F3 Exam Dumps : Financial Strategy

The table below shows the forecast for a company's next financial year:

The forecast incorporates the following assumptions:

   • 25% of operating costs are variable

   • Debt finance comprises a $400 million fixed rate loan at 5%

   • Corporate income tax is paid at 25%

The company plans to do the following next year from the forecast earnings on the assumption that earnings will be equivalent to free cash flow: 

   • Pay a total dividend of $20 million

   • Invest $40 million in new projects

What is the maximum % reduction in operating activity that could occur next year before the company's dividend and investment plans are affected?

Give your answer to the nearest 0.1%.

A company's Board of Directors wishes to determine a range of values for its equity.

The following information is available:

Estimated net asset values (total asset less total liabilities including borrowings):

   • Net book value = $20 million

   • Net realisable value = $25 million

   • Free cash flows to equity = $3.5 million each year indefinitely, post-tax.

   • Cost of equity = 10%

   • Weighted Average Cost of Capital = 7%

Advise the Board on reasonable minimum and maximum values for the equity.

A company is in the process of issuing a 10 year $100 million bond and is considering using an interest rate swap to change the interest profile on some or all of the $100 million new finance.

The company has a target fixed versus floating rate debt profile of 1:1. Before issuing the bond its debt profile was as follows:

Which of the following is the most appropriate interest rate swap structure for the company?