Chapter 025 Mergers and Acquisitions Multiple Choice Questions 1. The complete absorption of one company by another‚ wherein the acquiring firm retains its identity and the acquired firm ceases to exist as a separate entity‚ is called a: A. merger. b. consolidation. c. tender offer. d. spinoff. e. divestiture. SECTION: 25.1 TOPIC: MERGER TYPE: DEFINITIONS 2. A merger in which an entirely new firm is created and both the acquired and acquiring firms cease to exist is called a: a
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Question 1 (1 mark) The methods that a firm can use to evaluate a potential investment: 1) ‘Discounting’ Methods: Net Present Value (NPV): the present value of the future after-tax cash flow minus the investment outlay made initially. The decision rule for the NPV as follows: invest if NPV> 0‚ do not invest if NPV< 0 Internal Rate of Return (IRR): calculates the interest rate that equates the present value of the future after-tax cash flows equal that investment outlay;
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1. Calculate TRUST’s company after-tax WACC. The risk-free rate was 4.21%‚ the market risk premium was 6% and the company tax rate was 30%. The WACC should be rounded to four decimal places. After-tax WACC = rD (1-Tc) D/V + rE E/V rE = rf + βequity(rm – rf) rE = 0.0421 + 0.81(0.06) rE = 0.0907 E = number of outstanding shares x current share price E = 60 million x $3.43 E = $205.8 million D = $44 million bank loans + $1.2 million short-term hire purchase commitments D = $45.2 million
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depreciating ruble mean for Russia’s commercial trade and its war on inflation? MC2-2 © 2015 Pearson Education‚ Inc. All rights reserved. Exhibit A Russian Ruble/U.S. Dollar Exchange Rate MC2-3 © 2015 Pearson Education‚ Inc. All rights reserved. MiniCase: Russian Ruble Roulette • • • • • • MC2-4 After a number of years of a highly controlled official exchange rate accompanied by tight capital controls‚ the 1998 economic crisis prompted a movement to a heavily managed float. Using both direct
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Grading Summary These are the automatically computed results of your exam. Grades for essay questions‚ and comments from your instructor‚ are in the "Details" section below. Date Taken: 11/22/2014 Time Spent: 1 h ‚ 36 min ‚ 44 secs Points Received: 100 / 100 (100%) Question Type: # Of Questions: # Correct: Short 6 N/A Grade Details - All Questions Question 1. Question : (TCO C) Blease Inc. has a capital budget of $625‚000‚ and it wants to maintain a target capital structure of 60% debt
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Tri Vi Dang Email: td2332@columbia.edu Columbia University Spring 2013 Corporate Finance (ECON W4280) Meeting time: Tu‚ Th 4.10-5.25 Meeting place: Hamilton 503 Office address: IAB 1032 Office hours: Th 11.00-12.00 and other times by appointment Course Description The aim of this introductory course in corporate finance is to provide students with fundamental concepts for understanding firms’ financing decisions and the basic tools for the valuation of a corporation. This course
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AFIN858 Financial Management and Policy Week 1 S1 2014 “INTRODUCTION TO CORPORATE FINANCE” “Where is This Slide From”? • Most of the slides we use in this unit are provided by the Publisher of the required text “…as down-loaded from Connect…” • Sometimes we modify slides by adding or removing content. Other times we use slides from other sources. Occasionally we ‘make’ slides. • Note that lecture slides are not numbered sequentially. • Slides are identified in the lower RHS corner
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To what extent does a mature and cyclical product market drive corporate restructuring? Use an extended example to discuss whether restructuring transforms market and financial performance. An organization which is operating in a mature market means that the product does not have the scope to grow anymore. The product has reached its peak‚ with no prospects to increase‚ as the product is has become most popular in the market and no one else will be willing to buy it. A cyclical market is one which
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understanding of Finance function of a corporation and build capacity to apply theory in real world situations. The course will present the ‘Big Picture’ of Corporate Finance so that students understand how things fit together. After successfully completing the course‚ students should be able to take optimal decisions in a corporate setting‚ when working as professionals in the field. COURSE OUTLINE Introduction to Corporate Finance: Financial Management; Corporate Finance; Corporate Finance vs. Financial
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