Question 21
A company generates and distributes electricity and gas to households and businesses.
Forecast results for the next financial year are as follows:
The Industry Regulator has announced a new price cap of $2.00 per Kilowatt.
The company expects this to cause consumption to rise by 15% but costs would remained unaltered.
The price cap is expected to cause the company's net profit to fall to:
Question 22
Company A, a listed company, plans to acquire Company T, which is also listed.
Additional information is:
* Company A has 150 million shares in issue, with market price currently at $7.00 per share.
* Company T has 120 million shares in issue,. with market price currently at $6.00 each share.
* Synergies valued at $50 million are expected to arise from the acquisition.
* The terms of the offer will be 2 shares in A for 3 shares in T.
Assuming the offer is accepted and the synergies are realised, what should the post-acquisition price of each of Company A's shares be?
Give your answer to two decimal places.
Question 23
A company intends to sell one of its business units, Company R by a management buyout (MBO).
A selling price of $100 million has been agreed.
The managers are discussing with a bank and a venture capital company (VCC) the following financing proposal:
The VCC requires a minimum return on its equity investment in the MBO of 30% a year on a compound basis over 5 years.
What is the minimum TOTAL equity value of Company R in 5 years time in order to meet the VCC's required return?
Give your answer to one decimal place.
$ ? million
Question 24
Company AAB is located in country A whose currency is the AS It has a subsidiary, BBA, located m country B that has the BS as its currency AAB has asked BBA to pay BS40 million surplus funds to AAB to assist with a planned new capital investment in country A The exchange rate today is AS1 = BS3
Tax regimes
* Company BBA pays withholding tax of 25% on all cash remitted to the parent company
* Company AAB pays tax of 10% on at cash received from its subsidiary
How much will company AAB have available for investment after receiving the surplus funds from BBA?
Question 25
Company AD is planning to acquire Company DC. It is evaluating two methods of structuring the terms of the bid, which will be ether a debt-funded cash offer or a share exchange The following Information is relevant
* The two companies are of similar size and in related industries
* AB's gearing ratio measured as debt to debt plus equity, is currently 30% based on market values. This Is the company's optimum capital structure set to reflect the risk appetite of shareholders.
* The combined company is expected to generate savings and synergies
Which THREE of the following are advantages to AB's shareholders of a debt-funded cash offer compared with a share exchange?