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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Holding Limited 4 1.2 Major Competitor 5 1.2.1 JB Hi-Fi 5 1.2.2 Woolworth 5 2. Capital Structures 6 2.1 Types of Funding 6 2.2 Recent Trends of Leverage 7 2.3 Comparison of capital structure with similar companies 9 2.4 Capital expenditures and its financing 10 2.5 Important factors influencing the use of debt financing 10 2.5.1 Tax Advantage 10 2.5.2 Corporate Tax Rate 11 2.5.3 Credit rating 11 2.5.4 Interest rate 11 2.5.5 Company’s
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of debt of the company. Therefore‚ there must be a level of debt that make the benefits of debt and potential danger of debt offset each other. In another word‚ the marginal revenue of debt equals the marginal cost of debt. But remember‚ the real cases are not as easy as we put here. When a firm procures funds from investors or owners‚ there will be an explicit or implicit promise to pay return to them. The return is paid in terms of interest which is compulsory paid to all investors and owners
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Practice Problem Set – 1 ( The following problems are from Corporate Finance by Ross‚ Westerfield‚ and Jaffe – Tenth edition‚ McGraw-Hill / Irwin – ISBN 978-0-07-803477-0 ) 1. Audrey Sanborn has just arranged to purchase a $ 550‚000 vacation home in the Bahamas with a 20 percent down payment. The mortgage has a 6.1 percent stated annual interest rate‚ compounded monthly‚ and calls for equal monthly payments over the next 30 years. Her first payment will be due one month from now. However‚ the mortgage
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CHAPTER 14 OPTIONS AND CORPORATE FINANCE Answers to Concepts Review and Critical Thinking Questions 1. A call option confers the right‚ without the obligation‚ to buy an asset at a given price on or before a given date. A put option confers the right‚ without the obligation‚ to sell an asset at a given price on or before a given date. You would buy a call option if you expect the price of the asset to increase. You would buy a put option if you expect the price of the asset to decrease. A
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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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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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Interest rate per period (Rate) = 8% or 0.08 Number of payment periods (Nper) = 30 Using the Excel function “PV”‚ the following data is entered into the presented fields Rate = 8% Nper = 30 PMT =? Fv = 1‚350‚000 Type = blank PMT = $9‚416.15 $9‚416.15 is the amount required for 30 annual deposits with an 8% compound interest to yield $90‚000 for 15 years. 2. If a lump sum amount is deposited on my 35th birthday‚ then the principle will be compounded for 31 years. Calculation Using the
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Investment in Assets and required returns · Cash flow determination · Non-DCF and DCF techniques Case: Investment analysis and Lockheed Tri Star Assignment Questions 1. Compute the payback‚ net present value (NPV)‚ and internal rate of return (IRR) for this machine. Should Rainbow purchase it? Assume that all cash flows (except the initial purchase) occur at the end of the year‚ and do not consider taxes. 2. For a $500 per year additional expenditure‚ Rainbow can get a "Good As New" service contract
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Chapter 04 Long-Term Financial Planning and Growth Multiple Choice Questions 1. Phil is working on a financial plan for the next three years. This time period is referred to as which one of the following? A. financial range B. planning horizon C. planning agenda D. short-run E. current financing period 2. Atlas Industries combines the smaller investment proposals from each operational unit into a single project for planning purposes. This process is referred to as which one
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