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Two unlisted companies TTT and YYY are being valued. The companies have similar capital structures and risk profiles and operate in the same industry sector It is easier to value TTT than to value YYY because there have recently been several well-publicised private sales of TTT shares.

Relevant company data:

What is the best estimate of YYY's share price?

An all-equity financed company currently generates total revenue of $50 million.

Its current profit before interest and taxation (PBIT) is $10 million. 

Due to difficult trading conditions, the company expects its total revenue to be constant next year, although some margins will reduce.

It forecasts next year's PBIT will fall to 18% on 40% of its revenue, but that the PBIT on the other 60% of its revenue will be unaffected.

The rate of corporate tax is 20%.

What is the forecast percentage reduction in next year's Earnings?

Which THREE of the following statements about stock market listings are correct?

Company A, a listed company, plans to acquire Company T, which is also listed.

 Additional information is:

   • Company A has 100 million shares in issue, with market price currently at $8.00 per share.

   • Company T has 90 million shares in issue, with market price currently at $5.00 each share.

   • Synergies valued at $60 million are expected to arise from the acquisition.

   • The terms of the offer will be 2 shares in A for 3 shares in B.

Assuming the offer is accepted and the synergies are realised, what should the post-acquisition price of each of Company A's shares be?

Give your answer to two decimal places.

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Company A is located in Country A, where the currency is the A$.

It is listed on the local stock market which was set up 10 years ago.

It plans a takeover of Company B, which is located in Country B where the currency is the B$, and where the stock market has been operating for over 100 years.

Company A is considering how to finance the acquisition, and how the shareholders of Company B might respond to a share exchange or cash (paid in B$).

Which of the following is likely to explain why the shareholders of Company B would prefer a share exchange as opposed to a cash offer?

A company is considering either directly exporting its product to customers in a foreign country or setting up a subsidiary in the foreign country to manufacture and supply customers in that country.

Details of each alternative method of supplying the foreign market are as follows:

There is an import tax on product entering the foreign country of 10% of sales value.

This import duty is a tax-allowable deduction in the company's domestic country.

The exchange rate is A$1.00 = B$1.10

Which alternative yields the highest total profit after taxation?

An aerospace company is planning to diversify into car manufacturing. 

Relevant data:

What is the the cost of equity to be used in the WACC for the project appraisal?

Give your answer in percentage, as a whole number.

The Board of Directors of a listed company wish to estimate a reasonable valuation of the entire share capital of the company in the event of a takeover bid.

The company's current profit before taxation is $10 0 million.

The rate of corporate tax is 20%.

The average P/E multiple of listed companies in the same industry is 10 times current earnings.

The P/E multiple of recent takeovers in the same industry have ranged from 11 times to 12 times current earnings.

The average P/E multiple of the top 100 companies on the stock market is 16 times current earnings.

Advise the Board of Directors which of the following is a reasonable estimate of a range of values of the entire share capital in the event of a bid being made for the whole company?

The value of a call option will increase because of:

A company is currently all-equity financed.

The directors are planning to raise long term debt to finance a new project.

The debt:equity ratio after the bond issue would be 30:60 based on estimated market values.

According to Modigliani and Miller's Theory of Capital Structure without tax, the company's cost of equity would: