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Question 29

A company is considering either exporting its product directly to customers in a foreign country or establishing a manufacturing subsidiary in that country.

The corporate tax rate in the company's own country is 20% and 25% tax depreciation allowances are available.

 

Which THREE of the following would be considered advantages of establishing the subsidiary in the foreign country?

Options:

A.

The corporate tax rate in the foreign country is 40%.

B.

There is a double tax treaty between the company's domestic country and the foreign country.

C.

Year 1 tax depreciation allowances of 100% are available in the foreign country.

D.

There are high customs duties payable on products entering the foreign country. 

E.

There are restrictions on companies wishing to remit profit from the foreign country.

Question 30

The long-term prospects for inflation in the UK and the USA are 1% and 4% per annum respectively.

The GBP/USD spot rate is currently GBP/USD1.40

Using purchasing power parity theory, what GBP/USD spot rate would you expect to see in six months’ time?

Options:

A.

GBP/USD1.38

B.

GBP/USD1.44

C.

GBP/USD1.42

D.

GBP/USD1.36

Question 31

A listed company is considering either a one-off special divided or a share repurchase scheme to reduce its surplus cash level.

Identify TWO advantages that a one-off special payment has over a share repurchase scheme.

Options:

A.

It will change balance of share owners.

B.

It will reduce the possibility of a hostile takeholder

C.

It allows shareholder a choice of option in or out of the payment.

D.

It is easier to arrange than a share repurchase

E.

It would result in a transfer of wealth back to the shareholder

Question 32

A listed company plans to raise $350 million to finance a major expansion programme.

The cash flow projections for the programme are subject to considerable variability.

Brief details of the programme have been public knowledge for a few weeks.

The directors are considering two financing options, either a rights issue at a 20% discount to current share price or a long term bond.

 

The following data is relevant:

  

The company's share price has fallen by 5% over the past 3 months compared with a fall in the market of 3% over the same period.

The directors favour the bond option.

However, the Chief Accountant has provided arguments for a rights issue.

 

Which TWO of the following arguments in favour of a right issue are correct?

Options:

A.

The issue of bonds might limit the availability of debt finance in the future.

B.

The recent fall in the share price makes a rights issue more attractive to the company.

C.

The rights issue will lead to less pressure on the operating cash flows of the programme.

D.

The WACC will decrease assuming Modigliani and Miller's Theory of Capital Structure without taxes applies.

E.

The administrative costs of a rights issue will be lower.

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