CIMA F3 Exam With Confidence Using Practice Dumps

A major energy company, GDE, generates and distributes electricity in country A. The government of country A is concerned about rising inflation and has imposed price controls on GDE, limiting the price it can charge per unit of electricity sold to both domestic and commercial customers. It is likely that price controls will continue for the foreseeable future.

The introduction of price controls is likely to reduce the profit for the current year from $3 billion to $1 billion.

The company has:

   • Distributable reserves of $2 billion. 

   • Surplus cash at the start of the year of $1 billion. 

   • Plans to pay a total dividend of $1.5 billion in respect of the current year, representing a small annual increase as in previous years. However, no dividends have yet been announced. 

Which THREE of the following responses would be MOST appropriate for GDE following the imposition of price controls?

ZZZ is a listed company based in Brinland. a European country. It is the largest owner and operator of residential care homes for elderly people in Brinland

Most of the residential care homes in Brinland are run by small private operators, and the standards of cafe are extremely variable However. 22Z has developed a good reputation because its client service is considered to be extremely good even though its prices are higher than those of most of its competitors.

ZZZ has expanded rapidly in the last few years, partly by acquisition and partly by organic growth consequently, the company's share price now stands at a record high, and the dividend declared at the end of the most recent accounting period was 10% higher than the previous year's dividend.

The Brinland government has recently set up a regulatory body to monitor the residential care homes industry. The regulatory body is considering introducing a variety of regulations to improve the customer experience in the industry. Following a period of consultation and investigation, the regulatory body is expected to announce a range of new regulations in the near future.

The directors of ZZZ are concerned that the new regulations may adversely affect their company

Which THREE of the following new regulations are likely to have the greatest negative impact on ZZTs performance?

The Board of Directors of a listed company wish to estimate a reasonable valuation of the entire share capital of the company in the event of a takeover bid.

The company's current profit before taxation is $10 0 million.

The rate of corporate tax is 20%.

The average P/E multiple of listed companies in the same industry is 10 times current earnings.

The P/E multiple of recent takeovers in the same industry have ranged from 11 times to 12 times current earnings.

The average P/E multiple of the top 100 companies on the stock market is 16 times current earnings.

Advise the Board of Directors which of the following is a reasonable estimate of a range of values of the entire share capital in the event of a bid being made for the whole company?