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Answer
(a) Working Note
Net income (NI) for equity - holders
= Market Value of Equity
Ke
Net income (NI) for equity holders
= ` 1,140 lakhs
0.20
Therefore, Net Income to equity–holders = ` 228 lakhs
EBIT = ` 228 lakhs / 0.7 = ` 325.70 lakhs
All Equity Debt of Equity
(` In lakhs) (` In lakhs)
EBIT 325.70 325.70
Interest on `200 lakhs @ 15% -- 30.00
EBT 325.70 295.70
Tax @ 30 % 97.70 88.70
Income available to equity holders 228 207
(i) Market value of levered firm = Value of unlevered firm + Tax Advantage
= ` 1,140 lakhs + (`200 lakhs x 0.3)
= ` 1,200 lakhs
The impact is that the market value of the company has increased by ` 60 lakhs (`
1,200 lakhs – ` 1,140 lakhs)
Calculation of Cost of Equity
Ke = (Net Income to equity holders / Equity Value ) X 100
= (207 lakhs / 1200 lakhs – 200 lakhs ) X 100
= (207/ 1000) X 100
= 20.7 %
(ii) Cost of Capital
Components Amount Cost of Capital Weight WACC %
(` In lakhs) %
Equity 1000 20.7 83.33 17.25
Debt 200 (15% X 0.7) =10.5 16.67 1.75
1200 19.00
The impact is that the WACC has fallen by 1% (20% - 19%) due to the benefit of tax
relief on debt interest payment.
(iii) Cost of Equity is 20.7% [As calculated in point (i)]
The impact is that cost of equity has risen by 0.7% i.e. 20.7% - 20% due to the
presence of financial risk.
Further, Cost of Capital and Cost of equity can also be calculated with the help of
formulas as below, though there will be no change in final answers.
Cost of Capital (K o) = Keu(1-tL)
Where,
Keu = Cost of equity in an unlevered company
t = Tax rate
Debt
L =
Debt Equity
` 200lakh
Ko = 0.2 × 1 0.3
` 1,200lakh
So, Cost of capital = 0.19 or 19%
Debt (1- t)
Cost of Equity (K e) = Keu + (Keu – Kd)
Equity
Where,
Keu = Cost of equity in an unlevered company
Kd = Cost of debt
t = Tax rate
` 200 lakh 0.7
Ke = 0.20 + (0.20 0.15)
` 1,000 lakh
EBIT
1.8 =
EBIT -10,00,000
18,00,000
EBIT = = ` 22,50,000
0.8
Contribution
Further, Operating Leverage =
EBIT
Contribution
1.2 =
` 22,50,000
Contribution = ` 27,00,000
Fixed Cost = Contribution – EBIT
EBIT =12,00,000
Question 2
(a) XYZ Ltd. is presently all equity financed. The directors of the company have been
evaluating investment in a project which will require ` 270 lakhs capital expenditure on
new machinery. They expect the capital investment to provide annual cash flows of ` 42
lakhs indefinitely which is net of all tax adjustments. The discount rate which it applies to
such investment decisions is 14% net.
The directors of the company believe that the current capital structure fails to take
advantage of tax benefits of debt, and propose to finance the new project with undated
perpetual debt secured on the company's assets. The company intends to issue sufficient
debt to cover the cost of capital expenditure and the after tax cost of issue.
The current annual gross rate of interest required by the market on corporate undated
debt of similar risk is 10%. The after tax costs of issue are expected to be ` 10 lakhs.
Company's tax rate is 30%.
You are required to calculate:
(i) The adjusted present value of the investment,
(ii) The adjusted discount rate and
(iii) Explain the circumstances under which this adjusted discount rate may be used to
evaluate future investments. (8 Marks)
(b) What are Masala Bonds? (2 Marks)
Answer
(a) (i) Calculation of Adjusted Present Value of Investment (APV)
Adjusted PV = Base Case PV + PV of financing decisions associated with the
project
Base Case NPV for the project:
(-) ` 270 lakhs + (` 42 lakhs / 0.14) = (-) ` 270 lakhs + ` 300 lakhs
= ` 30
Issue costs = ` 10 lakhs
Thus, the amount to be raised = ` 270 lakhs + ` 10 lakhs
= ` 280 lakhs
Annual tax relief on interest payment = ` 280 X 0.1 X 0.3
= ` 8.4 lakhs in perpetuity
The value of tax relief in perpetuity = ` 8.4 lakhs / 0.1
= ` 84 lakhs
Therefore, APV = Base case PV – Issue Costs + PV of Tax Relief on debt interest
= ` 30 lakhs – ` 10 lakhs + 84 lakhs = ` 104 lakhs
(ii) Calculation of Adjusted Discount Rate (ADR)
Annual Income / Savings required to allow an NPV to zero
Let the annual income be x.
(-) `280 lakhs X (Annual Income / 0.14) = (-) `104 lakhs
Annual Income / 0.14 = (-) ` 104 + ` 280 lakhs
Therefore, Annual income = ` 176 X 0.14 = ` 24.64 lakhs
Adjusted discount rate = (` 24.64 lakhs / `280 lakhs) X 100
= 8.8%
(iii) Useable circumstances
This ADR may be used to evaluate future investments only if the business risk of
the new venture is identical to the one being evaluated here and the project is to be
financed by the same method on the same terms. The effect on the company’s cost
of capital of introducing debt into the capital structure cannot be ignored.
Advise whether the company should accept the project, by calculating NPV in real terms.
PVIF (12%, 5 years) PVIF (12%, 5 years)
Year 1 0.893 Year 1 0.943
Year 2 0.797 Year 2 0.890
Year 3 0.712 Year 3 0.840
Year 4 0.636 Year 4 0.792
Year 5 0.567 Year 5 0.747
(10 Marks)
Answer
(i) Equipment’s initial cost = ` 60,00,000 + ` 12,00,000
= ` 72,00,000
(ii) Annual straight line depreciation = ` 60,00,000/5
= ` 12,00,000.
(iii) Net Annual cash flows can be calculated as follows:
= Before Tax CFs × (1 – Tc) + Tc × Depreciation (Tc = Corporate tax i.e. 30%)
= ` 24,00,000 × (1 – 0.3) + (0.3 x ` 12,00,000)
= ` 16,80,000 + ` 3,60,000 = ` 20,40,000
So, Total Present Value = PV of inflow + PV of working capital released
= (` 20,40,000 × PVIF 12%, 5 years) + (` 12,00,000 × 0.567)
= (` 20,40,000 × 3.605) + ` 6,80,400
= ` 73,54,200 + ` 6,80,400
= ` 80,34,600
So NPV = PV of Inflows – Initial Cost
= ` 80,34,600 – ` 72,00,000
= ` 8,34,600
Advice: Company should accept the project as the NPV is Positive
Question 5
Day Ltd., a newly formed company has applied to the Private Bank for the first time for
financing it's Working Capital Requirements. The following informations are available about
the projections for the current year:
Estimated Level of Activity Completed Units of Production 31200 plus unit of work in
progress 12000
Raw Material Cost ` 40 per unit
Direct Wages Cost ` 15 per unit
Overhead ` 40 per unit (inclusive of Depreciation `10 per unit)
Selling Price ` 130 per unit
Raw Material in Stock Average 30 days consumption
Work in Progress Stock Material 100% and Conversion Cost 50%
Finished Goods Stock 24000 Units
Credit Allowed by the supplier 30 days
Credit Allowed to Purchasers 60 days
Direct Wages (Lag in payment) 15 days
Expected Cash Balance ` 2,00,000
Assume that production is carried on evenly throughout the year (360 days) and wages and
overheads accrue similarly. All sales are on the credit basis. You are required to calculate the
Net Working Capital Requirement on Cash Cost Basis. (10 Marks)
Answer
Calculation of Net Working Capital requirement:
(`) (`)
A. Current Assets:
Inventories:
Stock of Raw material 1,44,000
(Refer to Working note (iii)
Stock of Work in progress 7,50,000
(Refer to Working note (ii)
Stock of Finished goods 20,40,000
(Refer to Working note (iv)
Debtors for Sales 1,02,000
(Refer to Working note (v)
Cash 2,00,000
Gross Working Capital 32,36,000 32,36,000
B. Current Liabilities:
Creditors for Purchases 1,56,000
(`)
For Finished goods (31,200 × ` 40) 12,48,000
For Work in progress (12,000 × ` 40) 4,80,000
17,28,000
`17,28,000
Raw material stock = × 30 days = `1,44,000
360days
(iv) Finished goods stock:
24,000 units @ ` (40+15+30) per unit = `20,40,000
60days
(v) Debtors for sale: ` 6,12,000 ` 1,02,000
360days
(vi) Creditors for raw material Purchases [Working Note (iii)]:
Annual Material Consumed (`12,48,000 + `4,80,000) `17,28,000
Add: Closing stock of raw material ` 1,44,000
`18,72,000
`18,72,000
Credit allowed by suppliers = × 30days = ` 1,56,000
360days
(vii) Creditors for wages:
` 5,58,000
Outstanding wage payment = × 15days = ` 23,250
360days
Question 6
Answer all.
(a) What are the sources of short term financial requirement of the company? (4 Marks)
(b) What is certainty Equivalent? (4 Marks)
(c) What are the roles of Finance Executive in Modem World? (2 Marks)
OR
What are the two main aspects of the Finance Function?
Answer
(a) There are various sources available to meet short-term needs of finance. The
different sources are discussed below:
(i) Trade Credit: It represents credit granted by suppliers of goods, etc., as an incident
of sale. The usual duration of such credit is 15 to 90 days. It generates
n
t NCFt
NPV = -I
1+ k f
t
t=0
Where,
NCFt = the forecasts of net cash flow without risk-adjustment
α t = the risk-adjustment factor or the certainly equivalent coefficient.
Kf = risk-free rate assumed to be constant for all periods.
Certainty Coefficient lies between 0 and 1.
(c) Role of Finance Executive in modern World
Today, the role of Financial Executive, is no longer confined to accounting, financial
reporting and risk management. Some of the key activities that highlight the changing
role of a Finance Executive are as follows:-
• Budgeting
• Forecasting
• Managing M & As
• Profitability analysis relating to customers or products
• Pricing Analysis
• Decisions about outsourcing
• Overseeing the IT function.
• Overseeing the HR function.
• Strategic planning (sometimes overseeing this function).
• Regulatory compliance.
• Risk management.
Or
(c) Value of a firm will depend on various finance functions/decisions. It can be expressed
as:
V = f (I,F,D).
The finance functions are divided into long term and short term functions/decisions
Long term Finance Function Decisions
(a) Investment decisions (I): These decisions relate to the selection of assets in which
funds will be invested by a firm. Funds procured from different sources have to be
invested in various kinds of assets. Long term funds are used in a project for
various fixed assets and also for current assets.
(b) Financing decisions (F): These decisions relate to acquiring the optimum finance
to meet financial objectives and seeing that fixed and working capital are effectively
managed.
(c) Dividend decisions(D): These decisions relate to the determination as to how
much and how frequently cash can be paid out of the profits of an organisation as
income for its owners/shareholders. The owner of any profit-making organization
looks for reward for his investment in two ways, the growth of the capital invested
and the cash paid out as income; for a sole trader this income would be termed as
drawings and for a limited liability company the term is dividends.
Short- term Finance Decisions/Function
Working capital Management (WCM): Generally short term decision are reduced to
management of current asset and current liability (i.e., working capital Management)
(MV + M'V’). In any given period, the total value of transactions made is equal to PT
and the value of money flow is equal to MV+ M'V'.
(ii) Crowding Out:
Meaning
‘Crowding out’ effect is the negative effect fiscal policy may generate when
spending by government in an economy substitutes private spending. For example,
if government provides free computers to students, the demand from students for
computers may not be forthcoming.
Mechanism
The interest rates in an economy increase when:
• Government increases its spending by borrowing from the loanable funds from
market and thus the demand for loans increases.
• Government increases the budget deficit by selling bonds or treasury bills and the
amount of money with the private sector decreases.
Due to high interest, private investments, especially the ones which are interest –
sensitive, will be reduced. Fiscal policy becomes ineffective as the decline in
private spending partially or completely offset the expansion in demand resulting
from an increase in government expenditure.
(b) (i) Leakages: A leakage is an outflow or withdrawal of income from the circular flow.
Leakages are money leaving the circular flow and therefore, not available for
spending on currently produced goods and services. Leakages reduce the flow of
income.
Injections: An injection is a non-consumption expenditure. It is an expenditure on
goods and services produced within the domestic territory but not used by the
domestic household for consumption purposes. Injections are exogenous additions
to the circular flow and add to the total volume of the basic circular flow.
In the two-sector model with households and firms, household saving is the only
leakage and investment is the only injection. In the three-sector model which
includes the government, saving and taxes are the two leakages and investment
and government purchases are the two injections. In the four-sector model which
includes foreign sector also, saving, taxes, and imports are the three leakages;
investment, government purchases, and exports are the three injections.
The state of equilibrium occurs when the total leakages are equal to the total
injections that occur in the economy.
Savings + Taxes + Imports = Investment + Government Spending + Exports
Answer
(a) (i) Reasons for holding money as per Liquidity Preference Theory:
According to Keynes’ Liquidity Preference Theory’, people hold money (M) in cash
for three motives:
i. The transactions motive: People hold cash for current transactions for
personal and business exchanges i.e. to bridge the time gap between receipt of
income and planned expenditures.
ii. The precautionary motive: People hold cash to make unanticipated
expenditures that may occur due to unforeseen and unpredictable contingencies.
iii. The speculative motive: This motive reflects people’s desire to hold cash in
order to be equipped to exploit any attractive investment opportunity requiring
cash expenditure. According to Keynes, people demand to hold money balances
to take advantage of the future changes in the rate of interest, which is the same
as future changes in bond prices.
(ii) Government Interventions: For combating the problem of market failure due to
information failure the following interventions are resorted to:
• Government makes it mandatory to have accurate labelling and content
disclosures by producers.
• Public dissemination of information to improve knowledge and subsidizing of
initiatives in that direction.
• Regulation of advertising and setting of advertising standards to make
advertising more responsible, informative and less persuasive.
A few examples are: SEBI mandates on accurate information disclosure to
prospective buyers of new stocks, mandatory statutory information, licensing of
doctors practicing medicine, awareness campaigns and funding of organisations to
influence public, media and government attitudes.
(b) The consumption function is
C = 150 + 0.75Yd
Level of Disposable income Yd is given by
Yd = Y-Tax + Transfer Payments, Where, Transfer Payment = Tr = 40
= Y – (20+ 0.20 Y) + 40 = Y – 20 – 0.20Y +40
= Y – 0.2Y - 20+40
(` In crores)
Value of output in Secondary Sector 1000
Intermediate consumption in Primary Sector 300
Value of output in Tertiary Sector 3000
Intermediate consumption in Secondary Sector 400
Net factor income from abroad (-) 100
Value of output in Primary Sector 800
Intermediate consumption in Tertiary Sector 900
(3 Marks)
(b) (i) What do you mean by anti-dumping duties? (2 Marks)
(ii) Describe deterrents to Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in the country. (2 Marks)
Answer
(a) (i) Difference between Liquidity Adjustment Facility (LAF) and Marginal Standing
Facility (MSF).
Liquidity Adjustment Facility (LAF) which was introduced by RBI in June, 2000, is a
facility extended to the scheduled commercial banks and primary dealers to avail of
liquidity in case of requirement on an overnight basis against the collateral of
government securities including state government securities. Its objective is to
assist banks to adjust their day to day mismatches in liquidity. Currently, t he RBI
provides financial accommodation to the commercial banks through repos / reverse
repos under LAF.
Marginal Standing Facility (MSF) which was introduced by RBI in its monetary policy
statements 2011 -12, refers to the facility under which scheduled commercial banks
can borrow additional amount of overnight money from the central bank over and
above what is available to them through the LAF window by dipping into their
Statutory Liquidity Ratio (SLR) portfolio up to a limit at a penal rate of interest. This
provides a safety valve against unexpected liquidity shocks to the banking system.
The MSF would be the last resort for banks once they exhaust all borrowing options
including the liquidity adjustment facility.
(ii) Computation of Gross National Product at Market Price (GNP MP)
GNPMP = (Value of output in primary sector – Intermediate consumption of primary
sector) + (Value of output in secondary sector – Intermediate consumption of
secondary sector) + (Value of output in tertiary sector – Intermediate consumption
of tertiary sector) + Net Factor Income from Abroad
GNPMP = [(800- 300) + (1000 – 400) + (3000 – 900)] + (-100)
Answer
(a) (i) Objectives of World Trade Organization (WTO):
The WTO aims to facilitate the flow of international trade smoothly, freely, fairly and
predictably for the benefit of all. The chief objectives of WTO are:
• to set and enforce rules for international trade
• to provide a forum for negotiating and monitoring further trade liberalization
• to resolve trade disputes
• to increase the transparency of decision-making processes
• to cooperate with other major international economic institutions involved in global
economic management and
• to help developing countries to get benefit fully from the global trading system
(ii) The GATT lost its relevance by 1980s because:
• It was obsolete to the fast evolving contemporary complex world trade scenario
characterized by emerging globalisation
• International investments had expanded substantially
• Intellectual property rights and trade in services were not covered by GATT
• World merchandise trade increased by leaps and bounds and was beyond its
scope
• The ambiguities in the multilateral system could be heavily exploited
• Efforts at liberalizing agricultural trade were not successful
• There were inadequacies in institutional structure and dispute settlement
system
• It was not a treaty and therefore terms of GATT were binding only insofar as
they are not incoherent with a nation’s domestic rules
(b) (i) Objectives of Fiscal Policy
Fiscal Policy refers to the policy of government related to public revenue and public
expenditure. The objectives of fiscal policy are derived from the aspirations and
goals of the society and vary from country to country. The most common objectives
of fiscal policy are:
• Achievement and maintenance of full employment,
• Maintenance of price stability,
• Acceleration of the rate of economic development,
• Equitable distribution of income and wealth,