ACFI 3310 May
ACFI 3310 May
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2018/2019
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Advanced Corporate Finance
08 May 2019
2 hours
09.00 11.00
Please check that the EDPAC sheet that you have been issued is
headed Faculty of Business and Law.
‘Module Code’ Box – please write the code of your exam which is
included in the top right hand corner of your exam paper.
If you do not know your candidate number please ensure you write
your full name on the back of the EDPAC sheet.
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within the [ ] space provided for each question. DO NOT use a faint line
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defined by the brackets [ ]. Your responses need to be clear. If you
make a mistake, erase your previous answer.
For each of the 10 questions in Section A of this exam paper there are 4
choices available to you. These choices are marked by four letters A, B,
C and D. You must choose only one. Questions which are answered
using more than one choice will be marked as being incorrect.
A. It should fall
B. It should increase
C. It should remain unchanged
D. It is impossible to state.
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Question 3
A. 8.93%
B. 8.74%
C. 8.80%
D. 8.40%
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Question 5 - You have sold a call option with a strike price of 112
pence. The bid price was 2 pence. If the actual share price is 108 pence
on the day of expiry, what profit (or loss) will you have made?
A. 6 pence profit
B. 2 pence loss
C.2 pence profit
D. 6 pence loss
A. Book value
B. P/E ratio valuation
C. Smooth valuation
D. Free cash flow valuation
A. £98.04
B. £4.71
C. £176.47
D. £102.75
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The investment will be financed 50% by equity and 50% by debt, which
is in line with Hanns’ previous capital structure.
Hanns’ current weighted average cost of capital is 12%, and their pre-tax
cost of debt is 2%. The rate of corporate tax is 30%. The market return is
8% and the risk-free rate is 2%.
The Finance Director has obtained the betas and debt ratio of a proxy
company, Good plc. These are:
REQUIRED:
Question 12 - Dividends
Blades plc. (Blades) has usually followed a residual policy when it comes
to paying dividends. The company directors have been considering
changing policy and the following calculations are required to assist the
analysis of this proposal.
Blades has the following forecast cash flows for the next 5 years, as well
as possible additional cash flows to consider:-
NB: All forecast cash flows have been calculated before the deduction
of additional investment in fixed capital and working capital. All additional
investments have been forecast to have a positive NPV.
£’000 £’000
REQUIRED:
d) Using your calculations from parts (a), (b) and (c) evaluate
whether Blades should change from the residual policy to the
smooth dividend policy. Your discussion should include how
the special dividend or a share repurchase might be used.
(5 marks)
The companies are both in the leisure industry but offer different
services and are not, therefore, direct competitors. However, they share
some competitors who offer a wider range of services. The leisure
industry has an average P/E ratio of 8.3, with a range of 3.2 to 21.7.
REQUIRED:
TOTAL 35 MARKS
Question 14 - Options
A call option is being offered on Tigers plc with a strike price of 87.00
pence and a time to expiry of 12 months. The current price of Tigers
plc’s shares is 84.00 pence. The historical standard deviation on the
shares’ return has been 7%.
REQUIRED:
b) Using the put-call parity theory, calculate the price of the put
option.
(5 marks)
d) Discuss, with reasons, what should happen to the call and put
prices if the strike price was higher (but all other factors
remained the same).
(5 marks)
TOTAL 35 MARKS
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FORMULAE
or
DVM where
(no growth)
Or Or
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CAPM
Beta
Options
Company Valuation
Price Earnings Ratio = Share price / Earnings Per Share
Constant growth:
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or
Non-constant growth:
Or
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TERMINOLOGY
(required
return of all capital)
of return
PRESENT VALUE of £1 at i% and n periods
0.160 0.170 0.180 0.190 0.200 0.210 0.220 0.230 0.240 0.250 0.260 0.270 0.280 0.290 0.300
1 0.862 0.855 0.847 0.840 0.833 0.826 0.820 0.813 0.806 0.800 0.794 0.787 0.781 0.775 0.769 1
2 0.743 0.731 0.718 0.706 0.694 0.683 0.672 0.661 0.650 0.640 0.630 0.620 0.610 0.601 0.592 2
3 0.641 0.624 0.609 0.593 0.579 0.564 0.551 0.537 0.524 0.512 0.500 0.488 0.477 0.466 0.455 3
4 0.552 0.534 0.516 0.499 0.482 0.467 0.451 0.437 0.423 0.410 0.397 0.384 0.373 0.361 0.350 4
5 0.476 0.456 0.437 0.419 0.402 0.386 0.370 0.355 0.341 0.328 0.315 0.303 0.291 0.280 0.269 5
6 0.410 0.390 0.370 0.352 0.335 0.319 0.303 0.289 0.275 0.262 0.250 0.238 0.227 0.217 0.207 6
7 0.354 0.333 0.314 0.296 0.279 0.263 0.249 0.235 0.222 0.210 0.198 0.188 0.178 0.168 0.159 7
8 0.305 0.285 0.266 0.249 0.233 0.218 0.204 0.191 0.179 0.168 0.157 0.148 0.139 0.130 0.123 8
9 0.263 0.243 0.225 0.209 0.194 0.180 0.167 0.155 0.144 0.134 0.125 0.116 0.108 0.101 0.094 9
10 0.227 0.208 0.191 0.176 0.162 0.149 0.137 0.126 0.116 0.107 0.099 0.092 0.085 0.078 0.073 10
11 0.195 0.178 0.162 0.148 0.135 0.123 0.112 0.103 0.094 0.086 0.079 0.072 0.066 0.061 0.056 11
12 0.168 0.152 0.137 0.124 0.112 0.102 0.092 0.083 0.076 0.069 0.062 0.057 0.052 0.047 0.043 12
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13 0.145 0.130 0.116 0.104 0.093 0.084 0.075 0.068 0.061 0.055 0.050 0.045 0.040 0.037 0.033 13
14 0.125 0.111 0.099 0.088 0.078 0.069 0.062 0.055 0.049 0.044 0.039 0.035 0.032 0.028 0.025 14
15 0.108 0.095 0.084 0.074 0.065 0.057 0.051 0.045 0.040 0.035 0.031 0.028 0.025 0.022 0.020 15
20 0.051 0.043 0.037 0.031 0.026 0.022 0.019 0.016 0.014 0.012 0.010 0.008 0.007 0.006 0.005 20
25 0.024 0.020 0.016 0.013 0.010 0.009 0.007 0.006 0.005 0.004 0.003 0.003 0.002 0.002 0.001 25
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PRESENT VALUE of a £1 annuity at i% and n periods
0.160 0.170 0.180 0.190 0.200 0.210 0.220 0.230 0.240 0.250 0.260 0.270 0.280 0.290 0.300
1 0.862 0.855 0.847 0.840 0.833 0.826 0.820 0.813 0.806 0.800 0.794 0.787 0.781 0.775 0.769 1
2 1.605 1.585 1.566 1.547 1.528 1.509 1.492 1.474 1.457 1.440 1.424 1.407 1.392 1.376 1.361 2
3 2.246 2.210 2.174 2.140 2.106 2.074 2.042 2.011 1.981 1.952 1.923 1.896 1.868 1.842 1.816 3
4 2.798 2.743 2.690 2.639 2.589 2.540 2.494 2.448 2.404 2.362 2.320 2.280 2.241 2.203 2.166 4
5 3.274 3.199 3.127 3.058 2.991 2.926 2.864 2.803 2.745 2.689 2.635 2.583 2.532 2.483 2.436 5
6 3.685 3.589 3.498 3.410 3.326 3.245 3.167 3.092 3.020 2.951 2.885 2.821 2.759 2.700 2.643 6
7 4.039 3.922 3.812 3.706 3.605 3.508 3.416 3.327 3.242 3.161 3.083 3.009 2.937 2.868 2.802 7
8 4.344 4.207 4.078 3.954 3.837 3.726 3.619 3.518 3.421 3.329 3.241 3.156 3.076 2.999 2.925 8
9 4.607 4.451 4.303 4.163 4.031 3.905 3.786 3.673 3.566 3.463 3.366 3.273 3.184 3.100 3.019 9
10 4.833 4.659 4.494 4.339 4.192 4.054 3.923 3.799 3.682 3.571 3.465 3.364 3.269 3.178 3.092 10
11 5.029 4.836 4.656 4.486 4.327 4.177 4.035 3.902 3.776 3.656 3.543 3.437 3.335 3.239 3.147 11
12 5.197 4.988 4.793 4.611 4.439 4.278 4.127 3.985 3.851 3.725 3.606 3.493 3.387 3.286 3.190 12
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13 5.342 5.118 4.910 4.715 4.533 4.362 4.203 4.053 3.912 3.780 3.656 3.538 3.427 3.322 3.223 13
14 5.468 5.229 5.008 4.802 4.611 4.432 4.265 4.108 3.962 3.824 3.695 3.573 3.459 3.351 3.249 14
15 5.575 5.324 5.092 4.876 4.675 4.489 4.315 4.153 4.001 3.859 3.726 3.601 3.483 3.373 3.268 15
20 5.929 5.628 5.353 5.101 4.870 4.657 4.460 4.279 4.110 3.954 3.808 3.673 3.546 3.427 3.316 20
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25 6.097 5.766 5.467 5.195 4.948 4.721 4.514 4.323 4.147 3.985 3.834 3.694 3.564 3.442 3.329 25
FUTURE VALUE of £1 at i% and n periods
0.160 0.170 0.180 0.190 0.200 0.210 0.220 0.230 0.240 0.250 0.260 0.270 0.280 0.290 0.300
1 1.160 1.170 1.180 1.190 1.200 1.210 1.220 1.230 1.240 1.250 1.260 1.270 1.280 1.290 1.300 1
2 1.346 1.369 1.392 1.416 1.440 1.464 1.488 1.513 1.538 1.563 1.588 1.613 1.638 1.664 1.690 2
3 1.561 1.602 1.643 1.685 1.728 1.772 1.816 1.861 1.907 1.953 2.000 2.048 2.097 2.147 2.197 3
4 1.811 1.874 1.939 2.005 2.074 2.144 2.215 2.289 2.364 2.441 2.520 2.601 2.684 2.769 2.856 4
5 2.100 2.192 2.288 2.386 2.488 2.594 2.703 2.815 2.932 3.052 3.176 3.304 3.436 3.572 3.713 5
6 2.436 2.565 2.700 2.840 2.986 3.138 3.297 3.463 3.635 3.815 4.002 4.196 4.398 4.608 4.827 6
7 2.826 3.001 3.185 3.379 3.583 3.797 4.023 4.259 4.508 4.768 5.042 5.329 5.629 5.945 6.275 7
8 3.278 3.511 3.759 4.021 4.300 4.595 4.908 5.239 5.590 5.960 6.353 6.768 7.206 7.669 8.157 8
9 3.803 4.108 4.435 4.785 5.160 5.560 5.987 6.444 6.931 7.451 8.005 8.595 9.223 9.893 10.604 9
10 4.411 4.807 5.234 5.695 6.192 6.727 7.305 7.926 8.594 9.313 10.086 10.915 11.806 12.761 13.786 10
11 5.117 5.624 6.176 6.777 7.430 8.140 8.912 9.749 10.657 11.642 12.708 13.862 15.112 16.462 17.922 11
12 5.936 6.580 7.288 8.064 8.916 9.850 10.872 11.991 13.215 14.552 16.012 17.605 19.343 21.236 23.298 12
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13 6.886 7.699 8.599 9.596 10.699 11.918 13.264 14.749 16.386 18.190 20.175 22.359 24.759 27.395 30.288 13
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14 7.988 9.007 10.147 11.420 12.839 14.421 16.182 18.141 20.319 22.737 25.421 28.396 31.691 35.339 39.374 14
15 9.266 10.539 11.974 13.590 15.407 17.449 19.742 22.314 25.196 28.422 32.030 36.062 40.565 45.587 51.186 15
20 19.461 23.106 27.393 32.429 38.338 45.259 53.358 62.821 73.864 86.736 101.721 119.145 139.380 162.852 190.050 20
25 40.874 50.658 62.669 77.388 95.396 117.391 144.210 176.859 216.542 264.698 323.045 393.634 478.905 581.759 705.641 25
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FUTURE VALUE of a £1 annuity at i% and n periods
0.160 0.170 0.180 0.190 0.200 0.210 0.220 0.230 0.240 0.250 0.260 0.270 0.280 0.290 0.300
1 1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000 1
2 2.160 2.170 2.180 2.190 2.200 2.210 2.220 2.230 2.240 2.250 2.260 2.270 2.280 2.290 2.300 2
3 3.506 3.539 3.572 3.606 3.640 3.674 3.708 3.743 3.778 3.813 3.848 3.883 3.918 3.954 3.990 3
4 5.066 5.141 5.215 5.291 5.368 5.446 5.524 5.604 5.684 5.766 5.848 5.931 6.016 6.101 6.187 4
5 6.877 7.014 7.154 7.297 7.442 7.589 7.740 7.893 8.048 8.207 8.368 8.533 8.700 8.870 9.043 5
6 8.977 9.207 9.442 9.683 9.930 10.183 10.442 10.708 10.980 11.259 11.544 11.837 12.136 12.442 12.756 6
7 11.414 11.772 12.142 12.523 12.916 13.321 13.740 14.171 14.615 15.073 15.546 16.032 16.534 17.051 17.583 7
8 14.240 14.773 15.327 15.902 16.499 17.119 17.762 18.430 19.123 19.842 20.588 21.361 22.163 22.995 23.858 8
9 17.519 18.285 19.086 19.923 20.799 21.714 22.670 23.669 24.712 25.802 26.940 28.129 29.369 30.664 32.015 9
10 21.321 22.393 23.521 24.709 25.959 27.274 28.657 30.113 31.643 33.253 34.945 36.723 38.593 40.556 42.619 10
11 25.733 27.200 28.755 30.404 32.150 34.001 35.962 38.039 40.238 42.566 45.031 47.639 50.398 53.318 56.405 11
12 30.850 32.824 34.931 37.180 39.581 42.142 44.874 47.788 50.895 54.208 57.739 61.501 65.510 69.780 74.327 12
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13 36.786 39.404 42.219 45.244 48.497 51.991 55.746 59.779 64.110 68.760 73.751 79.107 84.853 91.016 97.625 13
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14 43.672 47.103 50.818 54.841 59.196 63.909 69.010 74.528 80.496 86.949 93.926 101.465 109.612 118.411 127.913 14
15 51.660 56.110 60.965 66.261 72.035 78.330 85.192 92.669 100.815 109.687 119.347 129.861 141.303 153.750 167.286 15
20 115.380 130.033 146.628 165.418 186.688 210.758 237.989 268.785 303.601 342.945 387.389 437.573 494.213 558.112 630.165 20
25 249.214 292.105 342.603 402.042 471.981 554.242 650.955 764.605 898.092 1054.791 1238.636 1454.201 1706.803 2002.616 2348.803 25
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