(Rs. million)                                       Beginning of 2007     End of 2007

Sales                          80                      Inventory                         9                    12

Cost of goods sold    56                      Accounts receivable        12                   16

Accounts payable             7                    10

What is the length of the operating cycle? The cash cycle? Assume 365 days to a year.

15. M Ltd. is considering relaxing its collection efforts. Existing sales are Rs.50,00,000, Average

collection period is 25 days, P/V Ratio 25%, Cost of Capital 15% and Bad debts 4%.

The relaxation of the collection effort will increase sales by Rs.6,00,000, increase average

collection period to 40 days and increase bad debts to 6%. The company can save collection

expenses of Rs.10,000. Advice the company.

16. A Ltd. issued Rs.100, 15% debt at par repayable in 3 annual installments of Rs.30, Rs.30 and

Rs.40 at the end of the 7^th, 8^thand 9^th years respectively. The issued cost is 3% and the tax rate

60% Calculate kd.

17. A Ltd. has a share capital of Rs.1,00,000 divided into shares of Rs.10 each. It has major

expansion programme requiring an investment of another Rs.50,000. The management is

considering the following alternatives for raising this amount:

(i) Issue of 5,000 equity shares of Rs.10 each.

(ii) Issue of 5,000, 12% preference shares of Rs.10 each.

(iii) Issue of 10% debentures of Rs.50,000.

The company’s present earnings before interest and tax (EBIT) are Rs.40,000 p.a. You are

required to calculate the effect of each of the above modes on financing of the earnings per share

(EPS) presuming:

(a) EBIT continues to be the same even after expansion.

(b) EBIT increases by Rs.10,000.

18. Operating Leverage = 2; Combined Leverage = 3, at present sales level of 10,000 units; selling

price = Rs.12; Variable cost = 50% of sales; Tax Rate = 50%

The company has no preference share capital. If the rate of interest of the company’s debt is 16%

Calculate the amount of debt to the capital structure.

PART – C

Answer any two questions                                                                         (2 x 2 = 40)

19. A project requires investment of Rs.1,00,000 and the working capital of Rs.20,000 at the end

of the first year. The project has a life of 5 years and the scrap value of Rs.20,000.  The project

yields the following profits before tax.

Year                   Profit before Tax (PBT)

Rs.

1                           20,000

2                           40,000

3                           60,000

4                           50,000

5                            30,000

Calculate

(i) pay back period, (PBP),

(ii) Average Rate of Return (ARR),

(iii) Net present value (NPV) and

(iv) Profitability Index PI

(v) Discounted pay back period

Assume cost of capital is 10% and tax @ 50%

20. A Ltd, is presently operating at 60% capacity and producing 36,000 units per annum. In the

next year it plans to operate at 90% capacity.

The present cost price structure per unit is – Raw Material Rs.4; Wages Rs.2; Variable overheads

Rs.2; Fixed overheads Re.1 and selling price Rs.10

1. Raw material will remain in stores for 2 month.

2. WIP for 1 month.

3. Finished goods for 2 months.

4. Debtors are allowed 2 months credit and creditors are allowed 3 months credit.

5. Lag in payment of wages and overheads = 1 month each.

Ascertain the profit at 90% capacity level and the working capital necessary to sustain this  production, assuming that the cash balance of 5% of the gross working capital is required. Calculate the Cash Cost of Working Capital .

21. You are required to determine the weighted average cost of capital (Ko) of the K.C. Ltd. using (i) book value weights; and (ii) market value weights. The following is available for your perusal:

The K.C. Ltd.’s present book value capital structure is :

Rs.

Debentures (Rs.100 per debenture)                  8,00,000

Preference Shares (Rs.100 per share)               2,00,000

Equity Shares (Rs.10 per share)                      10,00,000

20,00,000

All these securities are traded in the capital markets. Recent prices are, debentures @ Rs.100, preference shares @ Rs.120 equity shares@ Rs.22. Anticipated external financing opportunities are –

(i) Rs.100 per debentures redeemable at par: 20-year maturity, 8% coupon rate, 4% floatation costs, sale price Rs.100.

(ii) Rs.100 preference share redeemable at par: 15-year maturity, 10% dividend rate,     5% floatation costs, sale price Rs.100.

(iii) Equity shares: Rs.2 per share floatation costs, sale price Rs.22.

In addition, the dividend expected on the equity share at the end of the year in Rs.2 per share; the anticipated growth rate in dividends is 5% and the company has the practice of paying all its earning in the form of dividends. The corporate tax rate is 50%.