Answered You can buy a ready-made answer or pick a professional tutor to order an original one.

QUESTION

FIN 444 / FIN 444 Final Exam New (2016) Score 100%

1. Which of the following are generally considered restructuring activities?

A merger

An acquisition

A divestiture

A consolidation

All of the above

2. Which of the following is the most common reason that M&As often fail to meet expectations?

Overpayment

Form of payment

Large size of target firm

Inadequate post-merger due diligence

Poor post-merger communication

3. An investor group borrowed the money necessary to buy all of the stock of a company. Which of the following terms best describes this transaction?

Merger

Consolidation

Leveraged buyout

Tender offer

Joint venture

4. Which of the following is among the least regulated industries in the U.S.?

 Defenses

Communications

Retailing

Public utilities

Banking

5. The purpose of the 1968 Williams Act was to

Give target firm shareholders time to review takeover proposals

Prosecute target firm shareholders who misuse information

Protect target firm employees from layoffs

Prevent tender offers

Promote tender offers

6. All of the following are examples of antitakeover provisions commonly found in state statutes except for

 Fair price provisions

Business combination provisions

Cash-out provisions

Short-form merger provisions

Share control provisions

7. Purchasing the target firm’s stock in the open market is a commonly used tactic to achieve all of the following except for

Acquiring a controlling interest in the target firm without making such actions public knowledge.

Lowering the average cost of acquiring the target firm’s shares

Recovering the cost of an unsuccessful takeover attempt

Obtaining additional voting rights in the target firm

Strengthening the effectiveness of proxy contests

8. Over the years the U.S. Congress has transferred some of the enforcement of securities laws to organizations other than the SEC such as

Public stock exchanges

Financial Accounting Standards Board

Public Accounting Oversight Board

State regulatory agencies

All of the above

9. Some of Acme Inc.’s shareholders are very dissatisfied with the performance of the firm’s current management team and want to gain control of the board. To do so, these shareholders offer their own slate of candidates for open spaces on the firm’s board of directors. Lacking the necessary votes to elect these candidates, they are contacting other shareholders and asking them to vote for their slate of candidates. The firm’s existing management and board is asking shareholders to vote for the candidates they have proposed to fill vacant seats on the board. Which of the following terms best describes this scenario?

Leveraged buyout

Proxy contest

Merger

Divestiture

None of the above

10. Market profiling requires an analysis of all of the following factors except for:

Customers

Suppliers

Core competencies

Current and potential competitors

Product or service substitutes

11. All of the following are true about experience curves except for

Applicable primarily to differentiation strategies

Applicable primarily to cost leadership strategies

Reflect declining average unit costs due to increasing accumulated production levels

Reflect both economies of scale and the introduction of more efficient production methods as output increases

Often found in commodity-type industries

12. Examples of corporate level strategies include which of the following:

 Growth

Diversification

Operational

Financial

All of the above

13. The screening process represents a refinement of the search process and commonly utilizes which of the following as selection criteria

Market share, product line, and profitability

Product line, profitability, and growth rate

Profitability, leverage, and growth rate

Degree of leverage, market share, and growth rate

All of the above

14. Which of the following do not represent typical closing documents in an asset purchase?

Letter of intent

Listing of any liabilities to be assumed by the buyer

Loan and security agreements if the transaction is to be financed with debt

Complete descriptions of all patents, facilities, and investments

Listing of assets to be acquired

15. Which of the following is not true of the acquisition process?

 It always follows a predictable sequence of steps.

It sometimes deviates from the sequence outlined in this chapter.

It involves a negotiation phase

It involves the development of a business plan

None of the above

16. Certain post integration issues are best addressed prior to the closing. These include all of the following except for

Who will pay for employee severance expenses

How will employee payroll be managed during ownership transition

What will be done with checks from customers that the seller continues to receive after closing

How will the seller be reimbursed for monies owed to suppliers for products sold prior to closing

Who will pay for health care and disability claims that often arise just before a business is sold?

 17. Which of the following represent commonly used techniques for integrating corporate cultures?

Employees are encouraged to share the same overall goals

“Best practices” in one department are employed in other departments

Multiple businesses share the same service such as the legal department

Employees are co-located

All of the above

18. Poorly executed integration often results in high employee turnover. The costs of such turnover include which of the following?

 Declining morale among those that remain

Retraining costs

Declining productivity

Deteriorating customer service

All of the above

19. Which one of the following factors is not considered in calculating the firm’s cost of equity?

risk free rate of return

beta

interest rate on corporate debt

expected return on equities

difference between expected return on stocks and the risk free rate of return

20. Which of the following is true of the enterprise valuation model?

Discounts free cash flow to the firm by the cost of equity

Discounts free cash flow to the firm by the weighted average cost of capital

Discounts free cash flow to equity by the cost of equity

Discounts free cash flow to equity by the weighted average cost of capital

None of the above

21. The incremental cash flows of a merger can relate to which of the following:

Working capital

Profits

Capital spending

Income taxes

All of the above

22. Which one of the following is not a commonly used method of valuing target firms?

 Discounted cash flow

Comparable companies method

Recent transactions method

Asset oriented method

Share exchange ratio method

23. Intangible assets often constitute a substantial source of value to the acquiring firm.  Which of the following are not generally considered intangible assets?

 Patents and technical know-how

Warranty and contingent claims

Trademarks and customer lists

Covenants not to compete and franchises

Copyrights and software

24. Which of the following are examples of intangible assets that may have value to the acquiring company?

 Patents

Trade names

Customer lists and relationships

Covenants not to compete

All of the above

25. Which of the following is generally not considered a source of value to the acquiring firm?

 Duplicate facilities

Patents

Land on the balance sheet at below market value

Warranty claims

Copyrights

26. Which factors would be considered in determining the feasibility of financing a proposed takeover?

Potential dilution in EPS of the combined firms.

Impact on overall borrowing costs of the combined firms.

Possible violation of loan covenants on existing debt of the acquiring company

Return on total capital of the combined firms

All of the above.

27. A merger which is expected to produce synergy

Should be rejected because the synergy will dilute the combined firm’s earnings per share

Should be rejected because the first year’s cash flow is negative

Has a negative NPV

Should be pursued because it creates value

Reduces target firm revenues

28. All of the following are true of reverse mergers except for.

May be used to take a private firm public

May represent an effective alternative to an IPO

Commonly use private equity placements for financing

Requires 2 years of audited financial statements to take a private firm public

A and B

29. All of the following represent common sources of value in appraising private or publicly owned businesses except for

Intellectual property

Customer lists

Licenses

Contingent liabilities

Employment contracts

30. A corporate shell may have value because

It may enable the owner to avoid the costs of going public

The name is widely recognized

It could own the rights to various forms of intellectual property

All of the above

None of the above

31. Which of the following is a disadvantage of balance sheet adjustments?

Protects buyer from eroding values of receivable before closing

Audit expense

Protects seller from increasing values of receivables before closing

Protects from decreasing values of inventories before closing

Protects seller from increasing values of inventories before closing

32. Form of payment can involve which of the following:

Cash

Stock

Cash and stock

Rights, royalties and fees

All of the above

33. Which of the following are not true of net operating loss carrybacks and carryforwards?

Net operating loss carrybacks enable firms to recover previous taxes paid.

Net operating loss carryforwards enable firms to shelter future taxable income.

Net operating loss carryforwards may be applied to income up to 5 years into the future..

Loss corporations” cannot use a net operating loss carry forward unless they remain viable and in essentially the same business for at least 2 years following the closing of the acquisition.

None of the above

34. The tax status of the transaction may influence the purchase price by

Raising the price demanded by the seller to offset potential tax liabilities

Reducing the price demanded by the seller to offset potential tax liabilities

Causing the buyer to reduce the purchase price if the transaction is taxable to the target firm’s shareholders

Forcing the seller to agree to defer a portion of the purchase price

Forcing the buyer to agree to defer a portion of the purchase price

 35. Security provisions and protective covenants are included in loan documents to increase the likelihood that the interest and principal of outstanding loans will be repaid in a timely fashion.  Which of the following is not true about security provisions and protective covenants?

Security features include the assignment of payments due under a specific contract to the lender.

Negative covenants include limits on the amount of dividends that might be paid

Limitations on the amount of working capital that the borrower can maintain.

Periodically, financial statements must be sent to lenders.

Automatic loan repayment acceleration if the borrower is in default on any loans outstanding

36. LBO investors must be very careful not to overpay for a target firm because

Major competitors tend to become more aggressive when a firm takes on large amounts of debt

High leverage increases the break-even point of the firm

Projected cash flows are often subject to significant error limiting the ability of the firm to repay its debt

A and B only

A, B, and C

37. Antitrust regulatory authorities tend to look most favorably on which type of alliances?

Equity partnerships

Marketing alliances among competitors

Global alliances

Project oriented ventures involving collaborative research

None of the above

38. Which of the following is generally true about financing JVs and partnerships?

Lenders rarely require guarantees from the parents

Bank loans are commonly used to meet short-term cash requirements

Participants must agree on an appropriate financial structure for the organization

Contributions by the partners of intangible assets are usually easy to value

Corporations are an uncommon form of legal structure

39. Which of the following is not true of a divestiture?

May create cash infusion for the parent firm

Parent ceases to exist

Proceeds of sale taxable if returned to shareholders through a dividend or stock buyback

A new legal subsidiary may be created

B and C

40. A diversified automotive parts supplier has decided to sell its valve manufacturing business. This sale is referred to as a

Merger

Divestiture

Spin-off

Equity carveout

Liquidation

41. All of the following are true of the bankruptcy process except for

The debtor firm may seek protection from its creditors by initiating bankruptcy or may be forced into bankruptcy by its creditors.

When creditors file for bankruptcy on behalf of the debtor firm, the action is said to be involuntary bankruptcy.

Once either a voluntary or involuntary petition is filed, the debtor firm is protected from any further legal action related to its debts until the bankruptcy proceedings are completed.

The filing of a petition triggers an automatic stay even before the court accepts the request.

An automatic stay suspends all judgments, collection activities, foreclosures, and repossessions of property by the creditors on any debt or claim that arose before the filing of the bankruptcy petition

42. All of the following represent different forms of debt restructuring except for

 Debt extensions

Debt compositions

Share exchange ratios

Debt for equity swaps

A and D

43. Local country firms may be interested in alliances for which of the following reasons?

 To gain access to the technology

To gain access to a widely recognized brand name

To gain access to innovative products

A, B, and C

A and B only

44. Which of the following represent common components of the global capital asset pricing model when applied to valuing firms in emerging countries?

 Risk free rate of return

Specific country’s risk premium

Firm size risk premium

Emerging country firm’s global beta

All of the above

45. The most common form of payment involving non-U.S. firms engaged in M&As is

 Stock

Cash

Cash and stock

Debt

Cash, stock and debt

Show more
  • @
  • 177 orders completed
ANSWER

Tutor has posted answer for $27.00. See answer's preview

$27.00

* Which ** *** ********* *** ********* considered ************* ************

* merger

** ************

* ************

* consolidation

*** ** the ******

* Which of *** following is *** **** common ****** **** ******** ***** fail ** **** **************

Overpayment

**** of ********

Large **** of ****** *****

Inadequate *********** *** **********

Poor *********** communication

* An ******** ***** ******** the ***** ********* to buy *** ** the ***** ** * company ***** ** *** ********* terms **** ********* **** *************

*******

Consolidation

Leveraged *******

****** ******

Joint ********

4 Which ** the ********* is ***** *** least regulated ********** ** *** ****

*********

***************

**********

****** **********

********

* The purpose ** the **** ******** *** *** ***

Give ****** **** shareholders time ** review ******** proposals

Prosecute ****** **** ************ *** ****** ************

Protect ****** firm ********* **** ********

Prevent ****** *******

******* ****** *******

* *** ** the ********* are examples ** ************ ********** ******** ***** ** ***** ******** ****** ****

**** ***** ***********

Business combination ***********

******** provisions

********** ****** ***********

***** ******* ***********

* ********** *** ****** ************ stock ** the **** market ** * ******** **** ****** to ******* all ** the ********* ****** for

********* * *********** interest ** *** ****** **** ******* ****** **** actions public **********

******** *** ******* cost of ********* *** ****** ************ *******

********** *** **** ** ** ************ ******** attempt

Obtaining ********** ****** ****** in *** target *****

************* *** ************* ** ***** *********

* **** the years *** ** ******** *** *********** **** ** *** enforcement ** ********** **** ** ************* ***** **** the *** **** as

******

***** ********** *********

********** Standards ****** Public

********** ********* ****** *****

regulatory ********* All

of the ****** 9

**** ** **** *********** shareholders *** **** dissatisfied **** *** *********** ** *** ************ ******* ********** **** *** want ** **** ******* of *** board ** ** so ***** ************ offer their *** slate ** ********** *** **** ****** ** the ************ board ** ********* ******* *** ********* ***** ** elect these ********** they are contacting ***** ************ *** asking **** ** **** *** ***** ***** ** ********** *** firm’s ******** ********** *** ***** ** ****** ************ ** **** *** *** ********** they have proposed ** **** ****** seats ** *** ***** ***** of *** ********* terms best ********* this scenario? *********

******* *****

******** *******

Divestiture

****

** the ****** 10

****** ********* ******** an ******** ** all ** the ********* ******* except ***** **********

**********

Core

competencies *******

and ********* ************ Product

** ******* ************ **

*** ** *** ********* *** **** ***** ********** ****** ****** **** **********

********* ** differentiation *********** **********

********* ** **** leadership *********** *******

********* ******* **** costs due ** ********** accumulated ********** ******* *******

**** economies of ***** *** *** ************ ** **** ********* ********** ******* ** output increases *****

***** ** ************** *********** **

******** of ********* ***** ********** include ***** of the *********** Growth

Diversification

************

Financial

***

** *** ****** 13

*** ********* ******* ********** * ********** ** *** search process and ******** ******** which of *** ********* ** ********* ********* ******

share ******* **** and profitability Product

line ************* *** ****** ***** *************

******** *** ****** ***** Degree

** ******** market ***** *** ****** rate ***

** *** above **

Which of *** ********* ** not ********* ******* closing documents ** ** ***** ********** ******

of intent *******

** any liabilities to ** assumed ** *** buyer ****

and ******** ********** ** *** transaction ** ** be financed **** debt ********

************ ** all patents ********** *** ************ *******

** ****** to ** acquired **

***** ** *** ********* ** *** **** ** *** acquisition process? **

****** ******* * *********** ******** ** ****** **

********* deviates **** *** ******** ******** ** this ******** It

******** * negotiation ****** **

involves *** development ** * ******** ***** ****

of *** ****** **

******* **** integration issues are best addressed ***** ** *** closing ***** ******* *** of *** following except for ***

**** *** *** employee ********* expenses How

**** ******** payroll ** ******* ****** ********* *********** ****

**** ** **** **** ****** **** customers that *** ****** ********* ** ******* after ******** ***

**** *** seller ** ********** for ****** **** ** ********* *** ******** **** ***** ** ******** ***

**** *** for ****** **** *** disability ****** **** often ***** **** ****** a business ** ****** **

Which of the following ********* commonly used ********** *** *********** ********* ********** Employees

*** ********** ** ***** *** same overall ****** ***********

**************** ** *** department are employed ** other departments ********

businesses ***** the **** ******* **** ** the legal *********** Employees

*** *********** ***

** *** ****** 18

Poorly executed *********** ***** ******* ** **** ******** ******** *** ***** ** **** ******** include which ** the *********** *********

morale among ***** that remain **********

costs Declining

************* *************

customer service All

of the ****** **

Which *** ** the following ******* is not ********** ** *********** *** ************ **** of ******** risk

free **** ** ******* *****

********

rate on ********* ***** ********

****** on equities **********

between ******** ****** on ****** and *** risk **** **** ** return **

Which ** *** ********* ** **** of the ********** ********* ******* Discounts

free **** **** ** the firm ** *** **** of ******* *********

free **** **** ** *** **** by *** weighted ******* **** ** capital Discounts

**** cash **** to equity ** *** cost of equity *********

**** **** flow ** ****** by *** weighted ******* **** ** capital ****

** *** above 21

*** *********** cash ***** ** * ****** *** relate ** which ** the following: *******

******** ********

*******

********* ******

taxes ***

of the ****** 22

***** one ** *** ********* is *** a ******** **** ****** ** ******* target ******* **********

cash ***** **********

********* ******* ******

transactions ******* *****

******** ******* *****

******** ***** ******* **

Intangible ****** ***** ********** * substantial ****** ** ***** ** the ********* **** ***** ** *** ********* are *** generally ********** ********** ******** *******

and technical know-how ********

and contingent ******* **********

*** customer lists *********

*** ** ******* *** franchises **********

*** ********* 24

***** ** the ********* *** examples ** ********** assets **** *** have ***** ** *** ********* company? ********

*****

****** Customer

***** and ************** *********

not to compete ***

** *** ****** **

***** of *** following ** ********* not ********** * source ** ***** ** the ********* firm? Duplicate

*********** ********

****

** *** balance ***** at ***** ****** ****** ********

******* ***********

**

***** ******* ***** ** considered in *********** *** feasibility of financing * ******** ********** *********

******** ** EPS of *** ******** ****** Impact

** overall ********* ***** of *** ******** ****** ********

********* ** **** ********* on ******** **** of *** ********* ******** ******

** total ******* ** the ******** ****** ***

** *** above **

A ****** ***** ** ******** ** ******* ******** ******

** ******** because the ******* **** dilute *** ******** ************ ******** *** ****** Should

be rejected ******* *** ***** year’s **** **** is ********* ***

a ******** **** ******

** ******* ******* ** ******* ****** *******

****** **** ********* **

All ** *** ********* *** **** ** ******* ******* ****** **** ***

be **** to **** * ******* firm public ***

********* an ********* *********** ** ** **** Commonly

*** ******* ****** ********** *** ********** Requires

* ***** of ******* ********* statements to **** * ******* **** ******* *

and ** **

*** ** *** ********* ********* ****** ******* ** ***** in appraising private ** publicly ***** ********** ****** **** Intellectual

********* ********

lists Licenses

Contingent

liabilities Employment

********** **

* corporate ***** *** have ***** ******** **

may ****** *** owner to ***** *** ***** ** ***** ******* ***

name ** ****** *********** **

***** *** the rights ** ******* ***** ** ************ ********* All

** *** ****** ****

of *** above 31

Which of the ********* is * ************ of ******* ***** ************* ********

***** from eroding ****** of receivable before ******** *****

expense ********

****** **** ********** ****** ** receivables ****** ******** ********

**** decreasing ****** of inventories ****** closing Protects

****** from ********** values ** *********** ****** ******** **

**** ** ******* can involve which ** *** following: *****

Stock

Cash

and stock Rights

********* and ***** All

** the above **

***** ** *** following *** *** **** ** *** ********* loss ********** *** *************** ***

********* **** ********** ****** ***** ** ******* ******** ***** paid Net

********* loss ************* enable ***** ** ******* future ******* ******* ***

operating loss ************* may be ******* ** ****** ** ** * ***** into the ******* Loss

******************* cannot *** * *** ********* **** ***** ******* ****** **** ****** viable *** ** *********** *** same business for ** least * ***** following the ******* ** *** acquisition ****

of *** ****** 34

*** *** ****** ** the *********** may ********* *** ******** ***** by Raising

*** ***** demanded ** *** ****** ** offset ********* *** ************ Reducing

*** ***** demanded by *** ****** ** ****** ********* *** ************ Causing

*** buyer ** ****** *** ******** ***** ** *** *********** ** taxable to *** ****** ************ shareholders *******

the seller ** agree ** ***** * portion of the ******** ****** *******

the ***** ** ***** ** defer * portion of *** ******** price 35

******** ********** *** ********** ********* are included ** **** ********* to ******** *** ********** that *** interest and principal of outstanding loans **** ** ****** ** * timely ******* ***** of *** ********* ** *** true about ******** ********** *** ********** covenants? Security

features ******* *** assignment ** payments *** ***** a ******** contract ** the ******* ********

********* ******* ****** ** *** ****** ** ********* **** ***** ** paid ***********

** the ****** ** working ******* **** *** ******** *** ********* Periodically

********* ********** **** be **** to ******** Automatic

**** ********* acceleration ** the ******** ** in ******* ** any ***** outstanding 36

*** ********* **** be **** ******* *** to ******* for * ****** **** ******** Major

*********** tend ** ****** **** ********** when * firm takes ** ***** ******* of debt ****

******** ********* *** ********** ***** of *** firm Projected

cash flows *** ***** ******* to significant ***** ******** *** ability ** the **** ** ***** *** ***** *

*** * ***** *

* *** C **

Antitrust ********** authorities **** ** **** **** ********* ** ***** **** of *********** Equity

************* *********

********* among ************ ******

********** *******

******** ventures involving collaborative ********* None

of *** ****** **

***** ** the ********* ** ********* **** ***** financing *** *** ************** Lenders

rarely ******* guarantees **** *** ******** Bank

loans *** ******** used ** **** ********** cash ************* ************

must ***** on ** *********** financial ********* *** the organization *************

** *** partners of ********** ****** *** usually **** ** value ************

*** ** uncommon **** of ***** ********** **

***** ** the ********* ** *** **** ** a divestiture? May

****** **** ******** for *** ****** ***** Parent

****** ** ****** ********

** **** taxable ** ******** ** shareholders through a ******** ** stock ******** *

*** ***** ********** *** be ******** *

and ** **

* *********** automotive ***** ******** *** decided to **** *** ***** ************* ******** This **** ** ******** ** ** ** Merger

************

*********

******

********* ************

**

*** ** the ********* are true ** *** ********** process ****** **** The

debtor **** may **** protection **** its ********* by ********** ********** ** may be ****** **** ********** ** *** ********** ****

********* **** *** bankruptcy ** ****** ** the ****** **** *** ****** ** **** to ** involuntary *********** ****

either * voluntary ** involuntary ******** ** ***** *** debtor **** ** ********* **** *** further ***** ****** ******* to *** debts ***** *** ********** *********** *** ********** ***

****** ** a ******** ******** ** automatic **** **** ****** *** ***** ******* *** request An

********* **** ******** *** ********* ********** ********** ************ *** ************* ** ******** ** *** creditors on any **** or ***** **** ***** ****** the filing ** the ********** ********* **

All ** the ********* represent ********* forms of **** ************* ****** **** Debt

extensions Debt

compositions *****

******** ******* Debt

for equity swaps *

*** D **

***** country ***** *** be ********** in ********* *** which of *** ********* reasons? To

**** access to *** technology **

**** ****** ** * ****** ********** ***** ***** **

**** ****** ** ********** ********* A

* *** C A

*** * only **

***** of *** ********* represent ****** ********** ** *** global ******* ***** ******* ***** **** applied ** valuing ***** ** ******** countries? Risk

**** **** ** return ********

*************** risk ******** Firm

size **** ******** ********

******* ************ ****** ***** ***

** *** ****** **

*** most common form ** ******* ********* ****** ***** engaged ** ******** *** Stock

*****

****

*** stock *****

****

stock and ****

Click here to download attached files: FIN 444 FINAL EXAM.docx
or Buy custom answer
LEARN MORE EFFECTIVELY AND GET BETTER GRADES!
Ask a Question