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1. Government departments do not operate to make a profit, and the objectives of a department or of a
programme of spending cannot be expressed in terms of maximizing the return on capital employed.
2. Government services are provided without the commercial pressure of competition. There are no
competitive reasons for controlling costs, being efficient or, when services are charged for (such as
medical prescriptions), keeping prices down.
3. Government departments have full-time professional civil servants as their managers, but decisions
are also taken by politicians.
4. The government gets its money for spending from taxes, other sources of income and borrowing
(such as issuing gilts) and the nature of its fund-raising differs substantially from fund-raising by
companies.
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- X Ltd intends to take-over Y Ltd by offering two of its share for every five shares in Y Company Ltd.
Relevant financial data is as...(Solved)
X Ltd intends to take-over Y Ltd by offering two of its share for every five shares in Y Company Ltd.
Relevant financial data is as follows:
Required.
a. Compute the combined EPS & MPS
b. Has wealth been created for shareholders?
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- The following data are pertinent for companies A and B.
a. If the two companies were to merge and the exchange ratio were one share of...(Solved)
The following data are pertinent for companies A and B.
a. If the two companies were to merge and the exchange ratio were one share of Company A for each share of Company B, what would be the initial impact on earnings per share of the two companies? what is the market value exchange ratio? Is the merger likely to take place?
b. If the exchange ratio were two shares of Company A for each share of Company B what would happen with respect to the above?
c. If the exchange ratio were 1.5 shares of Company A for each share of Company B, what would happen?
d. What exchange ratio would you recommend?
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Outline the roles of investment bankers in mergers.
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- XYZ Ltd. is considered acquiring ABC Ltd. The following information relates to ABC Ltd. for the next five years. The projected financial data are for...(Solved)
XYZ Ltd. is considered acquiring ABC Ltd. The following information relates to ABC Ltd. for the next five years. The projected financial data are for the post-merger period. The corporate tax rate is 40% for both companies.
Other information
a. After the fifth year the cashflows available to XYZ from ABC is expected to grow by 10% per
annum in perpetuity.
b. ABC will retain Shs 40,000 for internal expansion every year.
c. The cost of capital can be assumed to be 18%.
REQUIRED:
i. Estimate the annual cash flows.
ii. Determine the maximum amount XYZ would be willing to acquire ABC at.
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- Company A is considering the acquisition by shares of Company B. The following information is also available.
Company B has agreed to an offer of Shs...(Solved)
Company A is considering the acquisition by shares of Company B. The following information is also available.
Company B has agreed to an offer of Shs 35 a share to be paid in Company A shares.
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- Describe the overall merger and acquisition process.(Solved)
Describe the overall merger and acquisition process.
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- State and explain the reasons of business mergers.(Solved)
State and explain the reasons of business mergers.
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- State and explain the types of mergers.(Solved)
State and explain the types of mergers.
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- XYZ ltd. is considering three possible capital projects for next year. Each project has a 1 year life, and
project returns depend on next years state...(Solved)
XYZ ltd. is considering three possible capital projects for next year. Each project has a 1 year life, and
project returns depend on next years state of the economy. The estimated rates of return are shown below.
a. Find each project expected rate of return, variance, standard deviation and coefficient of
variation.
b. Compute the correlation coefficient between
i. A and B
ii. A and C
iii. B and C
c. Compute the expected return on a portfolio if the firm invests equal wealth on each asset.
d. Compute the standard deviation of the portfolio.
Date posted: April 13, 2021. Answers (1)
- The risk free rate is 10% and the expected return on the market portfolio is 15%. The expected returns for 4
securities are listed below together...(Solved)
The risk free rate is 10% and the expected return on the market portfolio is 15%. The expected returns for 4
securities are listed below together with their expected betas.
a. On the basis of these expectations, which securities are overvalued? Which are undervalued?
b. If the risk-free rate were to rise to 12% and the expected return on the market portfolio rose to 16%,
which securities would be overvalued? which would be under-valued? (Assume the expected returns
and the betas remain the same).
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- Securities D, E and F have the following characteristics with respect to expected return, standard deviation
and correlation coefficients.
Compute the expected rate of return and standard...(Solved)
Securities D, E and F have the following characteristics with respect to expected return, standard deviation
and correlation coefficients.
Compute the expected rate of return and standard deviation of a portfolio comprised of equal investment in
each security.
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- Security returns depend on only three risk factors-inflation, industrial production and the aggregate degree of
risk aversion. The risk free rate is 8%, the required rate...(Solved)
Security returns depend on only three risk factors-inflation, industrial production and the aggregate degree of
risk aversion. The risk free rate is 8%, the required rate of return on a portfolio with unit sensitivity to
inflation and zero-sensitivity to other factors is 13.0%, the required rate of return on a portfolio with unit
sensitivity to industrial production and zero sensitivity to inflation and other factors is 10% and the required
return on a portfolio with unit sensitivity to the degree of risk aversion and zero sensitivity to other factors is
6%. Security i has betas of 0.9 with the inflation portfolio, 1.2 with the industrial production and-0.7 with
risk bearing portfolio—(risk aversion)
Assume also that required rate of return on the market is 15% and stock i has CAPM beta of 1.1
Required:
Compute security i's required rate of return using
a. CAPM
b. APT
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- Assume that the risk free rate of return is 8%, the market expected rate of return is 12%. The standard deviation of the market return...(Solved)
Assume that the risk free rate of return is 8%, the market expected rate of return is 12%. The standard deviation of the market return is 2% while the covariance of return for security A and the market is 2%.
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- Four assets have the following distribution of returns.a. Compute the expected return and standard deviation of each asset.b. Compute the covariance of asseti. A and...(Solved)
Four assets have the following distribution of returns.
Required.
a. Compute the expected return and standard deviation of each asset.
b. Compute the covariance of asset
i. A and B
ii. B and C
iii. B and D
c. Compute the correlation coefficient of the combination of assets in b above.
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- Consider two investments A & B each having the following characteristics:
Compute the portfolio standard deviation if the correlation coefficient between the assets is
a. 1
b. 0
c....(Solved)
Consider two investments A & B each having the following characteristics:
Investment Expected Return (%) Proportion
A 20 2/3
B 40 1/3
REQUIRED:
Compute the portfolio standard deviation if the correlation coefficient between the assets is
a. 1
b. 0
c. -1
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- Consider two investments, A and B each having the following investment characteristics;
Compute the expected return of a portfolio of the two assets.(Solved)
Consider two investments, A and B each having the following investment characteristics;
Investment Expected Return (%) Proportion
A 10 2/3
B 20 1/3
Required.
Compute the expected return of a portfolio of the two assets.
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- Define the term portfolio.(Solved)
Define the term portfolio.
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- A piece of equipment requiring the investment of 2.2 million is being considered by Charo Foods Ltd. The equipment has a ten-year useful life and...(Solved)
A piece of equipment requiring the investment of 2.2 million is being considered by Charo Foods Ltd. The equipment has a ten-year useful life and an expected salvage value of Sh 200,000. The company uses the straight-line method of depreciation for analyzing investment decisions and faces a tax rate of 40%. For simplicity assume that the depreciation method is acceptable for tax purposes.
A pessimistic forecast projects cash earnings before depreciation and taxes at Sh 400,000 per year compared with an optimistic estimate of Sh 500,000 per year. The probability associated with the pessimistic estimate is 0.4 and 0.6 for the optimistic forecast. The company has a policy of using a hurdle rate of 10% for replacement investments, 12% (its cost of capital) for revenue expansion investments into existing product lines and 15% projects involving new areas or new product lines.
REQUIRED:
(a) Compute the expected annual cash flows associated with the proposed equipment investments.
(b) Would you recommend acceptance of this project if it involved expansion of sales for an existing product?
(c) Would it be acceptable if it was for the replacement of equipment with a book value of Sh 200,000 at the end of the tenth year but which could be sold at that time for only Sh 40,000?
(d) Discounted cash flow methods were developed for idealized settings of complete and perfect capital, factor and commodity markets. Explain what complications arise when an attempt is made to apply these methods in real life markets that are neither complete nor perfect.
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