Question 216

Company S is planning to acquire Company T.
The shareholders in Company T will receive new shares in Company S in an all-share consideration.
Relevant information:

The shareholders in Company T want sufficient shares to receive a 25% premium on the pre-acquisition value of their shares, based on the pre-acquisition share price.
Which of the following share-for-share offers will achieve the desired result?
  • Question 217

    Company P is a pharmaceutical company listed on an alternative investment market.
    The company is developing a new drug which it hopes to market in approximately six years' time.
    Company P is owned and managed by a group of doctors who wish to retain control of the company. The company operates from leased laboratories with minimal fixed assets.
    Its value comes from the quality of its research staff and their research.
    The company currently has one approved drug which generates sufficient cashflow to cover day to day operations but not sufficient for major new research and development.
    Company P wish to raise debt finance to develop the new drug.
    Recommend which of the following types of debt finance would be most appropriate for Company P to help finance the development of this new drug.
  • Question 218

    A company currently has a 5.25% fixed rate loan but it wishes to change the interest style of the loan to variable by using an interest rate swap directly with the bank.
    The bank has quoted the following swap rate:
    * 4.50% - 455% in exchange for Libor
    Libor is currently 4%.
    If the company enters into the swap and Libor remains at 4%. what will the company's interest cost be?
  • Question 219

    The Treasurer of Z intends to use interest rate options to set an interest rate cap on Z's borrowings.
    Which of the following statement is correct?
  • Question 220

    XYZ has a variable rate loan of $200 million on which it is paying interest of Liber ' 3%.
    XYZ entered into a swap with AG bank to convert this to a fixed rate 8% loan. AB bank charges an annual commission of 0.4% for making this arrangement
    Calculate the net payment from KYZ to AB bank at the end of the first year if Libor was 2% throughout the year.
    Give your answer in $ million, to one decimal place.