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Grenarp june 2015

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  • This topic has 10 replies, 4 voices, and was last updated 7 years ago by John Moffat.
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  • May 6, 2016 at 7:54 am #313897
    josy87
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    The net cash raised by the rights issue will be used to redeem part of the loan note issue. Each loan note has a
    nominal value of $100 and an ex interest market value of $104. A clause in the bond issue contract allows
    Grenarp Co to redeem the loan notes at a 5% premium to market price at any time prior to their redemption date.
    The price/earnings ratio of Grenarp Co is not expected to be affected by the redemption of the loan notes.

    Sir I dont understand why how the nominal value is found. shouldn’t it be the opposite of
    the market value? 100/109.2?

    Nominal value of loan notes redeemed = 10,920,000/(109·20/100) = $10,000,000
    Before-tax interest saving = 10,000,000 x 0·08 = $800,000 per year
    After-tax interest saving = 800,000 x (1 – 0·3) = $560,000 per year
    Earnings after redeeming loan notes = 8,400,000 + 560,000 = $8,960,000 per year

    May 6, 2016 at 7:55 am #313898
    josy87
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    it is very different from the one i am used to.

    May 6, 2016 at 2:38 pm #313932
    John Moffat
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    I think you are misreading the answer:

    10,920,000 / (109.20/100) is the same as 10,920,000 x (100/109.20)

    However you write it, redeeming loan notes with a nominal value of 10M will cost them 10.92M (which is the amount that have have available from the rights issue).

    May 8, 2016 at 9:06 pm #314164
    josy87
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    thanks

    May 8, 2016 at 9:43 pm #314201
    John Moffat
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    You are welcome 🙂

    December 7, 2016 at 12:56 am #354799
    elppadas
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    Dear Sir

    I do not understand where the interest rate of 0.08 is derived from.
    Before-tax interest saving = 10,000,000 x 0·08 = $800,000 per year
    After-tax interest saving = 800,000 x (1 – 0·3) = $560,000 per year

    Thanks

    December 7, 2016 at 6:56 am #354864
    John Moffat
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    I assume that you are using the BPP Revision Kit.

    The original exam question (which you can find on the ACCA website) listed the loan notes as “8% loan notes”.

    BPP have missed out printing the 8% in the question!

    December 7, 2016 at 7:00 am #354866
    elppadas
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    Thank you so much. I have wasted 4 hrs analyzing where is the 8% from.

    Thanks again.

    December 7, 2016 at 7:06 am #354875
    John Moffat
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    It is very poor of BPP to have made this mistake 🙁

    May 19, 2018 at 1:30 pm #452836
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    Very helpful! 2 years later they still haven’t corrected it so I was going crazy finding the 0,8 until I found it here 😉

    Thank you so much.

    May 20, 2018 at 9:22 am #452922
    John Moffat
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    You are welcome 🙂

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