[pic] ADM 3350 M Winter 2010 CORPORATE FINANCE ANSWER KEY MIDTERM EXAMINATION – February 10th‚ 2010 Professor: Kaouthar LAJILI‚ PhD.‚ CGA Duration: 1 hour and 30 minutes | | | | |INSTRUCTIONS | | |
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shareholders. In exchange for each share currently held‚ the plan would give stockholders one new share plus the choice of receiving $20 in either cash or additional new Ford common shares. Shareholders electing to receive cash would be taxed on these distributions at capital gain rates. Among other things‚ the plan provided a means for the Ford family to obtain liquidity without having to dilute their 40% voting interest (even though they own only 5% of the shares outstanding). Background of Case:
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new common shares or a combination of cash and new share. Based on the following analysis‚ Ford should go ahead with Value Enhancement Plan. Characteristic of VEP The Value Enhancement Plan has the feature of stock split and share repurchase. Exchanging existing shares for new shares on a one-for-one basis‚ shareholders are also offered the option to reinvest $20 to receive additional new Ford common shares. In this sense‚ share price would decrease while the number of shares outstanding
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Chapter 158 Distributions to Shareholders: Dividends and Repurchases ANSWERS TO END-OF-CHAPTER QUESTIONS 158-1 a. The optimal distribution policy is one that strikes a balance between dividend yield and capital gains so that the firm’s stock price is maximized. b. The dividend irrelevance theory holds that dividend policy has no effect on either the price of a firm’s stock or its cost of capital. The principal proponents of this view are Merton Miller and Franco Modigliani (MM). They
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Accurately Measuring Debt Capacity For Marriott Corporation While management was correct in some aspects of measuring debt capacity for Marriott Corporation‚ the method used to obtain the ratio of 6.64 did not include the debt from the previous repurchase‚ grossly overstating the ratio and leading to believe that Marriott Corporation had a large unsused portion of debt capacity. This is shown in Exhibit 5. After thorough analysis and a different approach to finding the debt capacity‚ it is concluded
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cash and $636.3 million in borrowed funds to repurchase it’s shares they would increase their basic earnings per share from 1.35 to 1.41 and their diluted earnings per share from 1.31 to 1.37 (exhibit 2). If BBBY were to use $400 million in excess cash‚ and borrow $1.27 billion to repurchase their shares‚ they would decrease their basic earnings per share from 1.35 to .70 and their diluted earnings per share from 1.31 to .72 (exhibit 2). Repurchasing shares with a 40% debt to total capital ratio would
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Alpha Industries is an all-equity firm‚ with 10 million shares outstanding that trade for a price of$22 per share. Omega Technologies has 20 million shares outstanding as well as debt of $60 million. 14-5-a. According to MM Proposition I‚ what is the stock price for Omega Technologies? V(alpha) = 10 x 22 = 220m = V(omega) = D + E E = 220 – 60 = 160m p = $8 per share. 14-5-b.Suppose Omega Technologies stock currently trades for $11 per share. What arbitrage opportunity is available? What assumptions
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argue that investors prefer dividends to capital gains because dividends are more certain than capital gains. They call this the ―bird-in-the hand‖ effect. b. One reason that companies tend to avoid stock repurchases is that dividend payments are taxed at a lower rate than gains on stock repurchases. c. One advantage of dividend reinvestment plans is that they allow shareholders to avoid paying taxes on the dividends that they choose to reinvest. d. One key advantage of a residual dividend policy
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the current capital structure is not the most effective for the future. They prefer that BBBY change their capital structure by paying out excess cash and issuing debt. This could allow BBBY to improve their return on equity and raise earnings per share. Given the low interest rates available it seems like the perfect time for BBBY to add debt to its capital structure. Until now they company has always had a “cash is king‚ debt is bad” mentality so the decision to add debt is not one being taken
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than using it for dividends. 3. Nolan is in favor of a share repurchase. He argues will increase the company’s P/E ratio‚ return on assets‚ and return on equity. Are his arguments correct? How will a share repurchase affect the value of the company? A share repurchase if done correctly should be equivalent to the issuance of a cash dividend with the same amount as regards to effects on shareholders’ wealth. The way the share repurchases should be done in a way that it does not diminish or create
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