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The Henley Corporation is a privately held company specializing in lawn care products and services. It...

The Henley Corporation is a privately held company specializing in lawn care products and services. It was a WACC of 12.5%. Further, the most recent financial statements are shown below.

Income Statement for the year ending December 31 (Millions of Dollars Except for Per Share Data)
2007
Net sales $800.00
Operating Costs (except depreciation) 576
Depreciation 60
Earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) $164.00
Less interest 32
Earnings before taxes $132.00
Taxes (40%) 52.8
Net income available for common stockholders $79.20
Number of shares (in millions) 10
Balance Sheet for December 31 (Millions of Dollars)
2007 2007
Assets Liabilities and Equity
Cash $8.00 Accounts payable $16.00
Marketable securities 20 Notes payable 40
Accounts receivable 80 Accruals 40
Inventories 160 Total current liabilities $96.00
Total current assets 268 Long-term bonds 315
Net Property, Plant and equipment 600

The ratios and selected information for the current and projected years are shown below (sales growth beyond 2011 = 6% per year; all the ratios beyond 2011 are the same as in 2011).

Actual Projected
2007 2008 2009 2010
Sales growth rate 15% 6% 6%
Operating Costs/Sales 72% 72 72 72
Depreciation/Net PPE 10 10 10 10
Cash/Sales 1 1 1 1
Accounts Receivable/Sales 10 10 10 10
Inventories/Sales 20 20 20 20
Net PPE/Sales 75 75 75 75
Accounts payable/Sales 2 2 2 2
Accruals/Sales 5 5 5 5
Tax rate 40 40 40 40

(a)

Calculate free cash flow (in millions of dollars) for each projected year till 2010. (Round your answer to two decimal places.)

2008$  million

2009$  million

2010$  million

What are the FCFs after 2010?

FCFs will grow at the same rate as sales, at  %.

(b)

Calculate the enterprise value (in millions of dollars) at the end of fiscal year 2007 (i.e., 12/31/2007). (Round your answer to two decimal places.)

$

(c)

Calculate the stock price (in dollars) at the end of fiscal year 2007 (i.e., 12/31/2007). (Round your answer to two decimal places.)

$

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Analyzing and Interpreting Pension and Health Care Footnote Assume Xerox reports the following pension and retiree...

Analyzing and Interpreting Pension and Health Care Footnote

Assume Xerox reports the following pension and retiree health care ("Other") footnote as part of its 10-K report.

Pension Benefits Retiree Health
(in millions) 2010 2009 2010 2009
Change in Benefit Obligation
Benefit obligation, January 1 $ 10,467 $ 10,302 $ 1,592 $ 1,653
Service cost 237 244 17 19
Interest cost 578 732 87 92
Plan participants' contributions 12 13 20 19
Plan amendments 11 (234) -- 31
Acturarial gain (508) (85) (114) (105)
Currency exchange rate changes 331 564 21 --
Curtailments (1) (2) -- --
Benefits paid/settlements (629) (1,067) (102) (117)
Benefit obligation, December 31 $ 10,498 $ 10,467 $ 1,521 $ 1,592
Change in Plan Assets
Fair value of plan assets, January 1 $ 9,217 $ 8,444 $ -- $ --
Actual return on plan assets 695 959 -- --
Employer contribution 256 355 82 98
Plan participants' contributions 12 13 20 19
Currency exchange rate changes 280 513 -- --
Benefits paid/settlements (629) (1,067) (102) (117)
Fair value of plan assets, December 31 $ 9,831 $ 9,217 $ -- $ --
Net funded status (including under-funded and non-funded plans) at December 31 $ (667) $ (1,250) $ (1,521) $ (1,592)
Pension Benefits Retiree Health
(in millions) 2010 2009 2008 2010 2009 2008
Components of Net Periodic Benefit Cost
Defined benefit plans
Service cost $ 237 $ 244 $ 234 $ 17 $ 19 $ 20
Interest cost 578 732 581 87 92 90
Expected return on plan assets (668) (802) (622) -- -- --
Recognized net acturarial loss 75 104 98 10 19 31
Amortization of prior service credit (20) (18) (3) (12) (13) (24)
Recognized net transition obligation (asset) -- 2 1 -- -- --
Recognized curtailment/settlement loss 33 93 54 -- -- --
Net periodic benefit cost 235 355 343 102 117 117
Defined contribution plans 80 70 71 -- -- --
Total $ 315 $ 425 $ 414 $ 102 $ 117 $ 117
Other Changes in Plan Assets and Benefit Obligations Recognized in Other Comprehensive Income
Net acturarial loss (gain) (499) (114)
Prior service cost (credit) 5 --
Amortization of net acturarial (loss) gain (108) (10)
Amortizaion of prior service (cost) credit 20 12
Total recognized in other comprehensive income (582) (112)
Total Recognized in Net Periodic Benefit Cost and Other Comprehensive Income $ (267) $ (10)


(a) Describe what is meant by service cost and interest cost (the service and interest costs appear both in the reconciliation of the PBO and in the computation of pension expense).

Service cost represents the wages earned by employees managing the pension plan during the current year. Interest cost is the expense we incur on funds borrowed by the pension plan.

Service cost represents the wages earned by employees managing the pension plan during the current year. Interest cost is an expense that accrues on the pension obligation during the year.

Service cost represents the additional pension benefits earned by employees during the current year but paid to employees in the future. Interest cost is the expense we incur on funds borrowed by the pension plan.

Service cost represents the additional pension benefits earned by employees during the current year but paid to employees in the future. Interest cost is an expense that accrues on the pension obligation during the year.

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The correct answer is: Service cost represents the additional pension benefits earned by employees during the current year but paid to employees in the future. Interest cost is an expense that accrues on the pension obligation during the year.



(b) What is the actual return on the pension and the health care ("Other") plan investments in 2010?
$Answer


million

Was Xerox's profitability impacted by this amount?

Xerox's profit is reduced by the expected return on pension assets. Because the health care ("Other") plan is not funded, there are no assets generating a return, hence there is no expected return offset for this plan.

The actual return for both plans is the income or loss that is reported in Xerox's income statement.

The expected return (not the actual return) on the pension plan assets impacts Xerox's income for 2010. Pension expense is reduced by this amount. Because the health care ("Other") plan is not funded, there are no assets generating a return, hence there is no expected return offset for this plan.

The actual return for the pension plans is the income or loss that is reported in Xerox's income statement. Because the "Other" (health care) plan is funded on a pay-as-you-go basis, it does not affect Xerox's profit until the benefits are paid.

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The correct answer is: The expected return (not the actual return) on the pension plan assets impacts Xerox's income for 2010. Pension expense is reduced by this amount. Because the health care ("Other") plan is not funded, there are no assets generating a return, hence there is no expected return offset for this plan.



(c) Provide an example under which an "actuarial gain," such as the $508 million gain in 2010 that Xerox reports, might arise.

An increase in the actual return on plan assets.

An increase in the discount rate.

An increase in the expected return assumption.

A reduction in the amount of benefit payments.

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The correct answer is: An increase in the discount rate.



(d) What is the source of funds to make payments to retirees?

pension and health care liabilities

pension and health care assets

pension and health care obligations

operating cash flows

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The correct answer is: pension and health care assets



(e) How much cash did Xerox contribute to its pension and health care plans in 2010?
Pension = $Answer


million
Health care = $Answer


million

(f) How much cash did retirees receive in 2010 from the pension plan and the health care plan?
Pension = $Answer


million
Health care = $Answer


million

How much cash did Xerox pay these retirees in 2010?
Answer


million

(g) Show the computation of the 2010 funded status for the pension and health care plans.

Do not use negative signs with your answers.
Pension : $9,831 million - $Answer


million = $Answer


million Answerunderfundedoverfunded



Health care : $0 million - $Answer


million = $Answer


million Answerunderfundedoverfunded




(h) The company reports $108 million "amortization of net actuarial (loss) gain" in the table relating to Other Comprehensive Income and $75 million "Recognized net actuarial loss" and $33 million "Recognized curtailment/settlement loss" in the net periodic benefit cost table. (Note that $75 million + $33 million = $108 million.) The company also reports a $20 million "Amortization of prior service (cost) credit" and a corresponding amount in the net periodic benefit cost table. Describe the process by which these amounts are transferred from Other Comprehensive Income to pension expense in the income statement.

These amounts remain in AOCI unless they exceed the greater of 10% of pension assets or PBO at the beginning of the year. If the accumulated amounts exceed the maximum, the excess is amortized to income over a 10-year period.

These amounts remain in AOCI and are never amortized to income.

These amounts remain in AOCI unless they exceed the greater of pension assets or PBO at the beginning of the year. If the accumulated amounts exceed the maximum, the excess is amortized to income over the remaining service lives of the employees.

These amounts remain in AOCI unless they exceed the greater of 10% of pension assets or PBO at the beginning of the year. If the accumulated amounts exceed the maximum, the excess is amortized to income over the remaining service lives of the employees.

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The correct answer is: These amounts remain in AOCI unless they exceed the greater of 10% of pension assets or PBO at the beginning of the year. If the accumulated amounts exceed the maximum, the excess is amortized to income over the remaining service lives of the employees.

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Pancake Inc. currently makes total revenue of $56,000. The elasticity of demand for their product is...

Pancake Inc. currently makes total revenue of $56,000. The elasticity of demand for their product is .9. If a change in market price causes total revenue to increase to $57,000 then that means.

Select an answer and submit. For keyboard navigation, use the up/down arrow keys to select an answer.

a

Price went up and the quantity demanded went down

b

Price went down and the quantity demanded went up

c

Price went down and the quantity demanded went down

d

Price went down and the quantity demanded did not change

e

There is no way of knowing from the information given.

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ChalaCorporation,whichbeganbusinessin2019appropriately,usestheinstallment salesmethodofaccountingforitsinstallmentsales.Thefollowingdatawereobtained forsalesduring2019and2020: 2019 2020 Kshs Kshs Installmentsales 360,000 350,000 Costofinstallmentsales 2

ChalaCorporation,whichbeganbusinessin2019appropriately,usestheinstallment
salesmethodofaccountingforitsinstallmentsales.Thefollowingdatawereobtained
forsalesduring2019and2020: 2019 2020
Kshs Kshs
Installmentsales 360,000 350,000
Costofinstallmentsales 234,000 245,000
Cashcollectionsoninstallmentsalesduring:
2019 150,000 100,000
2020 - 120,000Required:
Preparesummaryjournalentriesfor2019and2020toaccountfortheinstallmentsalesand
cash
collections.Thecompanyusesperpetualinventorysystem.

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XYZ purchased $100,000 equity interest in Z-Tech, Inc, on January 1, 2020. On November 30. 2020,...

XYZ purchased $100,000 equity interest in Z-Tech, Inc, on January 1, 2020. On November 30. 2020, Z-Tech paid dividends of $3,000 to XYZ. At December 31, 2020, XYZ's holdings in Z-Tech is valued at $101,000. Prepare the entries necessary to record (1) the purchase of the investment, (2) the receipt of dividends and (3) year-end adjusting entry assuming that XYZ uses the Available for Sale method to account for this investment.

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The following information for 2020 relates to Will, a single taxpayer, age 18: wages - 9,500;...

The following information for 2020 relates to Will, a single taxpayer, age 18: wages - 9,500; taxable interest income - 10,600; itemized deductions - 1,500. Compute Will's tax liability for 2020 assuming he is self-supporting. Compute Will's tax liability for 2020 assuming he is dependent of his parents and they support him entirely (his earned income is NOT more than 50% of his support). His parents marginal tax rate is 22% ​

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M sold investment real estate to B in 2020 for $100,000. M purchased the property 5...

  1. M sold investment real estate to B in 2020 for $100,000. M purchased the property 5 years ago for $60,000. The terms of the sale indicated that B was to pay $20,000 to M in 2020, $50,000 in 2021, and the remaining balance of $30,000 in 2022. M elected to use the installment method to report the gain. Assuming the payments are made as agree upon, how much gain should M report for each year?

  1. 2022

  2. 2021

  3. 2020

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Jack is a resident taxpayer for Australian tax purposes. During the financial year 2020, Jack signed...

Jack is a resident taxpayer for Australian tax purposes. During the financial year 2020, Jack signed a contract with a TV channel on November 2019 and agreed to travel to other countries in December 2019 for filming a TV show. The fee of $ 10000 will be paid out to him once the show is released on TV in August 2020. Whether the amount of $10000 is the ordinary income for the 2019/2020 tax year? Explain the reason and give some relevant cases.

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Question 1 The table below shows the income and expenditure relating to a product in 2019...

Question 1

  1. The table below shows the income and expenditure relating to a product in 2019 and 2020. Complete the table with the correct value in every empty cell, and present a finished version in your answer book.

Cost / Revenue Table 2019/2020

Year

2019

(£s)

2020

(£s)

% Change

Element

Fixed Cost

2520

+5

Total Variable Cost

Total Cost

6000

Total Revenue

6325

+8

Profit

411

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A. Describe the basic issues raised by the topic of corporate governance. What is the objective?...

  1. A. Describe the basic issues raised by the topic of corporate governance. What is the objective?

B. Why was the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) created?

C.   The ICC later was closed. Explain how the ICC began to run contrary to its original mission, leading to its eventual cancellation.

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