CASE STUDY VICTORIA CHEMICALS plc (A): The Merseyside Project Submitted to: Prof. Roy C. Ybanez MSFIN 222 Submitted by: BASCON‚ Roland Billy CAJEGAS‚ Lester ORTIZ‚ Karmi Ann SALVADORA‚ Jerick Cezar 14 October 2014 Problem Statement Victoria Chemicals (VC) experienced a significant downturn in its financial performance from 2006 to 2007. The company was under pressure to improve its financial performance as its earnings ad fallen 38% (from 250 pence to 180 pence per share). The
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Victoria Chemicals: Case study Introduction Victoria Chemicals is a major competitor in the worldwide chemical industry. They are a leading producer of polypropylene‚ which is a polymer used in products such as medical products and automobile components. Victoria Chemicals started up in 1967 when they built two plants‚ one in Merseyside‚ England and one in Rotterdam‚ Holland. Both plants were identical to each other and produced an equal amount of goods. In 2008 these two plants have an old-fashioned
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Studies Report: Victoria Chemicals This report will be covering the several capitals investment aspects in which are associated with the case – Victoria Chemicals PLC (A): The Merseyside Project‚ written by Robert. F. Bruner. Introduction In the case‚ Victoria Chemicals‚ a fictional company‚ were under the pressure of its investors to improve its performance as the earnings per shares (EPS) has decreased from 250 pence in 2006 to 180 pence in 2007. Victoria Chemicals is a producer of polypropylene
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Question 1 Issues Arising From Case The issues are the future viability of the plant for producing EPC and the long-term effects of not upgrading this production line. The additional upgrade will result in additional production‚ but as mentioned by the sales director if there is no demand for the increase in supply and Rotterdam plants excess will be added to the Mersey side quantities the plant upgrade could ultimately result in a dropping of prices to shift supply. The transport division is also
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Corporate Finance Case Report Diamond Chemicals plc. : The Merseyside Project Introduction The goal of this report is to analyze and evaluate the capital budgeting decision of Ms. Morris and suggestion to the senior management of Diamond Chemicals PLC if sufficient capital should be allocated for the proposed £12 million expenditure to modernize and rationalize the polypropylene production line at the Merseyside Plant. The project has been proposed to improve
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Manager of Diamond Chemicals Merseyside was discussing a capital project with her controller that Morris wanted to propose to senior management. The project consisted of a 9 million pounds expenditure to renovate and rationalize the polypropylene production line at the Merseyside plant in order to make up for the deferred maintenance and to exploit opportunities to achieve production efficiency. The proposed Capital Program Morris had assumed responsibility for the Merseyside works only 12 months
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1. Victoria Chemicals evaluate its capital-expenditure proposals in four ways. They are average annual addition to earnings per share‚ payback period‚ net present value‚ and internal rate of return. An earnings per share method is to indicate a company’s profitability. For Victoria Chemical‚ this was calculated with the average annual earnings per share contribution of the engineering-efficiency project over its entire economic life. However‚ for the basis of the calculation‚ the project’s initiator
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Case #22 Victoria Chemicals Synopsis and Objectives go/no-go decision 1. The identification of relevant cash flows; in particular‚ the treatment of: a. sunk costs b. cash flows obtained by cannibalizing another activity within the firm c. exploitation of excess transportation capacity d. corporate overhead allocations e. cash flows of unrelated projects f. inflation. 2. The critical assessment of a capital-investment evaluation system. 3. The treatment of conflicts of interest
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) million propose to senior management. The projec consisted of a (British pounds) GBP12 m ure onalize the polypropylen production line at the Merseyside plant ne n expenditu to renovate and ratio in order to make up for deferred maintenan and to ex d nce xploit oppor rtunities to a achieve incre eased productio efficiency on y. Victoria Che V emicals wa under pr as ressure from investors to impro m s ove its fina ancial performa ance because of the ac ccumulation of the
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With reference to your own research and the item above‚do you think that governments should make corporate social responsibility complusory for businesses? Corporate social responsibility refers to the extent to which organisations accept obligations to society. Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) has been a business theme in the corporate world ever since the inception of capitalism. This has led to the adoption of CSR practices in several corporate companies on a large scale. The major
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