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  • This topic has 3 replies, 2 voices, and was last updated 10 years ago by John Moffat.
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  • February 24, 2016 at 1:29 pm #301838
    mansoor
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    GXG is an e-business … they need to raise 3.2m.

    option 1: suspend dividends for 2 years and then pay divs of 25c per share from the end of the third year, increasing annually at 4% per year in subsequent years. div in recent years have grown by 3%. Recent div paid: 1.6m, 10m shares in issue with nominal value of 50c. cost of equity = 9%

    what is the value of the company using the DVM

    answer in the kit:

    divs at end of 3rd year = 10m x .25 = 2.5m

    then it says: capital value at end of year two = 2.5/(.09-.04) = 50m

    – i dont understand this at all. pls explain, rgards

    February 24, 2016 at 11:13 pm #301900
    John Moffat
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    They are using the dividend valuation formula from the formula sheet that is given in the exam.

    However the formula has Do(1+g) on the top of the equation (which is the dividend in 1 year time) and gives the value at time 0.

    In this question we know the dividend in 3 year time, and so if you use this on the top of the formula, then because it is 2 years later than if it was in 1 years time, the answer from the formula will also be 2 years later and will be the value on 2 year time instead of the value at time 0 (now).

    February 25, 2016 at 12:42 pm #302020
    mansoor
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    hmmm….so we r setting 2.5m=D0x(1+g) .. but i am unable to grasp this.

    so i tried going forward in time as follows:

    pv at t3 = 2.5m x (1.04)/(.09-.04) = 52

    now i discount it back to t0 by 52/(1.09)^3 = 40

    is this logic correct?

    would the examiner throw me out had i done this in the exam?

    thanks in advance

    February 25, 2016 at 7:42 pm #302062
    John Moffat
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    No – the examiner would not throw you out.

    What you are doing is fine 🙂

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