that the board of directors at MCI was divided between two possible solutions. Should the company finance the repurchase by increasing MCI’s debt financing by at least doubling the current debt-equity ration that stood at 36% at that time (MCI)? Conversely‚ would a more conservative approach of using an open-market purchase program‚ announcing its intentions to repurchase its stock from "time to time" but only as corporate funds become available‚ be more appropriate (MCI)? The answer to this question
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Meaning Of Amalgamation When two or more companies carrying on similar business go into liquidation and a new company is formed to take over their business‚ it is called amalgamation. In other words‚ amalgamation refers to the formation of a new company by taking over the business of two or more existing companies doing similar type of business. In amalgamation‚ two or more companies are liquidated and a new company is formed to take over the business of liquidating companies. The companies which
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Theory of Capital Structure - A Review Stein Frydenberg£ April 29‚ 2004 ABSTRACT This paper is a review of the central theoretical literature. The most important arguments for what could determine capital structure is the pecking order theory and the static trade off theory. These two theories are reviewed‚ but neither of them provides a complete description of the situation and why some firms prefer equity and others debt under different circumstances. The paper is ended by a summary where the
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book‚ you would read the topic theories of capital structure. Here‚ I have made these theories simplified. I hope‚ you can study these theories here and use these theories as reference. We all know that capital structure is combination of sources of funds in which we can include two main sources’ proportion. One is share capital and other is Debt. All four theories are just explaining the effect of changing the proportion of these sources on the overall cost of capital and total value of firm. If
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Exercise on Unit 2 – Theories of Capital Structure 1. Companies U & L are identical in all respect except that U is unlevered while L is levered. Company L has Rs. 20 Lacs of 8% debentures outstanding. Assume a. All MM assumptions are met b. Tax rate is 35% c. EBIT is Rs. 6 Lacs d. Equity capitalization rate of company U is 10% Find the following: a. Value of each firm according to MM approach b. Suppose Value of U is Rs. 25 Lacs and Value of L Rs. 35 Lacs. According
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Assignment: Capital Structure PART A 1. Apple Corporation has 2.5 million shares outstanding with a market value of $2.00 each (expected return = 16%) and debt with a market value of $1‚ 000‚000 and a return of 10% Required a. What is the return on the capital of Apple Corporation? [Show all workings and formulae) [7.5 marks] 2. Samsung generates pre-tax earnings of $2‚000‚000 per year. Currently it has issued 1 million shares which sell for $10 each. Samsung has no debt in
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Capital Structure Theories Capital Structure Capital Structure is the proportion of debt‚ preference and equity capitals in the total financing of the firm’s assets. The main objective of financial management is to maximize the value of the equity shares of the firm. Given this objective‚ the firm has to choose that financing mix/capital structure that results in maximizing the wealth of the equity shareholders. Such a capital structure is called as the optimum capital structure. At the optimum
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Group Case 3: MCI Communications Corp.‚ 1983 Executive Summary Assumptions The following are the assumptions we made through the whole analysis. The predicted revenues from 1983 to 1990 were assumed to follow the pattern in Exhibit 9A‚ despite the uncertainty of the higher access charge and competition increase. The marginal tax rate is 30% during that period. The firm must keep minimal cash balance of $100 million to support its operating activities. However
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For the exclusive use of Y. LI Harvard Business School 9-284-057 Rev. June 1‚ 1998 MCI Communications Corp.‚ 1983 In April 1983 Wayne English‚ chief financial officer of MCI Communications Corp.‚ faced the problem of setting financial policy in an environment characterized by a large potential demand for external funding and great uncertainty concerning MCI’s future. MCI‚ which provided long distance telecommunications services in competition with AT&T‚ had seen its revenues grow from almost nothing
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Caleb Johnson Capital Structure Theory Working Capital Management Dr. Woodward 10/14/14 Capital Structure Theory Part a. (Capital Structure) Capital structure is very important. Not only does it influence the return a company earns for its shareholders but can also be a determining factor on whether or not a firm survives a recession. A company’s capital structure is a mix of their short-term debt‚ long-term debt‚ and equity. A firm’s capital structure is the way the firm finances all of its
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