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COST OF CAPITAL
Question 1 IPCC May 2015 (8 Marks)/ RTP Nov 2017
A Ltd. wishes to raise additional finance of Rs. 30 lakhs for meeting its investment plans. The
company has Rs.6,00,000 in the form of retained earnings available for investment purposes. The
following are the further details :
- Debt equity ratio 30 : 70
- Cost of debt at the rate of 11% (before tax) upto Rs. 3,00,000 and 14% (before tax) beyond that
- Earnings per share Rs. 15
- Dividend payout 70% of earnings
- Expected growth rate in dividend 10%
- Current market price per share Rs. 90
- Company’s tax rate is 30% and shareholder’s personal tax rate is 20%.
a. Calculate the post tax average cost of additional debt.
b. Calculate the cost of retained earnings and cost of equity.
c. Calculate the overall weighted average (after tax) cost of additional finance.
Question 3 Module Q 13
Calculate the WACC using the following data by using:
(a) Book value weights
(b) Market value weights
The capital structure of the company is as under:
Debentures (Rs. 100 per debenture) 5,00,000
Preference shares (Rs. 100 per share) 5,00,000
Equity shares (Rs. 10 per share) 10,00,000
The market prices of these securities are :
Debenture : Rs. 105 per debenture
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LEVERAGE
Question 4 PM Q 19 Pg 4.74
Calculate the DOL, DFL and DCL for following firms and interpret the results :
Particulars P Q R
Output (Units) 2,50,000 1,25,000 7,50,000
Fixed Cost (Rs.) 5,00,000 2,50,000 10,00,000
Unit Variable Cost (Rs.) 5 2 7.50
Unit Selling Price (Rs.) 7.50 7 10
Interest Expense (Rs.) 75,000 25,000 -
CAPITAL STRUCTURE
Question 8 RTP May 2014
The following figures of Theta Limited are presented as under :
Particulars Rs.
Earnings before Interest and Tax 23,00,000
Less : Debenture Interest @ 8% 80,000
: Long Term Loan Interest @ 11% 2,20,000
Earnings before tax 20,00,000
Less : Income Tax 10,00,000
Earnings after tax 10,00,000
No. of Equity Shares of Rs.10 each 5,00,000 EPS Rs.2
Market Price of Share Rs.20 P/E Ratio 10
The company has undistributed reserves and surplus of Rs.20 lakhs. It is in need of Rs.30 lakhs to pay
off debentures and modernise its plants. It seeks your advice on the following alternative modes of
raising finance.
Alternative 1 - Raising entire amount as term loan from banks @ 12%.
Alternative 2 - Raising part of the funds by issue of 1,00,000 shares of Rs.20 each and the rest by term
loan at 12%.
The company expects to improve its rate of return by 2% as a result of modernisation, but P/E ratio is
likely to go down to 8 if the entire amount is raised as term loan.
(i) Advise the company on the financial plan to be selected.
(ii) If it is assumed that there will be no change in the P/E ratio if either of the two alternatives is
adopted, would your advice still hold good?
CAPITAL BUDGETING
Question 11 PM Q 25 Pg 6.38/ IPCC May 2018 (8 Marks)
Given below are the data on a capital project ‘M’:
Annual cost saving Rs. 60,000
Useful life 4 years
Internal rate of return 15%
Profitability index 1.064
Salvage value 0
You are required to calculate for this project M:
1. Cost of project
2. Payback period
3. Cost of capital
4. Net present value
Given the following table of discount factors:
Discount Factor 15% 14% 13% 12%
1 year .869 .877 .885 .893
2 year .756 .769 .783 .797
3 year .658 .675 .693 .712
4 year .572 .592 .613 .636
2.855 2.913 2.974 3.038
Question 12 PM Q 26 Pg 6.40
PR Engineering Ltd. is considering the purchase of a new machine which will carry out some
operations which are at present performed by manual labour. The following information related to the
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on pre-payments. Thereby, it can reduce its working capital requirement substantially. What
would be the reduction in working capital requirement due to such decision?
DEBTOR’S MANAGEMENT
CASH MANAGEMENT
Question 21 IPC May 2017 (5 Marks)
VK Co. Ltd. has total cash disbursement amounting Rs. 22,50,000 in the year 2017 and maintains a
separate account for cash disbursements. Company has an administrative and transaction cost on
transferring cash to disbursement account Rs. 15 per transfer. The yield rate on marketable securities is
12% per annum.
You are required to determine optimum cash balance according to William J Baumol Model.
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Question 22 PM Q 11 Pg 7.54
The following details are forecasted by a company for the purpose of effective utilization and
management of cash :
a. Estimated sales and manufacturing costs:
Year & Sales Materials Wages Overheads
Month 2010 (Rs.) (Rs.) (Rs.) (Rs.)
April 4,20,000 2,00,000 1,60,000 45,000
May 4,50,000 2,10,000 1,60,000 40,000
June 5,00,000 2,60,000 1,65,000 38,000
July 4,90,000 2,82,000 1,65,000 37,500
August 5,40,000 2,80,000 1,65,000 60,800
September 6,10,000 3,10,000 1,70,000 52,000
b. Credit terms :
1. sales 20% on cash, 50% of the credit sales are collected next month and the balance in the
following month
2. credit allowed by suppliers is 2 months
3. Delay in payment of wages is 1⁄2 (one-half) month and of overheads is 1 (one) month.
c. Interest on 12 percent debentures of Rs. 5,00,000 is to be paid half-yearly in June and December.
d. Dividends on investments amounting to Rs. 25,000 are expected to be received in June, 2010.
e. A new machinery will be installed in June, 2010 at a cost of Rs. 4,00,000 which is payable in 20
monthly installments from July, 2010 onwards.
f. Advance income-tax, to be paid in August, 2010, is Rs. 15,000.
g. Cash balance on 1st June, 2010 is expected to be Rs. 45,000 and the company wants to keep it at
the end of every month around this figure. The excess cash (in multiple of thousand rupees) is
being put in fixed deposit.
You are required to prepare monthly Cash budget on the basis of above information for four months
beginning from June, 2010.
RATIO ANALYSIS
Question 23 PM Q 13 Pg 3.15/ RTP May 2017
From the following information, prepare a summarised Balance Sheet as at 31st March, 2002:
Working Capital
Rs. 2,40,000
Bank overdraft
Rs. 40,000
Fixed Assets to Proprietary ratio 0.75
Reserves and Surplus
Rs. 1,60,000
Current ratio
2.5
Liquid ratio 1.5
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