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Convertible loan

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  • This topic has 3 replies, 3 voices, and was last updated 4 years ago by John Moffat.
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  • May 24, 2018 at 10:03 am #453723
    stepstothebest
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    A company has issued convertible loan notes which are due to be redeemed at a 5% premium in five year’s time. The coupon rate is 8% and the current MV is $85. Alternatively, the investor can choose to convert each loan note into 20 shares in five year’s time.

    The company pays tax at 30% per annum.

    The company’s shares are currently worth $4 and their value is expected to grow at a rate of 7% pa.

    Find the post-tax cost of the convertible debt to the company.

    the above one is the question.

    the answer is 11.4%
    they use two different required returns( 10% and 5%)

    On the other hand,

    I used (5% and 20%) as i’d like to get the other one being negative npv
    and my IRR is 13.1 %

    therefore, I doubted my answer and used others ( 5% and 15%)
    and IRR is 12.22%

    i go crazy because of this sir…

    help me sir

    May 24, 2018 at 2:09 pm #453750
    John Moffat
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    If you have watched my free lectures (and if you remember also from the F2 lectures), then any calculation of the IRR is only an approximation because we assume linearity even though the relationship is not linear.
    Therefore using different guesses will always give a different answer.

    That is not a problem for the exam. The examiner and markers know this and you still get the marks.

    April 12, 2021 at 10:07 am #617170
    eldryanzyan
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    for the same question, the answer for redeemable value (RV) is Cash RV = $100 × 1.05 = 105
    how do we get the $100 using MV $85?

    April 12, 2021 at 2:06 pm #617268
    John Moffat
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    There is a premium on redemption of 5%. Premiums are always calculated on the nominal value, which is always $100 unless specifically told differently.

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