: 1 : Time allowed : 3 hours Maximum marks : 100. Total number of questions : 7 Total number of printed pages : 7

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1 Roll No : 1 : Time allowed : 3 hours Maximum marks : 100 Total number of questions : 7 Total number of printed pages : 7 NOTE : 1. Answer FIVE Questions including Question No.1 which is compulsory. All working notes should be shown distinctly. 2. Tables showing the present value of `1 and the present value of an annuity of `1 for 15 years are annexed. 1. Comment on any four of the following : (i) Liquidity and profitability are competing goals for the financial executives. (ii) Internal rate of return (IRR) of a project is that rate where net present value (NPV) is zero. (iii) Tools and techniques of treasury managers are very specific. (iv) Cost of capital is used by a company as a minimum benchmark for its yield. (v) Depository system functions just like the banking system. (5 marks each) 2. (a) Shares of Alfa Ltd. are currently being quoted at a price earnings ratio of 7.5 times. Retained earnings of the company being 37.5% is `6 per share. (i) Compute company's cost of equity if investors' expected annual growth rate is 8%. (ii) (iii) If anticipated growth rate is 10% per annum, compute the indicated market price with the same cost of capital. If company's cost of capital is 15% and anticipated growth rate is 11% per annum, compute the market price per share assuming other conditions remaining the same. (6 marks) /1

2 : 2 : (b) A company believes that it is possible to increase sales if credit terms are relaxed. The profit plan based on the old credit terms envisages projected sales at `10,00,000, a 30% profit volume ratio, fixed costs at `50,000, bad debts of 1% and an accounts receivable turnover ratio of 10 times. The relaxed credit policy is expected to increase sales to `12,00,000. However, bad debts will rise to 2% of sales and accounts receivable turnover ratio will decrease to 6 times. Should the company adopt the relaxed credit policy, assuming that the company's expected rate of return is 20%? (6 marks) (c) Following is the balance sheet of Honey Well Ltd. as on 31 st March, 2012 : Liabilities ` Equity capital (`10 per share) 1,80,000 10% Debentures 2,40,000 Retained earnings 60,000 Current liabilities 1,20,000 6,00,000 Assets Fixed assets 4,50,000 Current assets 1,50,000 6,00,000 Company's total assets turnover ratio is 2.5 times. The fixed operating costs are `2 lakh and variable operating cost ratio is 40%. Income tax rate is 30%. You are required to (i) Calculate the leverages; and (ii) Determine the likely level of EBIT if EPS is `6. (8 marks) 3. (a) A company buys in lot of 125 boxes which is a three months supply. The cost per box is `125 and the ordering cost is `250 per order. The inventory carrying cost is estimated at 20% of unit value per annum. You are required to ascertain (i) What is the total annual cost of the existing inventory policy? (ii) How much money would be saved by employing the economic order quantity (EOQ)? (8 marks) Contd...

3 : 3 : (b) Syntex Ltd. is planning an expansion programme which will require `30 crore and can be funded through any of the following three options : Option 1 : Issue further equity shares of `100 each at par. Option 2 : Raise debt at 15% interest. Option 3 : Issue preference shares at 12%. Present paid-up capital is `60 crore and average annual earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) is `12 crore. Company's income tax rate is 30%. After the expansion, annual EBIT is expected to be `15 crore. You are required to (i) Calculate the earnings per share (EPS) under the three financing options indicating the alternative giving the highest return to the equity shareholders. (ii) Calculate the equivalency level of EBIT between the equity share capital and debt alternatives. (12 marks) 4. Distinguish between the following. Attempt any four : (i) 'Profit maximisation' and 'wealth maximisation'. (ii) 'Netting in forex' and 'matching in forex'. (iii) 'Currency swaps' and 'currency option'. (iv) 'Efficient portfolio' and 'optimal portfolio'. (v) 'Interest rate parity' and 'purchasing power parity'. (5 marks each) 5. (a) Abhishek Steel Ltd. has one lakh equity shares outstanding which are selling at `100 each. Its capitalisation rate is 14%. The company is expecting `65 lakh income for the current year and is planning to pay dividend amounting to `4 lakh. The company wants to invest in a new project which will cost `75 lakh. It is assumed that the Modigliani and Miller Model on dividend policy is applicable to the company. Compute the price per share at the end of the current year and the number of shares to be issued for financing the investment when (i) Dividend amounting to `4 lakh is paid. (ii) Dividend is not paid. (12 marks) /2

4 : 4 : (b) Zenith company has a beta of 0.5 with Nifty. Each Nifty contract is equal to 100 units. Zenith company now quotes at `250 and the Nifty future is 4,000 index points. X is long on 1,200 shares of Zenith company in the spot market. (i) How many futures contracts will X have to take? (ii) If the price in spot market drops by 10%, how is X protected? (4 marks) (c) Following are the spot exchange rates quoted at three different forex markets : USD/INR GBP/INR GBP/USD in Mumbai in London in New York The arbitrageur has USD 1,00,00,000. Assuming that there are no transaction costs, explain whether there is any arbitrage gain possible from the quoted spot exchange rates. (4 marks) 6. Ashoka Ltd., a newly formed company, has applied to the commercial bank for the first time for financing its working capital requirements. The following information is available about the projections for the current year : Estimated level of activity : 1,04,000 completed units of production plus 4,000 units of work-in-progress. Based on the above activity, estimated cost per unit is : (` per unit) Raw material 80 Direct wages 30 Overheads (exclusive of depreciation) 60 Total cost 170 Selling price 200 Raw material in stock : Average 4 weeks consumption Work-in-progress : 50% completion stage in respect of conversion cost while materials issued at start of the processing Contd...

5 : 5 : Finished goods in stock : 8,000 units Credit allowed by suppliers : Average 4 weeks Credit allowed to debtors/receivables : Average 8 weeks Lag in payment of wages : Average 1.5 weeks Cash at banks is expected to be : `25,000 Assume that production is carried on evenly throughout the year (52 weeks) and wages and overheads accrue similarly. All sales are on credit basis only. Find out (i) The net working capital required on total value method; and (ii) The maximum permissible bank finance under second method of financing as per Tandon Committee Norms. (20 marks) 7. Write notes on the following. Attempt any four : (i) Factoring (ii) Translation exposure (iii) Transfer pricing (iv) Economic rate of return for project appraisal (v) Sweat equity shares. (5 marks each) 0

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