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Financial Strategy Questions and Answers

Question 25

A company has accumulated a significant amount of excess cash which is not required for investment for the foreseeable future.

It is currently on deposit, earning negligible returns.

 

The Board of Directors is considering returning this excess cash to shareholders using a share repurchase programme.

The majority of shareholders are individuals with small shareholdings.

 

Which THREE of the following are advantages of the company undertaking a share repurchase programme? 

Options:

A.

Individual shareholders can realise their investment if they wish.

B.

The earnings per share should increase for the shareholders who do not sell their shares.

C.

It reduces excess cash which might have been attractive to predators.

D.

It reduces the amount of cash for potential future investment opportunities. 

E.

Institutional investors generally prefer a constant predictable income in the form of dividends.

Question 26

A company is currently all-equity financed with a cost of equity of 9%.

It plans to raise debt with a pre-tax cost of 3% in order to buy back equity shares.

After the buy-back, the debt-to-equity ratio at market values will be 1 to 2.

The corporate income tax rate is 25%.

Which of the following represents the company's cost of equity after the buy-back according to Modigliani and Miller's Theory of Capital Structure with taxes?

Options:

A.

11.5%

B.

18%

C.

11.3%

D.

90%

Question 27

Company C has received an unwelcome takeover bid from Company P.

Company P is approximately twice the size of Company C based on market capitalisation.

Although the two companies have some common business interests, the main aim of the bid is diversification for Company P.

The offer from Company P is a share exchange of 2 shares in Company P for 3 shares in Company C.

There is a cash alternative of $5.50 for each Company C share.

Company C has substantial cash balances which the directors were planning to use to fund an acquisition.

These plans have not been announced to the market.

 

The following share price information is relevant. All prices are in $.

  

 

Which of the following would be the most appropriate action by Company C's directors following receipt of this hostile bid?

Options:

A.

Write to shareholders explaining fully why the company's share price is undervalued.

B.

Change the Articles of Association to increase the percentage of shareholder votes required to approve a takeover.

C.

Pay a one-off special dividend.

D.

Refer the bid to the country's competition authorities.

Question 28

A product costs USD10 when purchased in the USA. The same product costs USD12 when it is purchased in the UK and the price in GBP is convened to USD.

Which of the following statement concerning purchasing power parity is correct?

Options:

A.

Economic forces will bring the prices in the USA and UK into line.

B.

The exchange rate between the USD and GBP will change so that tie price differential on this product (and at other products) I s eliminated.

C.

Economic forces should eliminate the price difference. But there could be market imperfections that permit it to persist.

D.

This type of price deferential is a reliable baas for predicting currency movements

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