Defective chainsaws can seriously injure or even kill the people who use them.
Charlie’s chief rival has recalled two of its products within the past year.
Product recalls often result in a perception by customers that a given product is permanently defective, even after the defect has been remedied.
The stocks of publicly traded companies that announce product recalls often drop upon the announcement, but they generally return to the pre-announcement level within 12 months.
Three years ago a rival company went out of business because of large punitive damages awarded to a plaintiff who had been injured by a defective chainsaw.
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More students than one ______ there.
A. has been
B. have been
C. had been
D. would have been
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KFP Co, a company listed on a major stock market, is looking at its cost of capital as it prepares to make a bid to buy a rival unlisted company, NGN. Both companies are in the same business sector. Financial information on KFP Co and NGN is as follows:
NGN has a cost of equity of 12% per year and has maintained a dividend payout ratio of 45% for several years. The current earnings per share of the company is 80c per share and its earnings have grown at an average rate of 4·5% per year in recent years.
The ex div share price of KFP Co is $4·20 per share and it has an equity beta of 1·2. The 7% bonds of the company are trading on an ex interest basis at $94·74 per $100 bond. The price/earnings ratio of KFP Co is eight times.
The directors of KFP Co believe a cash offer for the shares of NGN would have the best chance of success. It has been suggested that a cash offer could be financed by debt.
Required:
(a) Calculate the weighted average cost of capital of KFP Co on a market value weighted basis. (10 marks)
(b) Calculate the total value of the target company, NGN, using the following valuation methods:
(i) Price/earnings ratio method, using the price/earnings ratio of KFP Co; and
(ii) Dividend growth model. (6 marks)
(c) Discuss the relationship between capital structure and weighted average cost of capital, and comment on
the suggestion that debt could be used to finance a cash offer for NGN. (9 marks)
第3题:
The chief reason why philanthropy has conic into a good stage is that
A. the new money is less likely to be regarded as one's private wealth
B. Gates will devote his full attention to philanthropy
C. the welfare state would take over all the charity responsibilities
D. many new millionaires are self-made rather than inherited
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阅读短文,判断句子正误,正确的写T,错误的写F 。
In recent years, the Chinese auto industry has seen rapid growth, with the demand on private cars rising sharply in Chinese cities since 2002.
By 2009, China has replaced the U.S. to become the world's largest auto market. As an important part of the world car industry, the global auto industry will shift further to China. This brings historical opportunity to China's auto market.
Currently, both the development of China's auto market and the changes in consumer demand for vehicles are ever -increasing. China's auto industry will continue to grow in the next decade. It means there is still huge room for its development. China has an urban population of more than 600million. It also has a huge agricultural vehicle market in the rural areas. Hence, there is no doubt for China's development of auto industry. That is also the reason why the world's auto producers are paying more attention to the Chinese market.
()26. The demand on private cars increased greatly in Chinese cities since 2002.
()27. China has become the world's largest auto market.
()28. China's auto industry tends to decrease in the next decade.
()29. China has an urban population of less than 600 million.
()30. The reason why the world's auto producers are paying more attention to the Chinese market is that China's auto industry developed very quickly.
参考答案:26-30:T T F F F
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第8题:
3 (a) Leigh, a public limited company, purchased the whole of the share capital of Hash, a limited company, on 1 June
2006. The whole of the share capital of Hash was formerly owned by the five directors of Hash and under the
terms of the purchase agreement, the five directors were to receive a total of three million ordinary shares of $1
of Leigh on 1 June 2006 (market value $6 million) and a further 5,000 shares per director on 31 May 2007,
if they were still employed by Leigh on that date. All of the directors were still employed by Leigh at 31 May
2007.
Leigh granted and issued fully paid shares to its own employees on 31 May 2007. Normally share options issued
to employees would vest over a three year period, but these shares were given as a bonus because of the
company’s exceptional performance over the period. The shares in Leigh had a market value of $3 million
(one million ordinary shares of $1 at $3 per share) on 31 May 2007 and an average fair value of
$2·5 million (one million ordinary shares of $1 at $2·50 per share) for the year ended 31 May 2007. It is
expected that Leigh’s share price will rise to $6 per share over the next three years. (10 marks)
Required:
Discuss with suitable computations how the above share based transactions should be accounted for in the
financial statements of Leigh for the year ended 31 May 2007.
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