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Strategic Financial Management

1. A realty major DFL Ltd. has planned an outlay of Rs 48 crore towards launches of housing and commercial projects in the medium term. The following financial information is available for the project-
a. Depreciation would be on a straight-line basis over six years and salvage value is assumed to be nil.
b. Revenue in each of the years 1 to 6 from different projects are expected to be as follows:
i. Rs 12 crore from premium luxury housing
ii. Rs 5 crore from value homes in Gurugram, Chandigarh tri city and Chennai
iii. It also expects Rs 7 crore from its office joint venture project with Hines
iv. Rs 2.5 crore from an IT park in Noida
v. The remaining Rs 2.5 crore will come up from commercial projects in Delhi and Gurugram
c. Variable costs are expected to be Rs 10 crore per annum for all the projects and annual fixed costs Rs 2 crore.
d. Corporate tax rate can be assumed at 25% and the appropriate discount rate at 15%. You are required to determine the NPV of the project. (10 Marks)

2. A December 2021 news article in Economic Times stated that Serum Institute of India (SII) has topped the Burgundy Private Hurun India list for the biggest value creator. It has experienced a rapid upswing in its revenues due to producing more than a billion COVID-19 vaccines for distribution in India and abroad. Given its early foray into manufacturing critical COVID-19 vaccines, SII has seen its value soar 127 per cent in 2021 to Rs 1.8 lakh crore. Valuation is an essential financial exercise that caters to a wide variety of financial objectives. Explain the discounted cash flow approach and the multiples approach of valuation. (10 Marks)

3. Some analysts believe that a company's dividend policy is often seen as a testament to its confidence in future earnings growth and sustainability of the business. In the past, shareholders have lodged complaints about companies denying them dividends despite possessing spare cash balances. As a result, SEBI mandated top 500 listed companies (based on market capitalization) to formulate a dividend distribution policy. This mandate was recently revised and is now applicable to top 1,000 listed companies. In response to the revised mandate, many companies like Bajaj Auto have changed their dividend policy in January 2022. However, the Modigliani-Miller (MM) model states that the present value of the firm is independent and unaffected by future dividend payments.

a. State the MM dividend irrelevance theory. (5 Marks)

b. Do you feel that the above-mentioned belief is a limitation of the Model? Also, please elaborate on the other criticisms cited for the MM Model. (5 Marks)


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