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Master of Business Administration- MBA Semester 2 MB0045 – Financial Management - 3 Credits

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Assignment Set- 1 (60 Marks) Note: Each question carry 10 Marks. Answer all the questions.
1. Why wealth maximization is superior to profit maximization in today’s context? Justify your answer 2. Your grandfather is 75 years old. He has total savings of Rs.80,000. He expects that he live for another 10 years and will like to spend his savings by then. He places his savings into a bank account earning 10 per cent annually. He will draw equal amount each yearthe first withdrawal occurring one year from now in such a way that his account balance becomes zero at the end of 10 years. How much will be his annual withdrawal? 3. What factors affect financial plan?
4. Suppose you buy a one-year government bond that has a maturity value of Rs.1000.

The market interest rate is 8 per cent. (a) How much will you pay for the bond? (b) If you purchase the bond for Rs.904.98, what interest rate will you earn from this investment?

Case Study: Deepak Hand tools Private Limited

(20 Marks)

DHPL is a small sized firm manufacturing hand tools. It manufacturing plan is situated in Haryana. The company’s sales in the year ending on 31st March 2007 were Rs.1000 million (Rs.100 crore) on an asset base of Rs.650 million. The net profit of the company was Rs.76 million. The management of the company wants to improve profitability further. The required rate of return of the company is 14 percent. The company is currently considering an investment proposal. One is to expand its manufacturing capacity. The estimated cost of the new equipment is Rs.250 million. It is expected to have an economic life of 10 years. The accountant forecasts that net cash inflows would be Rs.45 million per annum for the first three years, Rs.68 million per annum from year four to year eight and for the remaining two years Rs.30million per annum. The plant can be sold for Rs.55 million at the end of its economic life. The company would need to raise debt to the extent of Rs.200 million. The company has the following options of borrowing Rs.200 million: a. The company can borrow funds from a nationalized bank at the interest rate of 14 percent for 10 years. It will be required to pay equal annual installment of interest and repayment of principal. b. A financial institution has offered to lend money to DHPL at 13.5 per annum but it needs to pay equated quarterly installment of interest and repayment of principal. Questions:

1. 2. 3. 4.

Should the company expand its capacity? Show the computation of NPV What is the annual installment of bank loan? Calculate the quarterly installments of the Financial Institution loan Should the company borrow from the bank or from the financial institution?

Master of Business Administration- MBA Semester 2

MB0045 – Financial Management - 3 Credits
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Assignment Set- 2 (60 Marks) Note: Each question carry 10 Marks. Answer all the questions. 1. A. What is the cost of retained earnings? (3 Marks)
B. A company issues new debentures of Rs.2 million, at par; the net proceeds being Rs.1.8 million. It has a 13.5 per cent rate of interest and 7 years maturity. The company’s tax rate is 52 per cent. What is the cost of debenture issue? What will be the cost in 4 years if the market value of debentures at that time is Rs.2.2 million? (7 Marks) 2. Volga is a large manufacturing company in the private sector. In 2007 the company had a gross sale of Rs.980.2 crore. The other financial data for the company are given below: (10 Marks) Items Net worth Borrowing EBIT Interest Fixed cost (excluding interest) Rs. In crore 152.31 165.47 43.17 34.39 118.23

You are required to calculate: a. Debt equity ratio b. Operating leverage c. Financial leverage d. Combined leverage. Interpret your results and comment on the Volga’s debt policy
3. Explain Miller and Modigliani Approach to capital structure theory. 4. How to estimate cash flows? What are the components of incremental cash flows?

5. What are the steps involved in capital rationing? 6. Equipment A has a cost of Rs.75,000 and net cash flow of Rs.20000 per year for six years. A substitute equipment B would cost Rs.50,000 and generate net cash flow of Rs.14,000 per year for six years. The required rate of return of both equipments is 11 per cent. Calculate the IRR and NPV for the equipments. Which equipment should be accepted and why?