Fundamentals Level Skills Module

Time allowed
Reading and planning: 15 minutes
Writing: 3 hours
ALL FOUR questions are compulsory and MUST be attempted.
Formulae Sheet, Present Value and Annuity Tables are on
pages 6, 7 and 8.
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Financial Management
Friday 6 June 2014
The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants
ALL FOUR questions are compulsory and MUST be attempted
1 The Board of OAP Co has decided to limit investment funds to $10 million for the next year and is preparing its capital
budget. The company is considering five projects, as follows:
Initial investment Net present value
Project A $2,500,000 $1,000,000
Project B $2,200,000 $1,550,000
Project C $2,600,000 $1,350,000
Project D $1,900,000 $1,500,000
Project E $5,000,000 To be calculated
All five projects have a project life of four years. Projects A, B, C and D are divisible, and Projects B and D are mutually
exclusive. All net present values are in nominal, after-tax terms.
Project E
This is a strategically important project which the Board of OAP Co have decided must be undertaken in order for the
company to remain competitive, regardless of its financial acceptability. Information relating to the future cash flows
of this project is as follows:
Year 1 2 3 4
Sales volume (units) 12,000 13,000 10,000 10,000
Selling price ($/unit) 450 475 500 570
Variable cost ($/unit) 260 280 295 320
Fixed costs ($000) 750 750 750 750
These forecasts are before taking account of selling price inflation of 50% per year, variable cost inflation of 60%
per year and fixed cost inflation of 35% per year. The fixed costs are incremental fixed costs which are associated
with Project E. At the end of four years, machinery from the project will be sold for scrap with a value of $400,000.
Tax allowable depreciation on the initial investment cost of Project E is available on a 25% reducing balance basis
and OAP Co pays corporation tax of 28% per year, one year in arrears. A balancing charge or allowance is available
at the end of the fourth year of operation.
OAP Co has a nominal after-tax cost of capital of 13% per year.
Required:
(a) Calculate the nominal after-tax net present value of Project E and comment on the financial acceptability of
this project. (14 marks)
(b) Calculate the maximum net present value which can be obtained from investing the fund of $10 million,
assuming here that the nominal after-tax NPV of Project E is zero. (5 marks)
(c) Discuss the reasons why the Board of OAP Co may have decided to limit investment funds for the next year.
(6 marks)
(25 marks)
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2 The current assets and current liabilities of CSZ Co at the end of March 2014 are as follows:
$000 $000
Inventory 5,700
Trade receivables 6,575 12,275

Trade payables 2,137

Overdraft 4,682 6,819

Net current assets 5,456

For the year to end of March 2014, CSZ Co had domestic and foreign sales of $40 million, all on credit, while cost
of sales was $26 million. Trade payables related to both domestic and foreign suppliers.
For the year to end of March 2015, CSZ Co has forecast that credit sales will remain at $40 million while cost of
sales will fall to 60% of sales. The company expects current assets to consist of inventory and trade receivables, and
current liabilities to consist of trade payables and the companys overdraft.
CSZ Co also plans to achieve the following target working capital ratio values for the year to the end of March 2015:
Inventory days: 60 days
Trade receivables days: 75 days
Trade payables days: 55 days
Current ratio: 14 times
Required:
(a) Calculate the working capital cycle (cash collection cycle) of CSZ Co at the end of March 2014 and discuss
whether a working capital cycle should be positive or negative. (6 marks)
(b) Calculate the target quick ratio (acid test ratio) and the target ratio of sales to net working capital of CSZ Co
at the end of March 2015. (5 marks)
(c) Analyse and compare the current asset and current liability positions for March 2014 and March 2015, and
discuss how the working capital financing policy of CSZ Co would have changed. (8 marks)
(d) Briefly discuss THREE internal methods which could be used by CSZ Co to manage foreign currency
transaction risk arising from its continuing business activities. (6 marks)
(25 marks)
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3 The equity beta of Fence Co is 09 and the company has issued 10 million ordinary shares. The market value of each
ordinary share is $750. The company is also financed by 7% bonds with a nominal value of $100 per bond, which
will be redeemed in seven years time at nominal value. The bonds have a total nominal value of $14 million. Interest
on the bonds has just been paid and the current market value of each bond is $10714.
Fence Co plans to invest in a project which is different to its existing business operations and has identified a company
in the same business area as the project, Hex Co. The equity beta of Hex Co is 12 and the company has an equity
market value of $54 million. The market value of the debt of Hex Co is $12 million.
The risk-free rate of return is 4% per year and the average return on the stock market is 11% per year. Both companies
pay corporation tax at a rate of 20% per year.
Required:
(a) Calculate the current weighted average cost of capital of Fence Co. (7 marks)
(b) Calculate a cost of equity which could be used in appraising the new project. (4 marks)
(c) Explain the difference between systematic and unsystematic risk in relation to portfolio theory and the capital
asset pricing model. (6 marks)
(d) Discuss the differences between weak form, semi-strong form and strong form capital market efficiency, and
discuss the significance of the efficient market hypothesis (EMH) for the financial manager. (8 marks)
(25 marks)
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4 The following financial information relates to MFZ Co, a listed company:
Year 2014 2013 2012
Profit before interest and tax ($m) 183 177 171
Profit after tax ($m) 128 124 120
Dividends ($m) 51 51 48
Equity market value ($m) 564 552 540
MFZ Co has 12 million ordinary shares in issue and has not issued any new shares in the period under review. The
company is financed entirely by equity, and is considering investing $92 million of new finance in order to expand
existing business operations. This new finance could be either long-term debt finance or new equity via a rights issue.
The rights issue price would be at a 20% discount to the current share price. Issue costs of $200,000 would have
to be met from the cash raised, whether the new finance was equity or debt.
The annual report of MFZ Co states that the company has three financial objectives:
Objective 1: To achieve growth in profit before interest and tax of 4% per year
Objective 2: To achieve growth in earnings per share of 35% per year
Objective 3: To achieve total shareholder return of 5% per year
MFZ Co has a cost of equity of 12% per year.
Required:
(a) Analyse and discuss the extent to which MFZ Co has achieved each of its stated objectives. (7 marks)
(b) Calculate the total equity market value of MFZ Co for 2014 using the dividend growth model and briefly
discuss why the dividend growth model value may differ from the current equity market value. (5 marks)
(c) Calculate the theoretical ex rights price per share for the proposed rights issue. (5 marks)
(d) Discuss the sources and characteristics of long-term debt finance which may be available to MFZ Co.
(8 marks)
(25 marks)
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Formulae Sheet
Economic order quantity
MillerOrr Model
The Capital Asset Pricing Model
The asset beta formula
The Growth Model
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Present Value Table
Present value of 1 i.e. (1 + r)
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Where r = discount rate
n = number of periods until payment
Discount rate (r)
Periods
(n) 1% 2% 3% 4% 5% 6% 7% 8% 9% 10%
1 0990 0980 0971 0962 0952 0943 0935 0926 0917 0909 1
2 0980 0961 0943 0925 0907 0890 0873 0857 0842 0826 2
3 0971 0942 0915 0889 0864 0840 0816 0794 0772 0751 3
4 0961 0924 0888 0855 0823 0792 0763 0735 0708 0683 4
5 0951 0906 0863 0822 0784 0747 0713 0681 0650 0621 5
6 0942 0888 0837 0790 0746 0705 0666 0630 0596 0564 6
7 0933 0871 0813 0760 0711 0665 0623 0583 0547 0513 7
8 0923 0853 0789 0731 0677 0627 0582 0540 0502 0467 8
9 0914 0837 0766 0703 0645 0592 0544 0500 0460 0424 9
10 0905 0820 0744 0676 0614 0558 0508 0463 0422 0386 10
11 0896 0804 0722 0650 0585 0527 0475 0429 0388 0350 11
12 0887 0788 0701 0625 0557 0497 0444 0397 0356 0319 12
13 0879 0773 0681 0601 0530 0469 0415 0368 0326 0290 13
14 0870 0758 0661 0577 0505 0442 0388 0340 0299 0263 14
15 0861 0743 0642 0555 0481 0417 0362 0315 0275 0239 15
(n) 11% 12% 13% 14% 15% 16% 17% 18% 19% 20%
1 0901 0893 0885 0877 0870 0862 0855 0847 0840 0833 1
2 0812 0797 0783 0769 0756 0743 0731 0718 0706 0694 2
3 0731 0712 0693 0675 0658 0641 0624 0609 0593 0579 3
4 0659 0636 0613 0592 0572 0552 0534 0516 0499 0482 4
5 0593 0567 0543 0519 0497 0476 0456 0437 0419 0402 5
6 0535 0507 0480 0456 0432 0410 0390 0370 0352 0335 6
7 0482 0452 0425 0400 0376 0354 0333 0314 0296 0279 7
8 0434 0404 0376 0351 0327 0305 0285 0266 0249 0233 8
9 0391 0361 0333 0308 0284 0263 0243 0225 0209 0194 9
10 0352 0322 0295 0270 0247 0227 0208 0191 0176 0162 10
11 0317 0287 0261 0237 0215 0195 0178 0162 0148 0135 11
12 0286 0257 0231 0208 0187 0168 0152 0137 0124 0112 12
13 0258 0229 0204 0182 0163 0145 0130 0116 0104 0093 13
14 0232 0205 0181 0160 0141 0125 0111 0099 0088 0078 14
15 0209 0183 0160 0140 0123 0108 0095 0084 0074 0065 15
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Annuity Table
Present value of an annuity of 1 i.e.
Where r = discount rate
n = number of periods
Discount rate (r)
Periods
(n) 1% 2% 3% 4% 5% 6% 7% 8% 9% 10%
1 0990 0980 0971 0962 0952 0943 0935 0926 0917 0909 1
2 1970 1942 1913 1886 1859 1833 1808 1783 1759 1736 2
3 2941 2884 2829 2775 2723 2673 2624 2577 2531 2487 3
4 3902 3808 3717 3630 3546 3465 3387 3312 3240 3170 4
5 4853 4713 4580 4452 4329 4212 4100 3993 3890 3791 5
6 5795 5601 5417 5242 5076 4917 4767 4623 4486 4355 6
7 6728 6472 6230 6002 5786 5582 5389 5206 5033 4868 7
8 7652 7325 7020 6733 6463 6210 5971 5747 5535 5335 8
9 8566 8162 7786 7435 7108 6802 6515 6247 5995 5759 9
10 9471 8983 8530 8111 7722 7360 7024 6710 6418 6145 10
11 10368 9787 9253 8760 8306 7887 7499 7139 6805 6495 11
12 11255 10575 9954 9385 8863 8384 7943 7536 7161 6814 12
13 12134 11348 10635 9986 9394 8853 8358 7904 7487 7103 13
14 13004 12106 11296 10563 9899 9295 8745 8244 7786 7367 14
15 13865 12849 11938 11118 10380 9712 9108 8559 8061 7606 15
(n) 11% 12% 13% 14% 15% 16% 17% 18% 19% 20%
1 0901 0893 0885 0877 0870 0862 0855 0847 0840 0833 1
2 1713 1690 1668 1647 1626 1605 1585 1566 1547 1528 2
3 2444 2402 2361 2322 2283 2246 2210 2174 2140 2106 3
4 3102 3037 2974 2914 2855 2798 2743 2690 2639 2589 4
5 3696 3605 3517 3433 3352 3274 3199 3127 3058 2991 5
6 4231 4111 3998 3889 3784 3685 3589 3498 3410 3326 6
7 4712 4564 4423 4288 4160 4039 3922 3812 3706 3605 7
8 5146 4968 4799 4639 4487 4344 4207 4078 3954 3837 8
9 5537 5328 5132 4946 4772 4607 4451 4303 4163 4031 9
10 5889 5650 5426 5216 5019 4833 4659 4494 4339 4192 10
11 6207 5938 5687 5453 5234 5029 4836 4656 4486 4327 11
12 6492 6194 5918 5660 5421 5197 4988 4793 4611 4439 12
13 6750 6424 6122 5842 5583 5342 5118 4910 4715 4533 13
14 6982 6628 6302 6002 5724 5468 5229 5008 4802 4611 14
15 7191 6811 6462 6142 5847 5575 5324 5092 4876 4675 15



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