Questions: 1. Are the financial statements in Exhibit 3.7 consistent with V. Dourtan assumptions in Exhibit 3.1? 2. What’s is the most relevant valuation model‚ APV or Present Value? 3. How are multi-currency cash flows‚ currency risk and political risk being taken into account in our valuation model? 4. What is the relevant cost of capital for Jersey? For R.T. Nakit? Can they be different? Why? 5. What is the Dinar (Pound) value of the joint venture R.T. Nakit (jersey)? What are the project’s value
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Adjusted Present Value Adjusted present value is an investment appraisal technique similar to net present value method. However‚ instead of using weighted average cost of capital as the discount rate‚ ungeared cost of equity is used to discount the cash flows from a project and there is an adjustment for the tax shield provided by related debt capital. Formula Adjusted Present Value = PV of Cash Flows using Ungeared Cost of Equity + Present Value of Tax Shield Where PV stands for ’present value’
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run? ●After borrowing $ 3 billion dollars what would the impact on the company’s debt rating be? ●What’s the impact on the company’s share value; would the recapitalization increase the company’s share value? ●What’s the impact on the company’s WACC‚ an increase or decrease? ●Would recapitalization increases the EPS of the company? Hypothesis “Whether the proposed leveraged recapitalization is efficient for Wrigley
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(qualitatively) to value AirThread. Should Ms. Zhang use WACC‚ APV or some combination thereof? Explain. (2 points) * From the statement of AirThread case‚ we know that American Cable Communication want to raise capital by Leveraged Buyout (LBO) approach. This means ACC will finance money though equity and debt to buy AirThread and pay the debt by the cash flows or assets of AirThread. * In another word‚ it’s a highly levered transaction using a fixed WACC discount rate; however the leverage is changing
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valuable ITS for the firm. * Can include value of ITS in several ways: 1. WACC METHOD; discount unlevered free cash flows using the weighted average cost of capital (WACC). Because we calculate the WACC using the effective after-tax interest rate as the cost of debt‚ therefore this method incorporates the tax benefit of debt implicitly through the cost of capital. 2. ADJUSTED PRESENT VALUE METHOD (APV); first value a projects free cash flows without leverage by discounting them using
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1 Abstract When appraising an investment‚ it’s necessary to find the right valuation method do apply based on the internal and external conditions. This paper will focus on the differences and similarities when using the economic profit (EP) or the discounted cash flow (DCF) method when appraising an investment. When applied correctly‚ both valuation methods yield the same result; however‚ each model has certain benefits in practice. The DCF method uses future cash flows projections and discounts
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purchases the fleet from GM for $325‚000‚ and Hertz is able to issue $200‚000 of five year‚ 8% debt in order to finance the project. All principal will be repaid in one balloon payment at the end of the fifth year. What is the Adjusted Present Value (APV) of the project? 17.2 Gemini‚ Inc.‚ an all-equity firm‚ is considering a $2.1 million investment that will be depreciated according to the straight-line method over its three-year life. The project is expected to generate earnings before taxes and
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Valuation of AirThread The valuation of Air Thread is intended to present to it’s potential acquirer‚ American Cable Communication (ACC) for consultation on decision of acquisition purpose. According to the case study‚ American Cable communications is a large and healthy cable operator which provides the services and products that related to internet‚ video and landline telephony. The demand of the ACC is high in America as for instance‚ there are around 48.5 million households installed the ACC
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financed primarily through debt. As this means that ACC will not be maintaining their current debt to equity ratio therefore relying on the WACC method to calculate the value of AirThread would not be appropriate. For the valuation of AirThread in this case analysis we are using APV. However we will still need to calculate the WACC for the purposes of the APV valuation. Valuing AirThread’s Cash Flows Given the above breakdown for the Net Income of AirThread over the 2008-2012 period and the
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neither WACC nor APV would be reliable alone. Therefore‚ Ms. Zhang should use the combination of WACC and APV methods. As stated above‚ ACC will use the Leverage buy out (LBO) approach‚ which means that the debt to equity ratio of AirThread will not be the same from 2008 to 2012‚ so APV approach would be more suitable to valuate the cash flows between 2008 and 2012. After 2012‚ AirThread will de-lever to industry norm and thus‚ they will have a target leverage ratio; therefore WACC is best
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