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CPA Advanced Financial Management – November 2018 Past Paper & Answers

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1a
Corporate restructuring and re-organisation
 In the context of corporate restructuring and reorganisation, differentiate between the following terms: 

(i) "Leveraged buy-out" and "management buy-out" 

(ii) "Divestiture" and "spin-off 

(iii) "Unbundling" and "sell-off".
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1b
Corporate restructuring and re-organisation
​​Mavueni Limited is considering undertaking a financial reconstruction during which it would repurchase its outstanding ordinary shares using debt. This will raise its debt to equity ratio to 1.20. The following information was available for the company: 

1. Existing debt to equity ratio is 0.80. 

2. The asset beta (ungeared beta of equity) is 0.30. 

3. The risk-free rate of return is 8%. 

4. The return of market portfolio is 14%. 

5. The company adopts 50% payout ratio as its dividend policy. 

6. The company expects to generate earnings per share (EPS) of Sh.6. 

7. Debt finance is considered to be risk-free. 

8. The corporate tax rate is 30%. 

Required:
Evaluate the impact of financial reconstruction on Mavueni Ltd.'s weighted average cost of capital (WACC). 
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1c
Portfolio theory and analysis
​​The following data relate to the probability distributions and returns of securities A and B:

Probability (P)
Security returns (%)
Security A
Security B
0.10
0.25
0.49
0.25
 -5
10
15
20
10
15
10
  0

Required:
The proportion of each security to be invested in the portfolio in order to attain a zero portfolio risk.
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2a
Advanced capital budgeting decision
​​Discuss three practical challenges that could be encountered when making capital investment decisions.
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2b
Advanced capital budgeting decision
​​Galanema Ltd. is considering to introduce new cheap plastic rulers into the market. This will involve investing in a new plant at a cost of Sh.280 million. 

The plant is expected to have a useful life of 5 years at the end of which salvage value will be nil. The firm's policy is to depreciate all of its fixed assets on astraight line basis.

Due to market uncertainties, the unit selling price, unit variable cost and annual sales volume of the new plastic rulers have been estimated stochastically as follows:

Unit selling priceUnit variable costAnnual sales volume
Value
Sh.
Probability
Value
Sh.
Probability
Value
(Sh."million")
Probability
35
30
50
0.30
0.40
0.30
15
10
25
0.20
0.50
0.30
4
7
9
0.10
0.60
0.30

Additional information: 
1. The firm expects to incur fixed operating costs excluding depreciation of Sh.30 million in each year. 

2. The company's cost of capital is 17%. 

3. The corporate tax rate is 30%. 

Required:
(i)
The expected net present value (NPV) of the new product.
(ii)
Simulate the net present values (NPV) using the following random numbers:
(802560 638351 057530 150353 603785 553525 245239 369948 160252 857015) and compute the expected net present value of the project.
 
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3a
Mergers and acquisitions
​​ The following are summarised financial statements of Dzikunze Limited as at 31 December 2015 to 31 December 2017: 

Income statement for the year ended 31 December:
2015
Sh."000"
2016
Sh."000"
2017
Sh."000"
Turnover
90,000
100,000
120,000
Operating profit
15,000
20,000
25,000
Interest
(2,000)
(4,000)
(5,000)
Profit before tax
13,000
16,000
20,000
Taxation (30%)
(3,900)
(4,800)
(6,000)
Profit after tax
9,100
11,200
14,000
Proposed dividends
(2,100)
(2,500)
(3,000)
Retained profit
7,0008,70011,000

Statement of financial position as at 31 December 2017:
Sh."000"
Non-current assets
60,000
Current assets
40,000
100,000
Financed by:
Ordinary share capital (Sh.20 par value)
30,000
Reserves
20,000
10% long term debentures (Sh.100 par value)
30,000
Short-term debts
20,000
100,000

1. Stock market analysts expect post-tax earnings and dividends to grow at the rate of 25% per annum for the next three years. Thereafter, the annual growth rate will revert to the company's growth rate an remain constant in each year to perpetuity. 

2. Dzikunze Ltd.'s overall beta is 0.80 and the beta of equity is 0.75. 

3. The risk-free rate of return is 12%. 

4. The market rate of return is 28%. 

5. The current market price of ordinary share is Sh.67.70 cum-dividend. 

6. The debenture price is Sh.89.50 ex-interest. 

7. The corporation tax rate is 30%. 

Required:
(i) Evaluate whether Dzikunze Ltd.'s share is currently overvalued or undervalued by the market forces. 

(ii) Advise a prospective investor whether to buy the ordinary shares of Dzikunze Limited.
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3b
Financial risk management
​​Chigiri Investment Limited is a company based in Kenya. The company exported goods on credit to a firm in the United States of America (USA). The company expects to receive US$ 800,000 in one year's time. 

The current spot exchange rate is IUS$ = KES.60. 

However, Chigiri Investment Limited created a probability distribution for the forward spot rate in one year as follows:

Probability
Forward spot rate
KES/1 US $
20
50
30
61
63
67

Additional information:
1
One year put options on the USS are available with an exercise price of KES.63 and a premium of KES. 4 per US$. 
2
One year call options are available on the USwithanexercisepriceofKES.60apremiumofKES3perUS.
3
The future spot rate is estimated in a year's time to be KES. 62 per 1US$.
4
The following are the money market annual rates:
Kenya
Annual rates (%)
USA
Annual rates (%)
Borrowing
Deposit
18
9
12
  6

Required:
(i) Determine whether a forward market hedge, money market hedge or currency option hedge would be the most appropriate hedging strategy for the company. 

(ii) Advise a prospective investor, the most appropriate hedging strategy if no hedging takes place. 
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4a
Financial risk management
​ ​​A financial analyst is interested in using the Black-Scholes Model (BSM) to value call options on the stock.

The following information is available: 
1. The price of the stock is Sh.35. 

2. The strike price is Sh.30. 

3. The option matures in 9 months. 

4 The volatility of returns of the stock is 0.30. 

5. The risk-free rate is 10%. 

Required: 
The value of a call option using the Black-Scholes Model. 
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4b
Portfolio theory and analysis
​​The following information relate to two securities, namely A and B and the market portfolio for the year 2018:

Probability
Forecasted rate of returns (%)
Security A
Security В
Market portfolio
0.20
0.50
0.30
15
10
8
12
15
10
16
12
  7

The treasury bills yield rate is expected to be 8%. 

Required: 
(i) The Beta coefficient of securities A and B. 

(ii) Using capital asset pricing model (CAPM), determine the minimum required rate of returns for securities A and B. 
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4c
Mergers and acquisitions
​​Chilulu Industries Limited is considering acquisition of Roka Corporation Ltd. in a share for share exchange. The financial data for the two companies are given below:

Chilulu Ltd.
(Sh.)
Roka Ltd.
(Sh.)
Sales (millions)
500
100
Net earnings (millions)
30
12
Ordinary shares outstanding (millions)
6
2
Ordinary share market price, per share (MPS)
50
40
Dividend per share (DPS)
2
1.50

Additional information: 
1. Chilulu Limited is not willing to incur an initial dilution in its earnings per share (EPS). 

2. Chilulu Limited will have to offer a minimum of 25% of Roka Ltd.'s current share market price. 

Required:
 (i) The relevant offer price range.

(ii) If Roka Ltd.'s shareholders accept an offer by Chilulu Ltd. of Sh.40 per share in a share for share exchange. Determine the post-merger earnings per share (EPS). 

(iii) Using the results obtained in (c) (ii) above and assuming that Chilulu Ltd.'s price-earning (P/E) ratio will remain unchanged after the merger, determine the post acquisition market price of a share of Chilulu Limited. 
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5a
Real estate finance
​​Analyse three assumptions ofthe income approach of valuing real estates business in your country.
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5b
International financial management
​ ​ ​​A large manufacturing firm based in Kenya is tendering for an order in South Africa. The tender conditions state that payment will be made in South African Rands (ZAR) in 24 months' time from now. The company is unsure of what price to tender. The company's marginal cost of production at the time of tendering is estimated to be Kenya shillings (KES) 2,000,000 and a 20% mark-up is applicable for the company. 

Exchange rates: 
KES/I ZAR 

Spot rate: 8.025-8.125

Additional information:
1
No forward rate exists for 24 months' time.
2
Market information between Kenya and South Africa:
South Africa
Kenya
Annual inflation rates
6%
8%
Annual interest rates available to the manufacturing firm:
Borrowing rate
12%
18%
Investment rate
8%
6%

Required: 
Using the purchasing power parity model, recommend the tender price to be used.
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5c
Advanced financing decision
​​Embakasi Investment Ltd. contemplates to determine its optimal capital structure which currently consists of only debt and common equity. 

The company does not use preference shares in its capital structure and does not plan to do so in the near future. 

In order to estimate how much its debt would cost at different debt levels, the company's financial controller has consulted with investment banks and the following information was obtained:

Debt to equity ratio
Bond rating
Before tax cost of debt (%)
0.00
0.25
0.60
1.70
2.50
A
BBB    
BB  
C
D
  0
8.5
10
14
16

Additional information: 
1. The company uses the capital asset pricing model (CAPM) to estimate the cost of capital. 

2. The risk-free rate of return is 5%. 

3. The market risk premium is 8%. 

4. The corporate tax rate is 30%. 

5. The company uses the Hamada model to determine its levered equity Beta. 

6. The asset Beta (unlevered equity Beta) is 1.20. 

Required: 
(i) The optimal capital structure of Embakasi Investment Ltd. 

(ii) The optimal weighted average cost of capital (WACC) of Embakasi Investment Ltd.
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