Sessional Examination: Master of Business Administration (MBA) Semester: III
Sessional Examination: Master of Business Administration (MBA) Semester: III
Sessional Examination: Master of Business Administration (MBA) Semester: III
Question No.1. N. B. Attempt any Ten questions from Question No. One.
Write Short Answer in thirty words approximately. All questions carry 2
marks.
Q.No. 2 The overall cost of capital of unlevered firm, V Ltd., will be 15 % i.e.,
the equity capitalization rate. The following is the data regarding two
companies X and Y belonging to the same risk class:
Company X Company Y
All profits after debenture interest are distributed as dividends. Explain how
under Modigliani & Miller approach, an investor holding 10% of shares in
Company X will be better off in switching his holding to Company Y.
Q.No. 3 PQR Ltd. is considering relaxing its credit policy and evaluating two
proposed policies. Currently, the firm has annual credit sales of Rs. 50 lacs and
Accounts receivables of Rs. 12,50,000. The current level of loss due to bad debts
is Rs. 1,50,000. The firm is to give a return of 20% on investment in the new
(additional) accounts receivables. The company's variable costs are 70% of the
selling price. The following further information is furnished:
You are the management accountant of the firm. Advise the MD which
option should be adopted?
Q.No. 4 ABC Company has decided to acquire a Rs. 5,00,000 pulp control device
that has a useful life a ten years. A subsidy of Rs. 50,000 is available at the time
the device is acquired and placed into service. The device would be depreciated on
straight-line basis and no salvage is expected. The company is in the 50% tax
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bracket. If the acquisition is financed with a lease, lease payments of Rs. 55,000
would be required at the beginning of each year. The company can also borrow at
10% and debt payments would be due at the very beginning of each of the ten
years. What is the present value of cash outflow for each of these financing
alternatives, using the after-tax cost of debt ? Which alternatives is preferable ?
3) The Product will appeal to a small segment of the market which will be
willing to pay high Price.
Demand 20 40 10
Variable Cost 12
Fixed Cost 50
Q.No. 6 ABC Company is taking over XYZ Company. The shareholders of XYZ
would receive 0.8 shares of ABC Co. for each shares held by them. The merger
is not expected to yield in economics of scale and operating synergy. The
relevant data for the two companies are as follows :
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Particulars ABC Co. XYZ Com.
For the combined company (after merger), you are required to calculate
(a) EPS, (b) PE Ratio, (c) market value per share, (d) number of share, and (e)
total market capitalization. Also calculate the premium paid by ABC Co. to the
shareholders of XYZ Co.
Q. No. 9 What is venture capital financing? Describe briefly the main features
of venture capital financing.
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