Financial Management Report: Lexbel Plc and Investment Appraisal

This report provides a comprehensive analysis of financial management, focusing on two key areas: long-term finance and investment appraisal techniques. The first section delves into the concept of issuing right shares, specifically examining the case of Lexbel Plc, and includes calculations for Profit After Tax (PAT), the number of shares to be issued, theoretical ex-rights price, and expected earnings per share under various scenarios. It further evaluates different right issue options and the benefits of scrip dividends for both shareholders and companies. The second section explores various investment appraisal techniques, including the payback period, Accounting Rate of Return (ARR), Net Present Value (NPV), and Internal Rate of Return (IRR), to evaluate the attractiveness of an investment in new machinery for Lovewell Limited. The report provides detailed calculations for each method and critically evaluates the benefits and limitations of these techniques, offering valuable insights into financial decision-making.

Financial
Management

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................3
Question 2. Long Terms Finance.....................................................................................................3
(a). Calculate PAT of 20% on shareholders funds of Lexbel Plc................................................3
(b). Determine various aspects which mentioned below.............................................................4
1. Number of shared to be issued.................................................................................................4
2. Theoretical ex rights price.......................................................................................................4
3. Expected earning per share......................................................................................................4
4. Form of issue of right issue price............................................................................................5
5. Evaluation of best option among these above mention options..............................................6
(c). Evaluate the benefits of scrip divided in context of shareholders or companies...................6
Question 3. Investment Appraisal Techniques................................................................................7
(a). By using investment appraisal techniques, calculate below mention following methods....7
1. Payback period.........................................................................................................................7
2. Accounting Rate of Reruns......................................................................................................8
3. Net Present Value....................................................................................................................9
4. Internal Rate of Return...........................................................................................................10
(b). Critically evaluate benefits or limitations of different investment appraisal techniques
....................................................................................................................................................11
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................12
REFERENCES .............................................................................................................................14

INTRODUCTION
Financial management is essential for every organizations because management will used
to analyse, measure and interpret financial results. With the help of various techniques or
method, managers able to evaluate actual performance or financial helps of company (Amanah,
Rahadian and Iradianty, 2016). Management should ensure that, they manage financial resources
which helps in achieving their desired goals & objectives. Main aim of this assessment is to
make people aware about importance of financial management in organizations. This assignment
based on two questions which are about long term finance and different investment appraisal
techniques.
MAIN BODY
Question 2. Long Terms Finance
(a). Calculate PAT of 20% on shareholders funds of Lexbel Plc
Issue of Right Share: It is an invitation which is offered by companies to its existing
shareholders to buy some additional shares. It provide security to existing shareholders that is
rights where they can purchase new shares at discounted rate in comparison to market rate. In
context of Lexbel plc, they required financial helps so they issued right shares in order to
generate flow in business or it will make them able to perform their task effectively.
There are relevant aspects which required to calculate issue of right shares and its
calculation mentioned below:
Shares which they wish to issue = £ 180000
Market price = £ 1.90
Finance director of company also recommended three different issue prices such as £
1.80, £ 1.60 and £ 1.40.
Calculation PAT:
Issued shares of Lexbel plc Amount '£'
Ordinary shares each 50p. 300,000
Add: Reserve 400,000
Total 700000

Profit After Tax (PAT) { 700000 * 20 % } 140,000
(b). Determine various aspects which mentioned below
1. Number of shared to be issued
Formula:
Number of Share Issued = Aggregate Funds to be elevated / right issue prices
Calculation:
Issue Prices Condition 1 Condition 2 Condition 3
Existing shares in numbers 600,000 600,000 600,000
Fund to be raised (A) 180,000 180,000 180,000
Suggested right issue prices (B) 1.80 1.60 1.40
Number of shares to be issued (A/B) £ 100,000 £ 112,500
128,571.43 or £
128,571
2. Theoretical ex rights price
Theoretical ex rights price (TERP) is the process of estimating price of shares which
company follow at the time of rights issues. Usually companies estimated weighted average price
per share or new as well as existing shares (Arifin, 2017). It will be done, in order to generate
more finance in the business in terms of capital and give preference to existing shareholders.
Director of Lexbel plc wanted to issue shares at three different prices, so calculation is based on
it and it mentioned below:
Calculation of theoretical ex rights price:
Particulars Condition 1 Condition 2 Condition 3
Recommended prices to issue shares £ 1.80 £ 1.60 £ 1.40
Fund to be increased £ 180,000 £ 180,000 £ 180,000
Number of shares required to issue £ 100,000 £ 112,500 £ 128,571

Pre right issue £ 1140,000 £ 1140,000 £ 1140,000
Post right issue £1320,000 £1320,000 £1320,000
Theoretical ex-right price £ 1.89 £ 1.85 £ 1.81
3. Expected earning per share
Calculation is based on available information and it mentioned below along with formula:
Estimated EPS = Share before issue of rights * ( TERP/ Current market price )
Given Information:
Current Market Rate = £ 1.90
Shares available = £ 600,000 shares
Return on shareholders’ fund = £ 140,000
4. Form of issue of right issue price
Calculations:
Particular Amount (£) Amount (£) Amount (£)
Recommended right issue prices £1.80 £1.60 £1.40

Fund to be increase £180,000 £180,000 £180,000
Number of shares to be issued: £100,000 £112,500 £128,571
Exist number of shares £600,000 £600,000 £600,000
Ratio of new share to existing one £0.17 £0.19 £0.21
Issue of right share hold by present
shareholder
Issue of 1 for 6 right
shares hold
Issue of 9 for
48 right shares
hold
Issue of 3 for
14 right shares
hold
Analysis:
On the basis of above calculation, three options develop by Lexbel plc which are as
follow:
Option 1: Issue of rights @ £1.80 for £100,000 each. Where shares will be allowed on
pro -rata basis and one share need to remained for 6 shares.
Option 2: Issue of rights @ £1.60 for £112,500 each. Shareholders allowed to allot on
pro -rata basis and one share should remained for 48 shares.
Option 3: Issue of rights @ £1.70 for £128,571 each. Shareholders should allocate on
pro -rata basis and 1 share should remained 14 shares.
5. Evaluation of best option among these above mention options
From the above discussed three options, it has been founded that current share price is £
1.80 for single share (Browne, 2016). It will be advantageous for Lexbel plc to generate more
revenue which helps in performing business operations. Option one is best because it will
provide more earnings in comparison to other options.
(c). Evaluate the benefits of scrip divided in context of shareholders or companies
Scrip dividend: This term refer to divided which is provided by organizations to their
shareholders and it is different from standard costing. These shares are issues by organization
when they are lacking with minimum cash. It is also offer to shareholders as an alternate of cash
dividend.
Benefits of scrip dividend for organizations:

 It is beneficial for organizations to maintain their cash balance to perform their
operational activities.
 These shares issued by those companies which have strong brand value or creditability so
they introduce shares because they are unable to pay cash to their stakeholders.
 It is one of the essential source of finance which help business to generate money except
of cash dividend.
 At the time of issuing scrip dividends, it will lead to maximise equity and gearing
conditions of entities. Company pay scrip dividend at low rate of interest which will not impact share price of
companies.
Advantages of scrip dividend for shareholders:
 One of the essential advantage of scrip dividend is that, shareholders can save their
money from tax.
 It helps those shareholders who wanted to maximise their ownership in the organization.
Stakeholders can buy these shares or make their position more stronger.
 Scrip dividend is beneficial for shareholders to save their transactions cost.
 It also provide benefits in financial aspects because of time interval among cash dividend.
 With the help of it, shareholders can maximise number of equity shares without paying
any additional charges for fix ownership. Such as buying charges, commission etc.
Question 3. Investment Appraisal Techniques
In this project report, different types of calculations required to done in order to measure
attractiveness of any investment (Collum, Menachemi and Sen, 2016). With the help of
investment appraisal techniques, selected company that is Lovewell Limited evaluate that, they
should invest in new machinery or not. Below mention calculation are as follow:
(a). By using investment appraisal techniques, calculate below mention following methods
1. Payback period
Payback Period refers to the duration absorbed by a firm to recover the initial cost of an
investment. The project completed in least years will be given more importance. It is the time
consumed to reach the Break-Even-Point (demand equivalent to supply). It is usually used in

Financial and Capital Budgeting. It is the calculation for large number of years to convert the
investment into capital.
The formula to calculate the payback period depend either on an even cash inflow or an
uneven cash inflow.
 Payback Period (Even Cash Inflow) : Initial Investment / Net Cash Flow per Period
 Payback Period ( Uneven Cash Inflow) : A + B / C
Where ,
A = Previous year negative cumulation cash inflow number.
B = Absolute value (without negative sign) for cumulative net cash flow at end of period A.
C = Total cash inflow during the following period A.
Calculations:
Payback period = £ 275000 / £ 72500
= 3.79 years
It is observed that, company can recover their new machinery cost within 4 years because
payback period is 3.79 years. Low recovery period is beneficial for Lovewell limited and
machinery has six year life. Company should invest to purchase new machinery to boost their
production which further helps in increasing profit margin.
Working Notes*:
Actual inflow of cash = Cash inflow – Annual Outflow
= £ 85,000 – £ 12,500
= £ 72,500
Initial Investment = £ 275000
2. Accounting Rate of Reruns
The Accounting Rate of Return is also termed as Average Rate of Return (ARR). This
ratio does not use the concept of time value of money. The ARR is a formula used to make
Capital Budgeting decisions (Hall and Antonopoulos, 2017). ARR divides the average revenue
from company's initial investment to generate return that can be expected over the lifetime of
related projects. The ARR is helpful in determining the Annual Percentage Rate of Return of a
project. It can be used in multiple projects, as it provides the expected rate of return from each
project.
Formula:

Accounting Rate of Return (ARR)= Average Accounting profit / Initial Investment * 100
ARR does not differentiate between investments that yield different cash flows over the
project lifetime.
Calculations:
Years Cash
inflow(£)
Outflow (£) PAD Depreciation PBD (£)
1 85,000 (12,500) 72,500 (38,958) 33,542
2 85,000 (12,500) 72,500 (38,958) 33,542
3 85,000 (12,500) 72,500 (38,958) 33,542
4 85,000 (12,500) 72,500 (38,958) 33,542
5 85,000 (12,500) 72,500 (38,958) 33,542
6 85,000 (12,500) 72,500 (38,958) 33,542
Average Profit 33,542
ARR = 33,542 / 275,000 * 100
= 0.1220 * 100
= 12.20 %
With the help of above figures, it is calculated that ARR of purchasing new machinery is
12.19 %. This return is quite well, so Lovewell Limited should invest or purchase new
machinery for the manufacturing unit to maximise their operational activities. In six year, they
earn around 12% return that is beneficial or helpful to maximise their earnings.
Working Notes*
Average profit = Total profit / 6
Calculation of Depreciation:
Depreciation = Cost of assets – Scrap value / Life of machinery
Particulars Amount (£)
Cost of machine 275000
Less- Scrap value (15% of cost of machine) 41250

233750
Each year depreciation (23,3750 / 6) 33958.33
3. Net Present Value
Net Present Value is a method to determine the current value of all future cash flow
including initial investment. It is the difference between the present cash inflow and present cash
outflow over a period of time (Kumaraswamy, 2016). It Is used in Capital Budgeting and
Investment planning to analyse the profit earned in the invested project. It is assumed that an
investment with (+NPV) will be profitable as compared to the investment with (-NPV) will
result in loss. The formula for NPV depends on the consistency of future cash flow. Many
projects generate different revenue rates over time. It represents the change in company's Net
Worth / Equity that would result in project life acceptance.
Formula:
Net Present Value = Total Cash Inflow – Total Cash Outflow
Calculations:
Years Inflows PV @ 12% Discounted Cash
Flow
0 275000 1 -275,000
1 72,500 0.89 64,525
2 72,500 0.80 58,000
3 72,500 0.71 51,475
4 72,500 0.64 46,400
5 72,500 0.57 41,325
6 72,500 0.51 36,975
Residual value at
the end
41,250 0.51 20,138
Net Present Value 48,838
NPV = Total Cash Inflow – Total Cash Outflow

= 318,838- 275,000
= 43,838
Above calculation shows that, NPV of new machinery is £ 43,838 which indicate that,
investment will be beneficial as well as profitable for Lovewell Limited. It will further helps in
enhancing efficiency or effectiveness which improve overall production or profit margin.
Positive NPV selected to negative will rejected because in future, it will not advantageous.
4. Internal Rate of Return
Internal Rate of Return (IRR) refers to the discount rate that makes the Net Present Value
of a project to zero. The IRR refers to the “annualized effective compounded return rate”, that nil
the NPV (Lytvynchenko, 2016). It's greater than or equal to cost of capital which leads to good
investment. It is expected for compound annual rate of return that will be earned on investment.
It's designed to account the time preference of money and investments.
Calculations:
IRR calculated by using hit & trial method where discounted rate is for machinery are
14% & 18%.
Period Inflows PV @ 14% Cash Flow PV @ 18% Cash Flow
0 275,000 1 -275,000 1 -275,000
1 72,500 0.88 63,800 0.85 61,625
2 72,500 0.77 55,825 0.72 52,200
3 72,500 0.68 49,300 0.61 44,225
4 72,500 0.61 44,225 0.52 37,700
5 72,500 0.54 39,150 0.44 31,900
6 72,500 0.48 34,800 0.37 26,825
Residual value
at the end 41,250 0.48 19,800 0.37 15,263
Net Present Value 31,900 -5,262

IRR = 14 + { 31900 / 31900 - (−5262) } * ( 18-14 )
= 14 + { 31900 / 37162 } * 4
= 17.43 %.
From the above calculation it has been analysed that IRR of new machinery is 17.43 %
that is beneficial for Lovewell Limited. Because managers will select projects on the basis of
higher returns in comparison to other options.
(b). Critically evaluate benefits or limitations of different investment appraisal techniques
Payback period:
Benefits: Payback period is one of the simple method of investment appraisal to identify
that project is beneficial or profitable for company or not. With the help of this method,
managers can select best portfolio to invest. Such as low recovery period will be going to select
because it help company to recover initial investment more faster.
Limitations: At the time of making decisions, managers will reject negative NPV
because it will not profitable at all (Mwangi, Kiarie and Kiai, 2016). This method does not
consider time value of money and after that, if any project have same cash flow than further
decisions will be based on minimum recovery time.
Accounting rate of return:
Benefits: ARR help managers to make decisions regarding their investments. Higher
returns are beneficial as well as profitable for company. So before making any decisions,
management calculate ARR of projects select most suitable one. This method consider
accounting value which is often consider by managers in decision making process.
Limitations: Average rate of return ignore cash flow of portfolio that is based on
accounting profit and further they calculate by using average profit. It will further impact various
practices that required to manage. In this investment appraisal techniques, time value of money
ignore which influence as well as impact entire result or profitability of project.
Net present value:
Benefits: Most of organizations follow NPV to evaluate their investment and identify that
company should invest in this project or not. Positive value of NPV selected and negative will be
reject because invest in such project is not beneficial for company. This technique of investment
appraisal consider time value of money which generate more opportunities in front of
organizations. It is helpful for managers to make their decisions on the basis of NPV value.