A company is considering taking out $10.000,000 of floating rate bank borrowings to finance a new project. The current rate available to the company on floating rate barrowings is 8%. The borrowings contain a covenant based on an interested cover of 5 times.
The project is expected to generate the following results:

At what interest rate on the floating rate borrowings is the bank covenant first breached?

Company A is a listed company that produces pottery goods which it sells throughout Europe. The pottery is then delivered to a network of self employed artists who are contracted to paint the pottery in their own homes. Finished goods are distributed by network of sales agents.The directors of Company A are now considering acquiring one or more smaller companies by means of vertical integration to improve profit margins.
Advise the Board of Company A which of the following acquisitions is most likely to achieve the stated aim of vertical integration?

Company A is planning to acquire Company B.
Company A's managers think they can improve the performance of Company B to the extent that its own P/E ratio should be applied to Company B's earnings.
Relevant Data:

What is the expected synergy if the acquisition goes ahead?
Give your answer to the nearest $ million.
$ ? million

A company is considering either directly exporting its product to customers in a foreign country or setting up a subsidiary in the foreign country to manufacture and supply customers in that country.
Details of each alternative method of supplying the foreign market are as follows:

There is an import tax on product entering the foreign country of 10% of sales value.
This import duty is a tax-allowable deduction in the company's domestic country.
The exchange rate is A$1.00 = B$1.10
Which alternative yields the highest total profit after taxation?

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?