CIMA F3 Exam With Confidence Using Practice Dumps

A company is planning to issue a 5 year $100 million bond at a fixed rate of 6%.

It is also considering whether or not to enter into a 10 year $100 million swap to receive 5% fixed and pay Libor + 1% once a year.

The company predicts that Libor will be 4% over the life of the 5 years.

What is the impact of the swap on the company's annual interest cost assuming that the Libor prediction is correct?  

Company ABD and Company BCD operate in the same industry and each has a significant market share.

The directors of Company ABD have heard rumours in the market that Company BCD is planning to bid to takeover Company ABD. They do not believe the takeover would be in the best interests of the shareholders and are therefore keen to prevent the bid from going ahead.

Which THREE of the following defense strategies could be used by the directors of Company ABD at this point in time?

A company has borrowings of S5 million on which it pays interest at 8%. It has an operating profit margin of 20%.

The company plans to increase borrowings by S2 million Interest on additional borrowings would be 10% and the operating profit margin would remain unchanged

A debt covenant attached to the new borrowings requires interest cover to be at least 4 times throughout the period of the borrowing

Interest cover is defined in the loan documentation as being based on operating profit

What is the minimum sales value required each year to avoid a breach of the interest cover covenant'