Question 1 XYZ Ltd.

has the following book

value capital structure:
Equity Capital (in shares of Rs. 10 each,
fully paid up- at par) Rs. 15 crore

12% Preference Capital (in shares of Rs. Rs. 1 crore

100 each, fully paid up- at par)

Retained Earnings Rs. 20 crores

11.5% Debentures (of Rs. 100 each) Rs. 10 crores

13% Term Loans Rs. 12.5 crores

Current dividend on equity shares per share is Rs.3.60; the dividend per share is expected to grow at the rate of 7%.
The market price per share is Rs. 40. Preference stock, redeemable after ten years, is currently selling at Rs. 85 per
share. Debentures, redeemable after six years, are selling at Rs. 83 per debenture. The Income tax rate for the
company is 36%.
(i) Calculate the weighted average cost of capital.
(ii) Define the weighted marginal cost of capital schedule for the company, if it raises Rs. 10 crores next
year, given the following information: (a) the amount will be raised by equity and debt in equal
proportions; (b) the company expects to retain Rs.1.5 crores earnings next year; (c) the additional issue
of equity shares will result in decline of the net price per share to Rs. 32; (d) the debt capital raised by
way of term loans will cost 14% for the first Rs.2.5 crores and 15% for the balance amount.

Question 2 Market value of equity Leveraged beta

You are analysing the
beta for ABC Computers
Ltd. and have divided
the company into four
broad business groups,
with market values and
betas for each group.
Business group
Main frames Rs. 100 billion 1.30
Personal Computers Rs. 100 billion 1.15
Software Rs. 50 billion 1.95
Printers Rs. 150 billion 0.90
Required:
Estimate the beta for ABC Computers Ltd. as a Company. What additional information is needed to compute beta of
ABC Computers Ltd? Is this beta going to be equal to the beta estimated by regressing past returns on ABC
Computers stock against a market index? Why or why not?
1. The cost of debt varies according to company’s credit rating, which itself depends,
among other factors, upon the level of leverage (or gearing) of the company.

% Debt* Likely Credit Rating Pre-tax Kd

10 AAA 9.5%
20 AA 10.4%
30 A 11.0%
40 BBB 12.5%
50 BB 14%
60 B 15%
70 C 16%
* {debt / (debt + equity)}

The company’s unlevered equity beta is 0.80. The risk-free rate is 7% and the market
return 14%. Corporate tax rate is 35%.

a. Estimate the company’s optimal capital structure.

b. Whether or not the company should adopt the optimal capital structure
identified in (a) above.