MASTERS IN ISLAMIC FINANCE

JUNE 2013 SEMESTER

FINAL EXAMINATION
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CORPORATE FINANCE
FN5033
MONDAY / JULY 29, 2013
9.00AM 12.00PM / THREE (3) HOURS

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Answer ALL questions.

QUESTION 1 (25 marks)
Jan Smith is the capital-budgeting officer of West Coast Textiles Inc., an industrial textiles
weaving company in California. Ms. Smith, who recently completed her MBA degree, is
responsible for the analysis of capital projects proposals for WCT. Her responsibilities include
completing an analysis of each project proposal presented to the vice president of finance and
preparing a report with her own recommendations.
Ms Smith was recently invited to attend a meeting of the executive committee, comprising the
president and vice presidents of the company. The topic discussed was a report by Tom Sales,
vice president of marketing, who presented a proposal to bid for a new defense contract. A large
defense contractor is soliciting bids for silk cloth to be used in the production of parachutes.
West Coast Textiles (WCT) has produced high-quality silk material for a number of years and
could be easily add parachute material to its existing product lines. Established supply contacts
plus WCTs experience in silk manufacturing are clear advantages in bidding for the contract.
The amount of silk material required in the contract is 100,000 pounds per year for 5 years.
According to the Mr Sales, the new contract could be won with a bid of $2.00 per pound of
finished material. An internal study of the production costs of silk indicates that variable
production costs-raw material and labor-would be 50 per cent of revenue, or $ 1.00 per pound at
the current prices. Because of the additional bookkeeping and warehouse expenses, WCTs
annual fixed costs would increase by $25,000 at current prices if it bids successfully for the
contract.
At the present time WCT is operating at or near full capacity. Current sales and production are
under long-term contract with various textile buyers. This none of the current weaving capacity
can be diverted to the defense contract. New equipment must be purchased if production is to
be increased.
A study of the current weaving technology has provided information on a new weaving machine
that could produce the silk. The equipment costs $250,000 delivered and installed. As an
incentive to WCT to purchase the new equipment, vendor technicians would train WCT
operators at the vendors factory prior to the installation of the machine, at no additional cost to
WCT.
The new equipment has a 5-year class life (20%, 32%, 19.20%, 11.52%, 11.52%, and 5.76%)
and would be depreciated according to the MACRS procedure. At the end of 5 years WCT could
sell the weaving machine to a smaller weaving company for $75,000.
At the meeting Ms. Smith expressed concern about the effect of inflation on the future
profitability of the parachute material. Raw material costs, labor costs, and fixed costs increase
annually with the general inflation in production costs. Unless there is a clause in the contract
allowing WCT increase its price with inflation. WCT would experience reduced profits in each
succeeding year of the contract. Mr. Sales replied that the contract provided for an annual
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increase in price equal to the rate of increase in the Producer price Index. It was agreed that the
price and cost estimates above would be appropriate for the first year of production and sales.
In year 2 through 5, however, prices and costs would increase at the expected rate of inflation of
5 percent per annum.
At the close of the meeting, Ms. Smith was assigned the responsibility of completing a capitalbudgeting analysis of the defense contract proposal. Her report is due at the next weekly
meeting of the executive committee.
In addition to the data provided by Mr. Sales, Ms Smith estimates that an immediate investment
in net working capital of $50,000 would be required if the project were accepted. The net
working capital would be recovered at the end of 5 years. From recent analyses of capital
projects, Ms. Smith notes that the companys marginal cost of capital is 12 percent. Since the
risk of the new product line is equivalent to that of the company generally, no additional risk
adjustment to the cost of capital is necessary; WCTs marginal income tax rate is 34 percent.
a.

Calculate the net investment cash outflow of the proposed project.

b.

Calculate the expected operating cash flows over the 5-year life of the project. Adjust the
sales revenue and costs for expected inflation in year 2 through 5.
(10 marks)

c.

Calculate the terminal value cash flow at the end of year 5.

(5 marks)

(5 marks)
d.

Calculate net present value and internal rate of return for the project.
(5 marks)
(25 marks)

QUESTION 2 (20 marks)

Maju Berhad, a public listed company on the Bursa Malaysia (KLSE), has the following capital
structure:
RM
Ordinary shares of RM1 each

2,000,000

8% cumulative preference shares RM1 each

1,000,000

10% Redeemable debentures

2,000,000

The ordinary and preference shares are currently quoted at RM2.25 and RM0.95sen per share
respectively, whilst the debentures are quoted at RM90 per RM100 nominal value. Ordinary
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dividend of RM0.22sen, preference dividend and annual interest for the current year have just
been paid. Ordinary dividend is expected to grow at a constant rate of 10%. The debentures are
due to retire in 10 years. Corporate tax is assumed to be at 40%.
Maju Berhad management believes that its long-term optimal capital structure should be in the
ratio of 50:20:30 for ordinary, preference and debt respectively. If this capital structure ratio can
be achieved without altering the current component costs, calculate Majus long-term weighted
cost of capital.
(20 marks)
QUESTION 3 (15 marks)
A consultant has collected the following information regarding Young Publishing:

Total assets

$3,000 million

Tax rate

40%

Operating income (EBIT)

$800 million

Debt ratio

0%

Interest expense

$0 million

WACC

10%

Net income

$480 million

M/B ratio

1.00

Share price

$32.00

EPS = DPS

$3.20

The company has no growth opportunities (g = 0), so the company pays out all of its earnings
as dividends (EPS = DPS). The consultant believes that if the company moves to a capital
structure financed with 20 percent debt and 80 percent equity (based on market values) that the
cost of equity will increase to 11 percent and that the pre-tax cost of debt will be 10 percent. If
the company makes this change, what would be the total market value of the firm? (The
answers are in millions.)

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QUESTION 4 (10 marks)

American Hardware, a national hardware chain, is considering purchasing a smaller chain,
Eastern Hardware. American's analysts project that the merger will result in incremental free
flows and interest tax savings with a combined present value of $72.52 million, and they have
determined that the appropriate discount rate for valuing Eastern is 16 percent. Eastern has 4
million shares outstanding. Eastern's current price is $16.25. What is the maximum price per
share that American should offer?

QUESTION 5 (10 marks)

Hanan Inc.
2007 Income Statement.(in million)
Net Sales
Cost of goods sold
Depreciation
EBIT
Interest Paid
Taxable Income
Taxes
Net Income

$ 3,800
2075
750
975
140
835
281
$ 554

Dividends
$ 138.50
Addition to retained earnings $ 415.50
Hanan Inc.
2007 Balance Sheet (in million)

Cash
Account rec.
Inventory
Net fixed assets
Total assets

$ 80
750
420
4600
5850

Accounts payable
Long-term debt
Common stock
Retained earnings
Total liabilities & equity

1000
1150
2250
1450
5850

Assume that all costs and assets of Hanan Inc. increase directly with sales. Also assume that
the tax rate and the dividend payout ratio are constant. The firm is currently operating at full
capacity. What is the external financing needed if sales increase by 8 percent?

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QUESTION 6 (10 marks)

Below are some important figures from the budget of Pine Mulch Company for the second
quarter of 2006:

Credit Sales
Credit Purchases
Cash
disbursements:
Wages, taxes, and
expenses
Interest
Equipment
purchases

April
$ 160,000
68,000

May
$ 140,000
64,000

June
$ 192,000
80,000

8,000

7,000

8,400

3,000

3,000

3,000

50,000

4,000

The company predicts that 10 percent of its sales will be never collected; 50 percent of it sales
will be collected in the month of the sale; and the rest of it sales will be collected in the following
month. Purchases on trade accounts will be paid in the month following the purchase. In March
2006 the sales were $180,000. You are required to prepare cash budget for the second quarter
2006.

QUESTION 7 (10 marks)

The Kimberly Corporation is a zero growth firm with an expected EBIT of $100,000 and a
corporate tax rate of 30 percent. Kimberly uses $500,000 of 12.0 percent debt financing, and
the cost of equity to an unlevered firm in the same risk class is 16.0 percent. What is the value
of the firm according to MM with corporate taxes?

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