Financial Management Report: Capital Structure and Investment

This financial management report comprehensively examines capital structure, cost of capital, and investment appraisal techniques. It begins by assessing the Weighted Average Cost of Capital (WACC) for Kadlex Plc, using both market and book values, and analyzes the impact of proposed changes. The report then critically evaluates the integration of new capital, exploring the effects of short-termism on agency problems and bankruptcy. Furthermore, the report delves into investment appraisal techniques, specifically payback period, Accounting Rate of Return (ARR), Net Present Value (NPV), and Internal Rate of Return (IRR), applied to a case study of Love-well Limited. The report concludes with a discussion of the benefits and limitations of these investment appraisal techniques, providing a thorough understanding of financial management principles and their practical applications.

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Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................3
Question 1. Capital Structure and Cost of Capital:...............................................................3
(a) Assessment of WACC based on Market Value and Book Value for Kadlex Plc:............5
(b) Kadlex Plc revised cost of capital after proposed changes with finance director proposal:. 6
(c) Critical analysis of integrating new capital:......................................................................6
(d) Effect of Short-termism on Agency Problem and Bankruptcy:........................................7
Question 3. Calculation as accordance of investment appraisal techniques..........................7
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................12
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................13
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INTRODUCTION
This is defined as a type of technique that is related to process of planning, organising
and managing monetary activities in a better manner (Guess and Ma, 2015). Basically, it makes
focus on ratios and debts as well as this helps in an effective portfolio management. In addition,
this is necessary for all forms of business to manage their monetary resources whether it is small
or large. The project report is based on different calculation which are done as accordance of
given data. Such as in computation of equity financing is done as well as in the further part of
report various forms of investment appraisal techniques are implemented in order to choose
investment effectively.
MAIN BODY
Question 1. Capital Structure and Cost of Capital:
The capital structure is the specific combination of debt and equity that a company
provides to fund its activities and development as a whole. Debt consists of bond issues or loans,
whereas equity can take the form of common stock, preferred stock. On the balance sheet,
equities and debts can be found. Corporate assets are bought with this debt and equity, which are
also mentioned on the balance sheet. In order to compare capital structure of companies, analysts
computes and apply debt to equity ratio. By help of this ratio, it becomes easier to understand
about actual number of debts taken during a particular time period.
Assess the growth (g):
Years Pence
1st 21
2nd 23
3rd 25
4th 27
5th 28
S0 x ( 1 + g )n = Sn

= 21 * ( 1 + g ) 4 = 28
= ( 1 + g ) 4 = 28 / 21
= ( 1 + g ) 4 = 1.3333
= ( 1 + g ) = ( 1.3333 ) 0.25
g = ( 1 ) - ( 1.0757 ) = 0.0757 or 7.57 %
Here, in the above formula "g" corresponds to percentages, n denotes years, while S0 is a first-
dividend, and Sn means a divided spread in previous year.
Calculation of for each one funding source's rate:
Irredeemable Bonds' cost or Debt's cost:
Kdir = [i x (1 – t )] x (Po / Pn)
Kdir = ([0.10*(1-0.30)])*(100/107) = 0.0654 or 6.54%
Here, Kdir Cost of Irredeemable Bonds
i interest amount on debt
t Corporate tax's rate
P0 Initial bond price

Pn Current bond price
(a) Assessment of WACC based on Market Value and Book Value for Kadlex Plc:
Book Value (£'000) Market Value (£'000) Proposed Value
(£'000)
Equity (Shares + Reserves)
20,000 + Pounds 5,000 =
Pounds 25,000
(No. of shares x Market price)
20000 x £2.65= Pounds
53,000
20,000 x Pounds
2.85= Pounds 57,000
Preference
Shares
Pounds 10,000 10,000 x Pounds 0.75=£7,500 10,000*£0.68=£6,800
Irredeemable
Bonds
Pounds 15,000 Pounds 15,000 * Pounds
107 /Pounds 100 = Pounds
16,050
Pounds 15000 *
Pounds 107 / Pounds
100= Pounds 16,050
Total Capital Pounds 50,000 Pounds 76,550
New Bonds - - Pounds 15,000 *
Pounds 105 / Pounds
100= Pounds 15750
Total - - Pounds 95,600
WACC (Based on Book Value) { [ Ke x BVe ]+ [Kp x Bvp]+[ Kd x Bvd ] } / Total Capital
WACC = { [0.1215 x Pounds 25,000 ] + [ 0.0933 x Pounds 10,000 ] + [ 0.0654 x Pounds
15,000 ] } / Pounds 50,000 = 4951.5 / 50000= 0.099 or 9.9 %
Ke Cost of Equity ( pre changes )
BVe Equity ( Book Value )
Kp Preference Share ( Book Value )

Ke Cost of Debt ( Pre Changes )
BVp Book Value of Preference Share
BVd Book Value of Debt
Total Capital BVe + BVp + BVd
WACC (Based on Market
Value)
{ [ Ke x MVe ] + [Ke x Mvp]+[ Ke x MVd ] } / Total Capital
WACC = { [0.1215 x Pounds 53000 ] + [ 0.0933 x Pounds 7500 ] + [ 0.0654 x Pounds 16050
] } / Pounds 76550
= 8188.92 / 76550 = 0.10697 or 10.70 %
Ke Cost of Equity ( Post changes )
MVe Equity ( Market Value )
Kp Preference Share ( Post Changes )
Ke Cost of Debt ( Pre Changes )
MVp Market Value of Preference Share
Mvd Market Value of Debt
Total Capital MVe + MVp + MVd
(b) Kadlex Plc revised cost of capital after proposed changes with finance director proposal:
Proposed Growth [↑by 20%] 0.075 x 1.2 = 0.09 i.e. 9%
Equity ( Ke ) [ ( 28 x ( 1.09 ) ) + 0.09 ] / 2.85 = 0.1074 or
10.74 %
Preference ( Kp ) [ ( 7 / 68 ) ] = 0.1029 or 10.29 %
Irredeemable Bonds ( Kd ) [ 10 (1 – 0.30 ) ] x 100 / 107 = 0.0654 or 6.54
%

New Bonds ( Kd ) [ 0.11 ( 1 – 0.30 ) ] x 100 / 105 = 0.0733 or
7.33 %
Proposed WACC
{ [ 0.09 * Pounds 57,000 ] + [ 0.1074 * Pounds 6,800] + [ 0.0654 * Pounds 16,050 ] + [ 0.0733
* Pounds 15,750 ] / Pounds 95,600 = 8064.47 / 95600 = 0.0844 that is around 8.44 percent
(c) Critical analysis of integrating new capital:
Subsequently, all significant changes suggested by WACC are around 8.44 percent,
whereas the market value of WACC is around 10.70 percent. This means that Kadlex will
effectively decrease total capital costs by approximately 2.26 percent. Consequently, the
successful integration of the planned capital fund framework into the existing capital system may
tend to decline by about 2.26% in the Kadlex Plc business. In the event that a special-proposed
system is being used by Kadlex Company, it can use 2.26 percent saved cost share in the
productive use of various resources, such as the creation of fund investing in new-profit ventures.
(d) Effect of Short-termism on Agency Problem and Bankruptcy:
Short-termism is a circumstance where a company tends to focus on brief-term plans or
goals to maintain current profits at a cheaper cost or lose long-term profits or advantages. Here is
an illustration showing the true nature of the quick-term problem of the Agency:
If a financial consultant has 50 million money to make an investment and the company is able to
do so:
1. Get return of 5 million pounds within 1 Year
2. Get return of 20 million pounds within 3 Years
3. Get return of 25 million pounds within 5 Years
Usually, the Finance Chairman will pick a return of 5 million every year as investments
in this option would be in hand within 1 year. Another point of view is that they don't really
protect their career and position in the company, then they go with the company's self-interest
rather than the benefits.

Question 3. Calculation as accordance of investment appraisal techniques.
Investment appraisal technique- These techniques are applied by business entities for assessing
the efficiency of various investment options (Dzhandzhugazova et.al, 2015). There are a vital
range of techniques such as payback period, NPV, ARR and many more which are applied by
companies. Herein, below in the context of Love-well limited company different techniques are
applied in order to evaluate efficiency of new machinery which they are considering to purchase:
(I) Payback period: I/C
Initial investment = 275000
Cash flow = Inflow- outflow
= 85000-12500
= 72500
Hence payback period = 275000/72500
= 3.79 years.
Recommendation – On the basis of above calculation, this can be find out that payback period is
of 3.79 years that indicates that company will recover the cost of machine during end of 4th year.
Hence, the above business entity must buy new machine.
(ii)Accounting rate of return: Average net profit / average investment *100
Hence, ARR = 33541.67 / 275000*100
= 12.19%

Recommendation- On the basis of above calculated accounting rate of return, this can be find out
that ARR is of 12.19%. If above Love-well limited company will purchase this machine then this
will be beneficial for company in order to gain return @ 12.19% in six years.
Working Note:
Calculation of depreciation= Cost of machine – Scrap value / Number of year
Herein,
cost of machine = 275000
scrap value = 275000x15%
= 41250
So depreciation= (275000-41250)/6
= 38958.33
(iii) Net present value = Discounted cash flow – initial investment
Initial investment = 275000
Particular 1st Year 2nd Year 3rd Year 4th Year 5th Year 6th Year
Cash In-flow 85000 85000 85000 85000 85000 85000
(-) Cash out-flow 12500 12500 12500 12500 12500 12500
Net Cash flow 72500 72500 72500 72500 72500 72500
Net present value = 297828-275000
= £22828
Recommendation- On the basis of above calculation this can be recommended to above company
that they should purchase the machine. It is so because NPV of machine is of £22828 which is in

positive value. Hence, the buying of machinery will be beneficial as accordance of net present
value method.
(iv) Internal rate of return =
Lower discounted rate + NPV at lower discount rate / (NPV at lower discount rate- NPV at
higher discount rate) * Higher discount rate- lower discount rate
Recommendation- As per the above calculated IRR this can be find out that it is of 15.07%. This
is indicating that purchasing of machinery will be beneficial for above Love well company.
Working note:
Net present value @ 12%
Net present value = 297828-275000
= £22828
Net present value @ 18%.

Net present value = 253576-275000
= -£21424
(b) Benefits and limitations of investment appraisal techniques:
Payback period- It is defined as a type of technique that is related to find out time period needed
in order to recover amount of initial investment (Potrich et.al, 2015). Such as in Love-well
limited company their payback period is of 3.79 years.
Advantages- Its benefit is that this technique is simple to use. It is so because there are less
number of inputs are needed in order to compute time period for recovering investment. Such as
in the above company, payback period is calculated by making simple calculations.
Disadvantage- Along with the benefits, it has some limitations too such as this technique
neglects the time value of money. As a result, it becomes difficult to relay on produced result
according to this technique (Marson, Triebel and Knight, 2012).
Accounting rate of return- This is being used in companies as another name like average return
of return. It is characterised as a percentage of return which is expected on a particular
investment in compare to initial investment cost (Amit and Villalonga, 2014). It divides the
average amount of revenue from investment in order to assess return which can be expected
during the life period of investment. Like for above company's purposed investment, the ARR is
of 12.19%. It has some benefits and drawbacks which are as follows:
Advantages- Similar as to above method, it is also very simple to use and understandable. This is
so because this method considers only total value of profit during entire economic life of project.
Disadvantage- It has some drawbacks too such as it ignores the external factors that can impact
to overall profitability of companies. As well as it does not consider the time period in that
profits are generated.

Net present value – In general, the term NPV is defined as difference between PV of cash inflow
and outflow of a specific time frame (Albu and Albu, 2012). This is widely used in making a
better analysis of investment proposals. In Love-well company, the NPV of proposed machinery
is of £22828. It has some limitations and benefits which are as followings:
Advantages- The net present value method helps in decision making process of companies. It is
so because by applying this technique, finance managers can evaluate efficiency of all types of
projects including different size or same size projects (Parvadavardini, Vivek and Devadasan,
2016). Like in the above company, they used this technique in order to assess NPV of their
machine.
Disadvantage- NPV technique consider only cash in and out flow of any project. It does not
consider hidden costs such as sunk cost and any other preliminary cost which occurs regards to
any particular project. Like in the above company, this technique is applied that focuses only on
the in and out flows instead of focusing on hidden costs (Karampinis and Hevas, 2013).
Internal rate of return- It is characterised as an interest rate on which NPV of all cash flows from
any project equal zero (Akgün, Kocoglu, 2014). Basically, this is used for assessing the
effectiveness of investment. In the case when IRR of any project exceeds a business entity's
expected return then that project is considered desirable. On the other hand, if IRR remains lower
as compare to expected return then the project is rejected. Like in the context of above Love-well
limited company, their IRR is of 15.07%. Below, its benefits and drawbacks are mentioned that
are as follows:
Advantages- The benefit of this technique is that there is no need of pre-determination of cost of
capital. It makes this technique suitable as compare to NPV model. Along with it consider the
time value of money whether cash flows are even or uneven.
Disadvantages- It focuses only on profitability instead of capital expenditures. As well as it
assumes that earnings will be re invested at the IRR for rest of life of project that is not possible
(Khalo, 2013).