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Question 109

A company has a covenant on its 5% long term corporate bond.

   • Covenant - The earnings must not fall below $7 million

The bond has a nominal value of $60 million.

It is currently trading at 80% of its nominal value.

The projected earnings before interest and taxation for next year are $11.5 million.

The company retains 80% of its earnings. It pays tax at 20%.

 

Advise the Board of Directors which of the following covenant conditions will apply next year?

Options:

A.

The earnings will be = $7.28 million (The covenant will not be breached).

B.

The earnings will be = $11.50 million (The covenant will not be breached).

C.

The earnings will be = $6.80 million (The covenant will be breached).

D.

The earnings will be = $5.44 million (The covenant will be breached).

Question 110

A company is concerned that a high proportion of its debt portfolio consists of variable rate finance with an interest rate of LIBOR ' 1 .0%.

It is considering using an interest rate swap to reduce interest rate risk out is concerned about additional finance cost this might create.

A bank has quoted swap rates of 3% 3.5% against LIBOR.

A bank has quoted swap rates of 3% 3.5% against LIBOR.

Is an interest rate swap likely to be beneficial to the company at current LIBOR rates?

Options:

A.

No, because it would be cheaper to repay variable rate finance aid enter into new fixed rate finance than to enter into an interest rate swap.

B.

Yes, because it will have lower interest rate risk and interest cost remains the same.

C.

Yes, because interest cost will decrease with the interest rate swap in place.

D.

No, because interest cost will increase with the interest rate swap in place.

Question 111

A listed publishing company owns a subsidiary company whose business activity is training.

It wishes to dispose of the subsidiary company.

 

The following information is available:

  

The board of the publishing company believe that the value of the subsidiary company, and hence the value of the equity invested in it, can be determined by calculating the present value of the subsidiary's free cashflows.

 

Which of the following is the most appropriate discount rate to use when determining the enterprise value of the company?

Options:

A.

A WACC that reflects the gearing of the publishing company and the asset beta of a listed company that provides training activities.

B.

A cost of equity that reflects the asset beta of a listed company that provides training activities. 

C.

A WACC that reflects the gearing of the subsidiary company and the asset beta of a listed company that provides training activities.

D.

A WACC that the reflects the gearing of the publishing company and the equity beta factor of the publishing company. 

Question 112

A company generates and distributes electricity and gas to households and businesses. 

 

Forecast results for the next financial year are as follows:

  

The Industry Regulator has announced a new price cap of $1.50 per Kilowatt. 

The company expects this to cause consumption to rise by 10% but costs would remained unaltered. 

 

The price cap is expected to cause the company's net profit to fall to:

Options:

A.

$47.5 million profit

B.

$27.5 million profit

C.

$20.0 million profit

D.

$35.0 million loss

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