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FINAL (NEWCOURSE)
MAY 2010 GROUP-I PAPER-2
Roll No............................... STRATEGIC FINANCIAJ
MANAGEMENT
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Total No. of Printed Pagoo-6 -i
Total No. of Questions-5
Time Allowed-3 Hours Maximum Marks-100
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Answers to questions are to be given only in English except in the case of candidates
who have opted for Hindi medium. If a candidate who has not opted for Hindi
medium, his answers in Hindi will not be valued.
Answer all questions.
Working notes should form part of the answer.
Wherever necessary suitable assumptions may be made by the candidates.
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1. (a) XY Ltd. has under its consideration a project with an initial investment
of Rs. 1,00,000. Three probable cash inflow scenarios with their probabilities
of occurrence have been estimated as below:
Annual cah inflow (Rs.) 20,000 30,000 40,000
0.1 0.7 0.2
Probability
The project life is 5 years and the desired rate of return is 20%. The
estimated terminal values for the project assets under the three probability
alternatives, respectively, are Rs. 0, 20,000 and 30,000.
You are required to :
(i) Find the proBable NPV;
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(ii) Find the worst-case NPV and the best-case NPV; and
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(Hi) State the probability occurrence of the worst case, if the cash flows are
perfectly positively correlated over time.
(b) Mr. A purchased a 3-month call option for 100 shares in XYZ Ltd. at a 4
premium of Rs. 30 per share, with an exercise price of Rs. 550. He also
purchased a 3 month put option for 100 shares of the same company at a
premium of Rs. 5 per share with an exercise price of Rs. 450. The market
price of the share on the date of Mr. A's purchase of options, is Rs. 500.
Calculate the profit or loss that Mr. A would make assuming that the market
price falls to Rs. 350 at the end of 3 months.
(c) Explain briefly, how financial policy is linked to strategic management. 4
2. (a) P Ltd. has decided to acquire a machine costing Rs. 50 lakhs through 10
leasing. Quotations from 2 leasing companies have been obtained which
are summarised below:
Quote A Quote B
Lease term 3 years 4 years
Initial lease rent (Rs. lakhs) 5.00 .1.00
Annual lease rent (payable in arrears)
(Rs. lakhs) 21.06 . 19.66
P Ltd, evaluates investment proposals at 10% cost of capital and its effective
tax rate is 30%. Terminal payment in both cases is negligible and may be
ignored.
Make calculations and show which quote is beneficial to P Ltd. Present
value factors at 10% rate for years 1-4 are respectively 0.91, 0.83, 0.75
and 0.68. Calculations may be rounded off to 2 decimals in lakhs.
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(b) Based on the following information, determine the NAV of a regular income 6
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Rs. Crores
Listed shares at Cost (ex-dividend) 20
Cash in hand 1.23
Bonds and debentures at cost 4.3
Of these, bonds not listed and quoted 1
Other fixed interest securities at cost 4.5
Dividend accrued 0.8
Ampuntpayable on shares 6.32
Expenditure accrued 0.75
Number of units (Rs. 10 face value) 20 lacs
Current realizable value of fixed income
securities of face value of Rs. 100 106.5
The listed shares were purchased when
Index was
1,000
Present index is 2,300
Value of listed bonds and debentures
at NAV date 8
There has been a diminution of 20% in unlisted bonds and debentures
Other fixed interest securities are at cost.
(c) How is a stock market index calculated? Indicate any two important stock" 4
market indices.
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3. (a) The following information is given for 3 companies that are identical except 12
for their capital structure:
Orange Grape Apple
Total invested capital 1,00,000 1,00,000 1,00,000
Debt/assets ratio 0.8 0.5 0.2
Shares outstanding 6,100 8,300 10,000
Pre tax cost of debt 16% 13% 15%
Cost of equity 26% 22% 20%
Operating Income (EBIT) 25,000 25,000 25,000
Net Income 8,970 12,350 14,950
The tax rate is uniform 35% in all cases.
(a) Compute the Weighted average cost of capital for each company.
(b) Compute the Economic Valued Added (EVA) f9r each company.
(c) Based on the EVA, which company would be considered for best investment?
Give reasons.
(d) If the industry PE ratio is llx, estimate the price for the share of each
company.
(e) Calculate the estimated market capitalisation for each of the Companies.
(b) The rate of inflation in India is 8% per annum and in the U.S.A. it is 4%. 4
The current spot rate for USD in India is Rs. 46. What will be the expected
rate after 1 year and after 4 years applying the Purchasing Power Parity
Theory.
(c) List and briefly explain the main functions of an investment bank.
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4. (a) T Ltd. and E Ltd. are in the same industry. The former is in negotiation
for acquisition of the latter. Important information about the two companies
as per their latest financial statements is given below:
T Ltd. E Ltd.
Rs. 10 Equity shares outstanding 12 lakhs 6 lakhs
Debt:
10% Debentures (Rs. lakhs) 580
12.5% Institutional Loan (Rs. lakhs) 240
Earnings before interest, depreciation
and Tax (EBIDTA) (Rs. lakhs) 400.86 115.71
Market Price/share (Rs.) 220.00 110.00
T Ltd. plans to offer a price for E Ltd., business as a whole which will be
7 times EBIDTA reduced by outstanding debt, to be discharged by own
shares at market price.
E Ltd. is planning to seek one share in T Ltd. for every 2 shares in E Ltd.
based on the market price. Tax rate for the two companies may be assum~d
as 30%.
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Calculate and show the following under both alternatives -:- T Ltd.'s offer
and E Ltd.'s plan:
(i) Net consideration payable.
(ii) No. of shares to be issued by T Ltd.
(iii) EPS of T Ltd. after acquisition.
(iv) Expected market price per share of T Ltd. after acquisition.
(v) State briefly the advantages to T Ltd. from the acquisition.
Calculations (except EPS) may be rounded off to 2 decimals in lakhs.
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(b) Briefly explain what is an exchange traded fund.
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5. (a) Consider the following data for Government Securities: 8 "'
Face Value Interest Maturity Current Price
(Rs.) Rate % (Years) (Rs.)
1,00,000 0 1 91,000
1,00,000 10.5 2 99,000
1,00,000 11.0 3 99,500
1,00,000 11.5 4 99,900
Calculate the forward interest rates.
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(b) The following market data is available:
Spot USD/JPY 116.00
Deposit rates p.a. USD JYP
3 months 4.50% 0.25%
6 months 5.00% 0.25%
Forward Rate Agreement (FRA) for YEN is NIL.
1. What should be 3 months FRA rate at 3 months forward?
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2. The 6 & 12 months LIBORS are 5% & 6.5% respectively. A bank is
quoting 6/12 USD FRA at 6.50 - 6.75%. Is any arbitrage opportunity
available?
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Calculate profit in such cases.
(c) Write a short note on Debt Securitisation. 4
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