F3 Exam Dumps : Financial Strategy

Company A, a listed company, plans to acquire Company T, which is also listed.

 Additional information is:

   • Company A has 100 million shares in issue, with market price currently at $8.00 per share.

   • Company T has 90 million shares in issue, with market price currently at $5.00 each share.

   • Synergies valued at $60 million are expected to arise from the acquisition.

   • The terms of the offer will be 2 shares in A for 3 shares in B.

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.

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A company currently has a 5.25% fixed rate loan but it wishes to change the interest style of the loan to variable by using an interest rate swap directly with the bank.

The bank has quoted the following swap rate:

* 4.50% - 455% in exchange for Libor

Libor is currently 4%.

If the company enters into the swap and Libor remains at 4%. what will the company's interest cost be?

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 $4.0 million.

The rate of corporate tax is 25%.

The average P/E multiple of listed companies in the same industry is 8 times current earnings.

The P/E multiple of recent takeovers in the same industry have ranged from 9 times to 10 times current earnings.

The average P/E multiple of the top 100 companies on the stock market is 15 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?