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NO.46 Two companies that operate in the same industry have different Price/Earnings (P/E) ratios as follows:

Which of the following is the most likely of the different P/E ratios?

NO.47 Company A is planning to acquire Company B.
Company A’s managers think they can improve the performance of Company B to the extent that its own P/E ratio should be applied to Company B’s earnings.
Relevant Data:
What is the expected synergy if the acquisition goes ahead?
Give your answer to the nearest $ million.
$ ? million

NO.48 The primary objective of a public sector entity is to ensure value for money is generated.
Value for money is defined as performing an activity so as to simultaneously achieve economy, efficiency and effectiveness
Efficiency is defined as:

NO.49 Company A is planning to acquire Company B. Both companies are listed and are of similar size based on market capitalisation No approach has yet been made to Company B’s shareholders as the directors of Company A are undecided about the most suitable method of financing the offer Two methods are under consideration a share exchange or a cash offer financed by debt.
Company A currently has a gearing ratio (debt to debt plus equity) of 30% based on market values. The average gearing ratio (debt to debt plus equity) for the industry is 50% Although no formal offer has been made there have been market rumours of the proposed bid. which is seen as favorable to Company A.
As a consequence. Company As share price has risen over the past few weeks while Company B’s share price has fallen.
Which THREE of the following statements are most likely to be correct?

NO.50 A company has:
* A price/earnings (P/E) ratio of 10.
* Earnings of $10 million.
* A market equity value of $100 million.
The directors forecast that the company’s P/E ratio will fall to 8 and earnings fall to $9 million.
Which of the following calculations gives the best estimate of new company equity value in $ million following such a change?
A)

B)

C)

D)

NO.51 Two companies that operate in the same industry have different Price/Earnings (P/E) ratios as follows:
Which of the following is the most likely explanation of the different P/E ratios?

NO.52 DFG is a successful company and its shares are listed on a recognised stock exchange. The company’s gearing ratio is currently in line with the industry average and the directors of DFG do not want to increase the company’s financial risk. The company does not carry a large cash balance and its shareholders are not expected to be willing to support a rights issue at this time
LMB is a small services company owned and managed by a small board of directors who are going to retire within the next year
DFG wishes to purchase LMB and has approached LMB’s owners, who are broadly open to the proposal, to discuss the bid and the consideration to be offered by DFG. LMB’s owners explain to DFG that they are also keen to defer any tax liabilities they would be subject to on receipt of the consideration.
Based on the information provided, which of the following types of consideration would be most suitable to finance the acquisition?

NO.53 A financial services company reported the following results in its most recent accounting period:

The company has an objective to achieve 5% earnings growth each year. The directors are discussing how this objective might be achieved next year.
Revenues have been flat over the last couple of years as the company has faced difficult trading conditions. Revenue is expected to stay constant in the coming year and so the directors are focussing efforts on reducing costs in an attempt to achieve earnings growth next year.
Interest costs will not change because the company’s borrowings are subject to a fixed rate of interest.
What operating profit margin will the company have to achieve next year in order to just achieve its 5% earnings growth objective’?

NO.54 A company plans to raise $12 million to finance an expansion project using a rights issue.
Relevant data:
* Shares will be offered at a 20% discount to the present market price of $15.00 per share.
* There are currently 2 million shares in issue.
* The project is forecast to yield a positive NPV of $6 million.
What is the yield-adjusted Theoretical Ex-Rights Price following the announcement of the rights issue?

NO.55 A company s about to announce a new project that has a positive NPV.
If the market is semi-strong form efficient, which of the following statements is most Likely to be true?
The value of the company will.

NO.56 Which of the following best explains why the interest rate parity model is highly effective in practice?

NO.57 The value of a call option will increase because of:

NO.58 A private company was formed five years ago and is currently owned and managed by its five founders. The founders, who each own the same number of shares have generally co-operated effectively but there have also been a number of areas where they have disagreed
The company has grown significantly over this period by re-investing its earnings into new investments which have produced excellent returns
The founders are now considering an Initial Public Offering by listing 70% of the shares on the local stock exchange
Which THREE of the following statements about the advantages of a listing are valid?

NO.59 Which of the following would be a reason for a company to adopt a low dividend pay-out policy?

NO.60 KKL is a listed sports clothing company with three separate business units. KKL is seeking to sell TT’, one of these business units
TTP cwns a new. brand of trail running shoes that have Droved hugely popular with lone distance runners. The management team of TTP are frustrated by the constraints imposes b/ KKL in managing tie brand and developing. the bus ness and they believe that TTF has huge growth potential.
The management team of TTP have approached KKL with a proposal to purchase 1~P through a management layout (MDO). KKL has accepted this proposal as TTP has not proved to be a good fit’ with the rest of the business and has agreed on the selling price.
Which THREE of the following factors a-e mast Likely to affect the success of the MBO?

NO.61 Extracts from a company’s profit forecast for the next financial year is as follows:

Since preparing the forecast, the company has decided to return surplus cash to shareholders by a share repurchase arrangement.
The share repurchase would result in the company purchasing 20% of the 2,000 million ordinary shares currently in issue and cancelling them.
Assuming the share repurchase went ahead, the impact on the company’s forecast earnings per share will be an increase of:

NO.62 A listed company plans to raise $350 million to finance a major expansion programme.
The cash flow projections for the programme are subject to considerable variability.
Brief details of the programme have been public knowledge for a few weeks.
The directors are considering two financing options, either a rights issue at a 20% discount to current share price or a long term bond.
The following data is relevant:

The company’s share price has fallen by 5% over the past 3 months compared with a fall in the market of 3% over the same period.
The directors favour the bond option.
However, the Chief Accountant has provided arguments for a rights issue.
Which TWO of the following arguments in favour of a right issue are correct?