F3 Exam Question 171

LPM Company is based in Country C. whose currency is the CS
It has entered Into a contract to buy a machine in three months' time. The supplier is overseas and the payment is to be made in a different currency from the CS The treasurer at LPM Company is considering using a money market hedge to manage the transaction risk associated with a payment.
The assumptions of interest rate parity apply
Which THREE of the following statements concerning the use of a money market hedge for this supplier payment are correct*?
  • F3 Exam Question 172

    Company A is planning to acquire Company B.
    Company A's managers think they can improve the performance of Company B to the extent that its own P/E ratio should be applied to Company B's earnings.
    Relevant Data:
    What is the expected synergy if the acquisition goes ahead?
    Give your answer to the nearest $ million.
    $ ? million

    F3 Exam Question 173

    Extracts from a company's profit forecast for the next financial year as follows:

    Since preparing the forecast, the company has decided to return surplus cash to shareholders by a share repurchase arrangement.
    The share repurchase would result in the company purchasing 20% of the 1,250 million ordinary shares currently in issue and canceling them.
    Assuming the share repurchase went ahead, the impact on the company's forecast earnings per share will be an increase of:
  • F3 Exam Question 174

    Company BBB has prepared a valuation of a competitor company, Company BBD. Company BBB is intending to acquire a controlling interest in the equity of Company BBD and therefore wants to value only the equity of Company BBD.

    The directors of Company BBB have prepared the following valuation of Company BBD:
    Value of Equity = 4.63 + 5.14 + 5.56 = S15.33 million
    Additional information on Company BBD:

    Which THREE of the following are weaknesses of the above valuation?
  • F3 Exam Question 175

    The ex div share price of a company's shares is $2.20.
    An investor in the company currently holds 1,000 shares.
    The company plans to issue a scrip dividend of 1 new share for every 10 shares currently held.
    After the scrip dividend, what will be the total wealth of the shareholder?
    Give your answer to the nearest whole $.
    $ ? .