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Pre-December 2022 Mock Q1

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  • November 25, 2022 at 12:16 am #672449
    Connie3667
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    May I ask you about the mock paper Q1, this was the question from Sep/Dec 2016 Morada Co.

    According to the second director proposal, he suggested to raise one more debt of $70m through issuing four-year redeemable bonds with coupon rate 6.2% annual. So, the cost of bond became 6.2% due to he credit rating drop to Ca3 and thus rated to 240 basis point plus 3.8% risk free rate.

    For the WACC result, why the cost of bond 6.2% would be used for the full redeemable bonds (120m + 70m).

    Since my understanding is that the 6.2% cost of bond used for the new issuing bond 70m, but the original bond with 4.7% (3.8%+0.9%) cost of bond should still be here.

    Could I calculate the WACC under second director’s proposal as follows:
    12.3% x 360/556.4 + 4.7% x 0.8 x 126.4/556.4 + 6.2% x 0.8 x 70/556.4 = 9.44%?

    $360m is MV of equity, $126.4m is MV of bond before implement any proposals, $70m is new MV of bond, total 556.4.

    Thanks!

    November 25, 2022 at 12:32 am #672450
    Connie3667
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    Sorry, I know the reason that the rating changed would lead to the original cost of debt changed accordingly.
    So they both became $100 bond value and 6.2% cost of bond.

    November 25, 2022 at 10:00 am #672474
    John Moffat
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    What you have written is correct, except that I do not know where you are getting 4.7% from in your calculation of the WACC.

    Under the second directors proposal the cost will be 6.2% x 0.8 for all of the debt.

    Have you checked against the examiners own answer?

    November 25, 2022 at 12:40 pm #672560
    Connie3667
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    Thanks for your reply!
    4.7% is the first calculated cost of bond without implementing any proposals, I am not sure why the 4.7% cost of bond disappear and became 6.2%.
    But now I realized due to the credit rating changed to Ca3, so full of the debt changed accordingly.
    Otherwise, the 4.7% of the bond should be included in the WACC calculation if the credit rating remains unchanged.

    November 25, 2022 at 3:37 pm #672610
    John Moffat
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    That is correct 🙂 🙂

    November 25, 2022 at 11:17 pm #672624
    Connie3667
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    Thank you 🙂 🙂

    November 26, 2022 at 6:24 am #672631
    John Moffat
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    You are welcome 🙂

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