Financial Management and Application
Financial Management and Application
Currently company is under pressure from shareholders to pay some dividends cash balance is 100,000
all of which is needed for transactions purposes the stock is trading for 15 a share
Reformulate the share holder’s equity account if the company pays a 15% stock dividends
Reformulate the share holder’s equity account if the company pays a 25% stock dividends
Find out EPS in both cases if net income is 500,000
Q#2( 08 )
Q#3( 08 )ASF and Company is planning to introduce a new line of products that would involve increasing
its current assets by 40 million its existing and new assets structures are
Details Existing New
Current assets 25 40
Fixed assets 175 175
Total assets 200 215
Its existing financial structure which includes financing certain new fixed assets but not the 15 million
increases in current assets is
According to the vice president of finance for ASF once the new products are in production and
distribution a/c payable and accrued wages will increase to 10 % of original value respectively and will
finance part of the increased working capital requirement. Remaining will have to be raised by
borrowing on a bank credit line at 10% and borrowing on a 10-year note form an insurance company at
a 12% interest rate. For the coming year ASF expects earnings before interest and taxes 15
% of total assets after the new product and tax rate 50%
Required
Company is considering three alternatives for financing working capital requirements the conservative
approach would in financing with all financing with in long term debts the middle of the road approach
would use 50% form long term and 50% from short term. The aggressive approach would alternative
entail borrowing on the credit line. Evaluate the return on equity for each alternative .Which alternative
would you recommend Why?
Q#4( 08 ) The following balances appear in the balance sheet of HASF ltd
Other information
Growth rate 10 %
Q#5 ( 08 marks ) HASF company ltd has two financial options in respect of procuring an equipment for
utilizing the same for 5-year costing Rs1000,000. The two options are
Option # 1 borrows 1,000,000 at an interest rate of 15% the loan is repayable at 5-year end instalments
the equipment could be sold at the end of its 5-year economic life at realizable value of RS 100,000.
Option# 2 lease in the asset for a period of 5 years at yearly rental of 330,000 payables at end. The
company has to pay income tax 50% and has a discounting rate of 16%. Evaluate the two options and
give your opinion