 minutes‚ and the total time for all tasks is 18 minutes. The line will operate for 450 minutes per day. a. What are the minimum and maximum cycle times? b. What range of output is theoretically possible for the line? c. What is the minimum
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Assignment on An Appraisal on Dividend Policy and Capital Structure of Fu-Wang Ceramic Industry Ltd. Corporate Finance (FIN-507) Sec-01 Prepared For: Dr. Tanvir Ahmed Chowdhury Department of Business Administration East West University Prepared By: Md. Iftekharul Haque ID: 2009-3-95-052 Shazzad Hossain ID: 2010-2-95-155 Md. Yahyea ID: 2009-1-95-040 Rakesh Mondal ID: 2010-1-95-025 Hasanuzzaman Chowdhuri ID:2009-1-95-095 Submission Date: March 30
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Sample Test_MT2_FINA 3101_summer_2013 ____ 1. Travis Corp.’s bonds currently sell for $1‚050. They have an 8% annual coupon rate and a 20-year maturity‚ but they can be called in 5 years at $1‚120. Assume that no costs other than the call premium would be incurred to call and refund the bonds‚ and also assume that the yield curve is horizontal‚ with rates expected to remain at current levels on into the future. Under these conditions‚ what rate of return should an investor expect to earn if
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reinvesting the second year dividends for the final year. Mean = Ṝ = (R1 + … + RT) / T Risk premium = Difference between risky returns and Riskfree return Real return = Ṝ minus inflation Return = mean Risk = standard deviation Chapter 13: Corporate Financing Decisions and Efficient Markets There are three ways to create valuable financing opportunities: 1. Investors lack an understanding of the risk an d valuation of complex securities. But as investors are not that easy to fool‚ the complex
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Part 1: Fianacial Ratios After having the financial information about Deep water experts company‚ we have generated the financial ratios for the company for the years 2010‚ 2011 respectively as below and has the following comments: Liquidity: There is more than one ratio that measures the liquidity for a company which is included in the following table: Ratio Type | 2011 | 2010 | Liquidity | Current Ratio | 3.29 | 2.67 | Quick Ratio | 2.2 | 1.798 | Cash Ratio | 1.56 | 1.08 |
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