1)Warwickshire plc is appraising a new project in a different line of business to its core operations. It has identified a suitable company, Nottingham plc, to use as a proxy. Details are as follows: Equity beta of Nottingham 1.250 Market value of Nottingham's debt: £39m Market value of Nottingham's equity: £45m Corporation Tax rate (both companies): 30% If Warwickshire is finance by £95m of equity and £95m of debt what would a suitable proxy equity beta for Warwickshire plc to use in the appraisal process?

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1)Warwickshire plc is appraising a new project in a different line of business to its core operations. It has identified a suitable company, Nottingham plc, to use as a proxy. Details are as follows:

Equity beta of Nottingham 1.250
Market value of Nottingham's debt: £39m
Market value of Nottingham's equity: £45m
Corporation Tax rate (both companies): 30%

If Warwickshire is finance by £95m of equity and £95m of debt what would a suitable proxy equity beta for Warwickshire plc to use in the appraisal process?

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Ms Obang is reviewing the performance of one of the shares in her portfolio. She bought the share a year ago for £4.00 (ex-div). Over the year it paid a dividend of 20p and the share price currently stands at £4.20 (ex-div). The shares equity beta is 1.4. The yield on short-date Treasury Bills over the year has been 1.2% and the Market Return is 6%.

Using the CAPM, what has been the performance of the share over the last year?

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The following information relates to the acquisition of M plc by D plc:

 

Recent dividend of M plc:                           20p per share

 Expected dividend growth of M plc:          3% per year

 Cost of equity of D plc:                                10%

 Number of shares of D plc:                        20 million

 Cost of equity of M plc:                               8%

 Number of shares of M plc:                        15 million

 

 What is the market value suggested by the dividend valuation model?

 

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