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Assignment Task:

Using the information provided in the financial statements,

1. Compute the cost of debt, Kd.  
2. Compute the cost of equity, Ke if the beta of the company is 0.91, Rf in India is 6% and market risk premium in India is 4%. 
3. Compute the capital structure of the company.  
4. Compute the overall WACC of the business. Assume tax rate as  
5. What can you comment about the health of the business using your computations? If say the average industry WACC is 10%, how would you interpret this company’s WACC based on your computation?

PART B:

Q1. Compute the Enterprise Value of a business using the discounted cash flow (DCF) model with the following financials.

1. Forecast period for projecting the financials: 5 years with FY2019 being the current year.
2. Revenues for FY2019: ?50m, growing at 10% p.a. for the forecast period.
3. Expenses to be taken as 50% of revenues.
4. Company has ?80m of fixed assets which depreciate at 25% p.a. in written down value manner. 
5. Change in Working capital during FY2019 is ?10m. Additional working capital required during forecast period for each year to be same as FY2019 working capital.
6. WACC for the business: 15%, terminal growth rate: 3% p.a.
7. Tax rate at 30%.

Compute the following (i to iii):

1. Operating cash flows for the forecast period.  
2. Terminal cash flows for the forecast period.  
3. Enterprise Value (EV) of the business using the DCF model.  
4. What does the EV that you have computed above represent? How would a finance manager interpret this value of EV if it is a case of valuing a business for a takeover by another business?  

Q2. A 10-year Government of India bond (G-Sec) with Face Value of ?1000 was issued at a coupon of 6.5%, paid semi-annually. The bond has been trading in the secondary market and seven years are left till maturity. 

1. Compute the price of the bond if the current yield-to-maturity (YTM) of the bond is 6%. 
2. Compute the price of the bond if the current yield-to-maturity (YTM) of the bond is 7%.  
3. Compute the price of the bond if the current yield-to-maturity (YTM) of the bond is 6.5%. 
4. Compute the price of the bond in the above three cases if only one year was left till maturity.  
5. What would be the price of the bond right before the final coupon payment?  
6. What would be the price of the bond right after the final coupon payment? 
7. Draw the graph of the Bond Yields v. Price of the bond based on the above information. What do you observe about relation between Bond Yields and Price of the bond? Analyze the results you have obtained.

Q3. Explain the following concepts as they relate to corporate finance (up to 1000 words each, appropriate referencing required):

1. Explain the three forms of efficient markets as stated in the Efficient market hypothesis (EMH). What type of investment strategies would work best if the markets are actually efficient? 
2. Explain with suitable examples from the business world, the role of Corporate Governance in efficient working of a business. You may take reference from agency theory in drawing up your analysis