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The Institute of Company Secretaries of India 2009 CS Final- Group2 Financial, Treasury and Forex Management - Question Paper

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Financial, Treasury and Forex Management

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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 Re.1 and the present value of an annuity of Re.1 for 15 years are annexed.

1    Comment on any four of the following :

i The optimum dividend policy should strike a balance between current dividends and future growth.

(i Financial leverage is caused due to fixed financial costs.

ii) Economic exposure implies change in value of a firm due to unanticipated change in exchange rates.

iv) Permanent working capital financed by current liabilities has its pitfalls.

(v) Forward exchange rates are always at premium or discount to spot rates.

(5 marks each)

2    a The management of Techno Craft Ltd. is evaluating the following data of a capital

project :

Project "GEE"

Annual cost saving (Rs.)    80,000

Useful life (Years)    5

Internal rate of return (%)    12

Profitability index (PI)    1.270457697

NP V    ?

Cost of capital    ?

Cost of project    ?

Payback    ?

Salvage value    0

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Find the missing values considering the following table of discount factors only :

Discount Factor 13%

12%

%

6 %

%

3

00

00

U1

0.893

917

0.943

0.971

783

0.797

842

0.890

0.943

693

0.712

772

0.840

0.915

613

0.636

708

0.792

0.888

543

0.567

650

0.747

0.863

517

3.605

.889

4.212

4.580

(10 marks)

A Portfolio Manager (PM) has the following four

stocks in his portfolio :

Security

no. of Shares

Market Price Per Share (R3.)

P

Varun Shipping Ltd. (VSL)

10,000

50

0.9

Chowgle Steamship Ltd. (CSL)

5,000

20

1.0

Mercatorlines Ltd. (ML)

8,000

25

1.5

Aurbindo Pharma Ltd. (APL)

2,000

200

1.2

Compute the following :

Portfolio beta.

(i) If the PM seeks to reduce the beta to 0.8, how much risk free investment should he bring in ?

iii) If the PM seeks to increase the beta to 1.2, how much risk free investment should he bring in ?

(10 marks)

3. Distinguish between any four of the following :

i) 'Direct quote' and 'indirect quote'.

(i) 'Semi-strong form theory' and 'strong form theory' of efficient market.

iii) 'Weighted average cost of capital' and 'marginal cost of capital'.

(iV 'Capital budgeting' and 'capital rationing'.

V) 'Capital structure' and 'financial structure'.

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fe) Glow Ltd. is considering to acquire an additional computer to supplement its time-share computer services to its clients. It has two options

0 To purchase the computer for Rs.22,00,000.

(i To lease the computer for 3 years from a leasing company for Rs.5,00,000 as annual lease rent plus 10% of gross time-share service revenue. The agreement also requires an additional payment of Rs.6,00,000 at the end of the third year. Lease rent are payable at the year end, and the computer reverts to the lessor after the contract period.

The company estimates that the computer under review now will be worth Rs.10,00,000 at the end of third year. Forecast revenues are

Year    Rs.

1    22,50,000

2    25,00,000

3    27,50,000

Annual operating costs (excluding depreciation/lease rent of computer) are estimated at Rs.9,00,000 with an additional Rs.1,00,000 for start-up and training cost at the beginning of the first year. These costs are to be borne by the lessee. Glow Ltd. will borrow at 16% interest to finance acquisition of computer; repayments are to be made according to the following schedule :

Year-end    Principal    Interest    Total

Rs.)    Rss.)    Rss.)

1    5,00,000    3,52,000    8,52,000

2    8,50,000    2,72,000    11,22,000

3    8,50,000    1,36,000    9,86,000

The company uses straight line method to depreciate its assets and pays 50% tax on its income.

The management of Glow Ltd. approaches you, as the Company Secretary, for advice. Which alternative would you recommend and why ?

(10 marks)

b) JKL Ltd. has obtained the following data concerning the average working capital cycle for other companies in the same industry :

Days

Raw material turnover    20

Credit received    40

Work-in-progress turnover    15

Finished goods stock turnover    40

Debtor's collection period    60

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Using the following information, you are required to calculate the current working capital cycle and briefly comment on it :

Rs. in Thousands

Sales

3,000

Cost of sales

2,100

Purchases

600

Average raw material stock

80

Average work-in-progress

85

Average finished goods stock

180

Average creditors

90

Average debtors

350

(10 marks)

5 fe) DEF Ltd. with a paid-up capital of Rs.25 crore divided into shares of Rs.10 each has securities premium balance of Rs.20 crore and retained earnings of Rs.100 crore. The current market price of its share is Rs.60.

Different options before the company are

   Bonus issue    1 : 5

   Stock split    2 : 1

   Reverse split    1 : 2

It seeks your advice as to the best option it should adopt so as to maximise the market price per share. Also compute the following under each of the above option :

0 Total equity capital of the company.

(i Market price per share.

iii)    Number of shares outstanding.

iv)    Face value per share.

(8 marks)

b) In International Monetary Market (IMM), an international forward bid on 15th December for one Euro (n) is $1.2816. At the same time, the price of IMM n future for delivery on 15th December is $1.2806. The contract size of futures is a 62,500. How could the dealer use arbitrage to profit from this situation and how much profit is earned ?

(6 marks)

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(C Consider the following information of Sunrise Ltd.

Rs. in Lakhs EBIT    -    2,000

EBT    -    600

Fixed cost        1,400

Calculate the percentage of change in EPS, if sales increase by 2%.

(6 marks)

6.    STU Ltd. has to make a US $5 million payment in three months time. The required amount in dollars is available with VWX Ltd. Management of the company decides to invest them for three months and following information is available in this context :

   The US $ deposit rate is 9% per annum.

   The sterling pound deposit rate is 11% per annum.

   The spot exchange rate is $1.82/pound.

   The 3-month forward rate is $1.80/pound.

Answer the following questions

i Where should the company invest for better returns ?

(i Assuming that the interest rates and the spot exchange rate remain as above, what forward rate would yield an equilibrium situation ?

(iii)    Assuming that the US interest rate on the spot and forward rates remain as above, where should the company invest if the sterling pound deposit rate were 15% per annum ?

(iv)    With the originally stated spot and forward rates and the same dollar deposit rate, what is the equilibrium sterling pound deposit rate ?

(20 marks)

7.    Write notes on any four of the following :

i Elements of forex management (i) Participants in the derivative market

ii) Important aspects for successful monitoring of a project iv Marked-to-market settlement for futures () Models of depository.

(5 marks each)

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TABLE - 1 : PRESENT VALUE OF RUPEE ONE

1/2009/FTFM (OS)


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RATE

YEAR

YEAR

YEAR

YEAR

YEAR

YEAR

YEAR

YEAR

YEAR

YEAR

YEAR

YEAR

YEAR

YEAR

YEAR

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

5%

0.9524

0.9070

0.8638

0.8227

0.7835

0.7462

0.7107

0.6768

0.6446

0.6139

0.5847

0.5568

0.5303

0.5051

0.4810

6%

0.9434

0.8900

0.8396

0.7921

0.7473

0.7050

0.6651

0.6274

0.5919

0.5584

0.5268

0.4970

0.4688

0.4423

0.4173

7%

0.9346

0.8734

0.8163

0.7629

0.7130

0.6663

0.6227

0.5820

0.5439

0.5083

0.4751

0.4440

0.4150

0.3878

0.3624

8%

0.9259

0.8573

0.7938

0.7350

0.6806

0.6302

0.5835

0.5403

0.5002

0.4632

0.4289

0.3971

0.3677

0.3405

0.3152

9%

0.9174

0.8417

0.7722

0.7084

0.6499

0.5963

0.5470

0.5019

0.4604

0.4224

0.3875

0.3555

0.3262

0.2992

0.2745

10%

0.9091

0.8264

0.7513

0.6830

0.6209

0.5645

0.5132

0.4665

0.4241

0.3855

0.3505

0.3186

0.2897

0.2633

0.2394

11%

0.9009

0.8116

0.7312

0.6587

0.5935

0.5346

0.4817

0.4339

0.3909

0.3522

0.3173

0.2858

0.2575

0.2320

0.2090

12%

0.8929

0.7972

0.7118

0.6355

0.5674

0.5066

0.4523

0.4039

0.3606

0.3220

0.2875

0.2567

0.2292

0.2046

0.1827

13%

0.8850

0.7831

0.6931

0.6133

0.5428

0.4803

0.4251

0.3762

0.3329

0.2946

0.2607

0.2307

0.2042

0.1807

0.1599

14%

0.8772

0.7695

0.6750

0.5921

0.5194

0.4556

0.3996

0.3506

0.3075

0.2697

0.2366

0.2076

0.1821

0.1597

0.1401

15%

0.8696

0.7561

0.6575

0.5718

0.4972

0.4323

0.3759

0.3269

0.2843

0.2472

0.2149

0.1869

0.1625

0.1413

0.1229

16%

0.8621

0.7432

0.6407

0.5523

0.4761

0.4104

0.3538

0.3050

0.2630

0.2267

0.1954

0.1685

0.1452

0.1252

0.1079

17%

0.8547

0.7305

0.6244

0.5337

0.4561

0.3898

0.3332

0.2848

0.2434

0.2080

0.1778

0.1520

0.1299

0.1110

0.0949

18%

0.8475

0.7182

0.6086

0.5158

0.4371

0.3704

0.3139

0.2660

0.2255

0.1911

0.1619

0.1372

0.1163

0.0985

0.0835

19%

0.8403

0.7062

0.5934

0.4987

0.4190

0.3521

0.2959

0.2487

0.2090

0.1756

0.1476

0.1240

0.1042

0.0876

0.0736

20%

0.8333

0.6944

0.5787

0.4823

0.4019

0.3349

0.2791

0.2326

0.1938

0.1615

0.1346

0.1122

0.0935

0.0779

0.0649

21%

0.8264

0.6830

0.5645

0.4665

0.3855

0.3186

0.2633

0.2176

0.1799

0.1486

0.1228

0.1015

0.0839

0.0693

0.0573

22%

0.8197

0.6719

0.5507

0.4514

0.3700

0.3033

0.2486

0.2038

0.1670

0.1369

0.1122

0.0920

0.0754

0.0618

0.0507

23%

0.8130

0.6610

0.5374

0.4369

0.3552

0.2888

0.2348

0.1909

0.1552

0.1262

0.1026

0.0834

0.0678

0.0551

0.0448

24%

0.8065

0.6504

0.5245

0.4230

0.3411

0.2751

0.2218

0.1789

0.1443

0.1164

0.0938

0.0757

0.0610

0.0492

0.0397

25%

0.8000

0.6400

0.5120

0.4096

0.3277

0.2621

0.2097

0.1678

0.1342

0.1074

0.0859

0.0687

0.0550

0.0440

0.0352

TABLE - 2 : PRESENT VALUE OF AN ANNUITY OF RUPEE ONE

1/2009/FTFM (OS)


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RATE

YEAR

YEAR

YEAR

YEAR

YEAR

YEAR

YEAR

YEAR

YEAR

YEAR

YEAR

YEAR

YEAR

YEAR

YEAR

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

5%

0.9524

1.8594

2.7232

3.5460

4.3295

5.0757

5.7864

6.4632

7.1078

7.7217

8.3064

8.8633

9.3936

9.8986

10.3797

6%

0.9434

1.8334

2.6730

3.4651

4.2124

4.9173

5.5824

6.2098

6.8017

7.3601

7.8869

8.3838

8.8527

9.2950

9.7122

7%

0.9346

1.8080

2.6243

3.3872

4.1002

4.7665

5.3893

5.9713

6.5152

7.0236

7.4987

7.9427

8.3577

8.7455

9.1079

8%

0.9259

1.7833

2.5771

3.3121

3.9927

4.6229

5.2064

5.7466

6.2469

6.7101

7.1390

7.5361

7.9038

8.2442

8.5595

9%

0.9174

1.7591

2.5313

3.2397

3.8897

4.4859

5.0330

5.5348

5.9952

6.4177

6.8052

7.1607

7.4869

7.7862

8.0607

10%

0.9091

1.7355

2.4869

3.1699

3.7908

4.3553

4.8684

5.3349

5.7590

6.1446

6.4951

6.8137

7.1034

7.3667

7.6061

11%

0.9009

1.7125

2.4437

3.1024

3.6959

4.2305

4.7122

5.1461

5.5370

5.8892

6.2065

6.4924

6.7499

6.9819

7.1909

12%

0.8929

1.6901

2.4018

3.0373

3.6048

4.1114

4.5638

4.9676

5.3282

5.6502

5.9377

6.1944

6.4235

6.6282

6.8109

13%

0.8850

1.6681

2.3612

2.9745

3.5172

3.9975

4.4226

4.7988

5.1317

5.4262

5.6869

5.9176

6.1218

6.3025

6.4624

14%

0.8772

1.6467

2.3216

2.9137

3.4331

3.8887

4.2883

4.6389

4.9464

5.2161

5.4527

5.6603

5.8424

6.0021

6.1422

15%

0.8696

1.6257

2.2832

2.8550

3.3522

3.7845

4.1604

4.4873

4.7716

5.0188

5.2337

5.4206

5.5831

5.7245

5.8474

16%

0.8621

1.6052

2.2459

2.7982

3.2743

3.6847

4.0386

4.3436

4.6065

4.8332

5.0286

5.1971

5.3423

5.4675

5.5755

17%

0.8547

1.5852

2.2096

2.7432

3.1993

3.5892

3.9224

4.2072

4.4506

4.6586

4.8364

4.9884

5.1183

5.2293

5.3242

18%

0.8475

1.5656

2.1743

2.6901

3.1272

3.4976

3.8115

4.0776

4.3030

4.4941

4.6560

4.7932

4.9095

5.0081

5.0916

19%

0.8403

1.5465

2.1399

2.6386

3.0576

3.4098

3.7057

3.9544

4.1633

4.3389

4.4865

4.6105

4.7147

4.8023

4.8759

20%

0.8333

1.5278

2.1065

2.5887

2.9906

3.3255

3.6046

3.8372

4.0310

4.1925

4.3271

4.4392

4.5327

4.6106

4.6755

21%

0.8264

1.5095

2.0739

2.5404

2.9260

3.2446

3.5079

3.7256

3.9054

4.0541

4.1769

4.2784

4.3624

4.4317

4.4890

22%

0.8197

1.4915

2.0422

2.4936

2.8636

3.1669

3.4155

3.6193

3.7863

3.9232

4.0354

4.1274

4.2028

4.2646

4.3152

23%

0.8130

1.4740

2.0114

2.4483

2.8035

3.0923

3.3270

3.5179

3.6731

3.7993

3.9018

3.9852

4.0530

4.1082

4.1530

24%

0.8065

1.4568

1.9813

2.4043

2.7454

3.0205

3.2423

3.4212

3.5655

3.6819

3.7757

3.8514

3.9124

3.9616

4.0013

25%

0.8000

1.4400

1.9520

2.3616

2.6893

2.9514

3.1611

3.3289

3.4631

3.5705

3.6564

3.7251

3.7801

3.8241

3.8593








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