Before evaluating whether $1b is value enhancing in quantitative measure‚ ability to cope with pre-requisite interest payment and potentially dividend payment (possibly dividend growth maintenance) should be considered. Required debt rate and pro forma income statement Risk determinants Credit rating agencies take a wide range of factors – debt raising purpose‚ industry outlook‚ corporate profile and financial measures into account when performing corporate bond rating service. Debt is raised
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1. What are the benefits of debt for UST? How do you calculate the value of these benefits? Use a corporate tax rate of 38% to value the tax shields. The benefits of debt to UST are to create an interest tax shield. The interest tax shield directly increases the cash flows paid to equity investors. The present value of that interest tax shield increases the market value of UST as a leveraged firm vs. an unleveraged one‚ if they choose to recapitalize. The value of these benefits is calculated
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TERM PROJECT Executive Summary and Pro Forma Jeyhun Taghiyev Park University Executive Summary Brothers’ is a convenience store located in Basehor‚ Kansas. This family owned business is conveniently located and the cross section of two major highways (K-7 and I-70). This small company expects to capture market share by becoming the low cost leader in the convenience store market by pricing competitively‚ providing excellent service and products. The major products offered include: newspapers
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Debt Policy at UST Inc. 1. What are the primary business risks associated with UST Inc.? What are the attributes of UST Inc.? Evaluate from the viewpoint of a bondholder. (Your answer should be more qualitative than quantitative!) The following factors weave into the risks and attributes of the company from the creditors’ point of view: A. UST had seven pending health related lawsuits at the end of 1998. The outcomes of these suits are uncertain. Despite the major Medicaid state settlements
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1. What are the primary business risks associated with UST Inc.? What are the attributes of UST Inc.? Evaluate from the viewpoint of credit analyst or bond holder. UST Inc. is a smokeless tobacco company with a long tradition and a recognizable brand name. A strong brand name can have lots of associations with high quality‚ revenues‚ soundness‚ growth‚ etc. But‚ this is one of the characteristics that can be like two edged sward. On one side‚ company with long tradition is expected to
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A. Documents A. Analysis B1. To make my pro-forma statements I had to plan for future goals‚ I intended to make up the money I used in the first three quarters by quarter 4. I tried to backwards plan by adjusting the numbers to hopefully meet the criteria. Each quarter my cash flow increased by about 300‚000. I did not increase my effectiveness with pro-forma statements or budgets to ensure adequacy of funds. The production capacity in my first 2 quarters was low but only because it
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VISIT TO UST MUSEUM Date of Submission: December 14‚ 2011 As a Thomasian‚ it is just appropriate to visit the UST Museum where it showcases its rich collection of artifacts and important figures that defines our history. Here’s an historical background of the museum. The UST Museum is the oldest museum in the Philippines featuring a rich natural history collection‚ with a diorama of selected Philippine fauna. Other exhibits include the ethnography collection (cultural artifacts)‚ the oriental
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Case 1 – Debt Policy at UST Inc. 1) UST is the dominant producer of moist smokeless tobacco‚ or moist snuff‚ controlling approximately 77% of the market. UST has been one of the most profitable companies in corporate America with low debt compared to other companies in the tobacco industry and the company has been recognized by Forbes in terms of profitability by achieving return of capital of 92.1%. Price elasticity of its products is also important while evaluating. Smokeless tobacco industry
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NOVEL STUDY PRO FORMA: SETTING: - What is the time and place of the story? - Don these have any bearing on or importance to the story? - Does the setting vary‚ of is it static? - Are characters affected by the setting? How? MOOD/ATMOSPHERE: - Is there a particular atmosphere created? - How is this created? - What effect does it have on characters and events CHARACTERS: - What does the author tell us about the characters? Ie. Descriptive presentation? - What do the characters reveal
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Debt Policy at UST Inc. Executive Summary In the 1990’s‚ UST was a dominant producer of moist smokeless tobacco‚ controlling 77% of the market. Smokeless tobacco products consist of snuff (dry and moist) and chewing tobacco (loose leaf‚ plug and twist/roll) categories. UST was a market leader of the snuff product category‚ innovating with new product forms and flavors over the years. UST has also been a profitable company‚ boosting its shareholders’ earnings by undertaking measures such
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