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*** F9 June 2012 Exam was … Comments and Instant Poll ***

Forums › ACCA Forums › ACCA FM Financial Management Forums › *** F9 June 2012 Exam was … Comments and Instant Poll ***

  • This topic has 198 replies, 84 voices, and was last updated 12 years ago by jm84.
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  • June 16, 2012 at 2:17 pm #100545
    aneelraja
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    hello again,
    i do understand the the rest, but to calculate the spread u need variance of cash flow, transaction costs and interest rate . And either i was stupid or i was confused but i didnt saw these figures any where in the question.
    And i am more confused because it was an easy Q (if i had the figures).

    June 16, 2012 at 2:48 pm #100546
    sohanidevi
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    @ammar-shabbir said:
    Hello Everyone i just want to comment regarding Q.1 for the calculation of npv i used after tax rate of 7 % the reason being that in WACC there r 2 components Ke & Kd in case of Ke there is no tax but in Case of Kd it is tax deductible thus for npv calculation i took 7 % rate after tax…. however in part b asset replacement Qs…
    i used 12% the reason being that it explicitly stated that ignore tax & capital allowance….thus i used 12 % before tax so do comment whether it was logical or not….. thanks…..
    In Q4 i did make a blunder i took year 3 dividend value & use that in dvm formula & got an utterly ocnfusing figure 1444444… something like that…. but hoefully i might get 2.5/4 as i correctly calculated Ke…..

    for the dvm i got 11444 million. i took yr three since the question mentioned the company was struggling financially for the last two yrs

    June 16, 2012 at 2:49 pm #100547
    sohanidevi
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    @aneelraja said:
    hello again,
    i do understand the the rest, but to calculate the spread u need variance of cash flow, transaction costs and interest rate . And either i was stupid or i was confused but i didnt saw these figures any where in the question.
    And i am more confused because it was an easy Q (if i had the figures).

    hey the spread was given so we didnt had to calculate it. the spread given was 75000

    June 16, 2012 at 3:05 pm #100548
    kachaloo
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    @ochieng said:
    the p/e qn required us to compute the current earnings given the earnings of 3 prior years. earnings thus grew by by the square root of 4300/3000)-1 which gave me about 19.6percent. used that to compute the current earnings and multiplied the earnings by 5 to get the mkt value

    Well I said if the earings were forecasted as with 3% growth. So if the earings of 30,000 in Year 1 including the 3% growth so the current earning must have been 30,000/1.03=29126 and use that in PE vaulation as 29126×5=14563 Hope I get some credit for it 😉

    June 16, 2012 at 3:08 pm #100549
    kachaloo
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    @royyston said:
    Hi for Q4 did anyone get Ke= 12%, WACC= 10% and new Ke = 14% and new WACC = 10.3%? Thanks

    I did the same… So we both are either right or wrong…;)

    June 16, 2012 at 3:14 pm #100550
    kachaloo
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    @aneelraja said:
    hello again,
    i do understand the the rest, but to calculate the spread u need variance of cash flow, transaction costs and interest rate . And either i was stupid or i was confused but i didnt saw these figures any where in the question.
    And i am more confused because it was an easy Q (if i had the figures).

    spread was given as 75,000 so did not need any transaction cost etc to use the formula.
    Minimum level 200000+spread 75000 = 275000 Upper level
    Return point 20000+1/3 of 75000= 250000
    Cash to be transferred out when hit upper limit = 50000 (I mentioned it in discussion)

    June 16, 2012 at 4:23 pm #100551
    libratype
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    @royyston said:
    Hi for Q4 did anyone get Ke= 12%, WACC= 10% and new Ke = 14% and new WACC = 10.3%? Thanks

    we are three with same results!:)

    June 16, 2012 at 4:25 pm #100552
    libratype
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    @kachaloo said:
    spread was given as 75,000 so did not need any transaction cost etc to use the formula.
    Minimum level 200000+spread 75000 = 275000 Upper level
    Return point 20000+1/3 of 75000= 250000
    Cash to be transferred out when hit upper limit = 50000 (I mentioned it in discussion)

    return point 200 000+ 1/3 75000=225 000

    June 16, 2012 at 4:33 pm #100553
    Anonymous
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    @royyston said:
    Hi for Q4 did anyone get Ke= 12%, WACC= 10% and new Ke = 14% and new WACC = 10.3%? Thanks

    me

    June 16, 2012 at 4:40 pm #100554
    kachaloo
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    @libratype said:
    return point 200 000+ 1/3 75000=225 000

    sorry you are right it was typo…

    June 16, 2012 at 5:05 pm #100556
    cazza99
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    @royyston said:
    Hi for Q4 did anyone get Ke= 12%, WACC= 10% and new Ke = 14% and new WACC = 10.3%? Thanks

    Yep. me too. Think that’s 5 so far.

    June 16, 2012 at 6:17 pm #100558
    zahidbd
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    @cazza99 said:
    Yep. me too. Think that’s 5 so far.

    so got 5 marks r8…thnx god

    June 16, 2012 at 6:29 pm #100560
    zahidbd
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    @rawfay said:
    Q4

    For people complaining about no dividends in the current year. Remember the dividend for the 2nd year were given.

    And remember that DVM formula in which Do(1+g) = D1

    so you were already given the D1 value 😀

    is’nt it was a forcast of future earnings and dividend…..n the question asked for the current mv ……so i think u gt the mv of the forcasted yr1…which is nxt year….bt what abt current year…..but u did an exellent job….of thinking abt the d(1+g) as a whole….nice

    June 16, 2012 at 7:18 pm #100561
    cazza99
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    So, has anyone come up with a definitive way of valuing Co with DVM with no dividends?? I can’t figure out how we were supposed to do it.

    June 16, 2012 at 8:31 pm #100562
    zahidbd
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    @cazza99 said:
    So, has anyone come up with a definitive way of valuing Co with DVM with no dividends?? I can’t figure out how we were supposed to do it.

    i guess we hv 2 w8 till the examiner speaks….

    June 17, 2012 at 2:17 am #100563
    derek067
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    To value the company by dvm and going by previous exams when no dividend in current year so no growth to next year …..use year 1 as current year so yr2 dividend is div + g divide this by the cost of equity(i think 12%) you now have a value in year 1 terms so multiply by year 1 12% disc rate and you have the answer.Got it wrong myself i just divided yr1 div by 12%,i dont think it is right and going by pevious exams its wrong but techniqne right so maybe a couple of marks anyway

    June 17, 2012 at 2:31 am #100564
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    time was very pressing. too many discussion ques to answer. Q1 and Q2 took me almost 2hr. Q4 was a disaster for me!

    For Q1, can anyone tell me if fixed cost should be included in calculating NPV? I included it and thought I made mistake just when I handed in papaer!!!

    June 17, 2012 at 7:26 am #100565
    Anonymous
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    For q1, do we use pre-tax cost of capital of 12% for (a) and post-tax 7% for (b), or do we use post-tax cost of capital of 7% for both? Thanks!

    June 17, 2012 at 8:22 am #100566
    rinku
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    @zahidbd said:
    so got 5 marks r8…thnx god

    I too got the same answer – so it’s 6 so far 🙂

    June 17, 2012 at 8:29 am #100567
    khizrak
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    Will the examiner give decent marks if i ‘assumed’ a dividend and no. of shares value? I mentioned my assumption in bold writing.

    June 17, 2012 at 8:30 am #100568
    khizrak
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    besides when will they upload the question paper? audit was uploaded within HOURS!

    June 17, 2012 at 10:50 am #100569
    Anonymous
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    @cazza99 said:
    Yep. me too. Think that’s 5 so far.

    Cool, seems like all 6 of us have the same answer for 4b. 😉

    June 17, 2012 at 10:51 am #100570
    harjit29
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    Hi all, I found Q4 a massive challenge! I have never seen a question on WACC based on that type of scenario in all the past papers I studied from! I was completely confused and gutted! The examiner really tweaked the question this time round on a section of the paper that has been somewhat similar in the past papers, I feel 25 points robbed! I would have accepted it had it been in past paper & I chose to ignore it but never has it been structured in this way!! I have the previouse comments and most of you feel like me, unsure how to work the answer out! I wish we could do something to put out thoughts forward to ACCA. The questions asked in Q4 were exactly how they were presented in past papers but the scenario was tweaked hugely (I felt) by the examiner. I just feel gutted as studied so hard and I know I will have to re-take the exam due to the scenario being so different. What do you all think?

    June 17, 2012 at 10:58 am #100571
    ryan25
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    got the same answers for question 4b too…:)

    June 17, 2012 at 11:34 am #100572
    Anonymous
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    I would like to share your feelings, as i studied also very hard and long. It’s a pity to fail only because of that question.

    @harjit29 said:
    Hi all, I found Q4 a massive challenge! I have never seen a question on WACC based on that type of scenario in all the past papers I studied from! I was completely confused and gutted! The examiner really tweaked the question this time round on a section of the paper that has been somewhat similar in the past papers, I feel 25 points robbed! I would have accepted it had it been in past paper & I chose to ignore it but never has it been structured in this way!! I have the previouse comments and most of you feel like me, unsure how to work the answer out! I wish we could do something to put out thoughts forward to ACCA. The questions asked in Q4 were exactly how they were presented in past papers but the scenario was tweaked hugely (I felt) by the examiner. I just feel gutted as studied so hard and I know I will have to re-take the exam due to the scenario being so different. What do you all think?

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