What is meant by the term distribution policy

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Managerial Finance

Details: See attached document for ALL 3 MINICASE. Please write 3 Mini Case in separate document. Also take pay close attention to the questions. Thanks

1. MINI CASE

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The purpose of this assignment is to explain core concepts related to business risk and recommend sound financial decisions based on analysis of a firm's capital structure and capital budgeting techniques.

Read the Mini Case below. Using complete sentences and academic vocabulary, please answer questions a and b.

Mini Case: Assume you have just been hired as a business manager of PizzaPalace, a regional pizza restaurant chain. The company's EBIT was $50 million last year and is not expected to grow. The firm is currently financed with all equity, and it has 10 million shares outstanding. When you took your corporate finance course, your instructor stated that most firms' or{ners would be financially better off if the firms used some debt. When you suggested this to your new boss, he encouraged you to pursue the idea. As a first step, assume that you obtained from the firm's investment banker the following estimated costs of debt for the firm at different capital structures:

Percent Financed with Debt" w_d   r_d
0%                                             -
20                                            8.0%
30                                            8.5
40                                            10.0
50                                            12.0

If the company lvere to recapitalizs, then debt would be issued and the funds received would be used to repurchase stock. PizzaPalace is in the 40% state-plus-federal corporate tax bracket, its beta is 1.0, the risk-&ee rate is 6%, and the market risk premium is 6%.

a. Using the free cash flow valuation model, show the only avenues by which capital structure can affect value.

b. (1) What is business risk? What factors influence a firm's business risk?
(2) What is operating leverage, and how does it affect a firm's business risk? Show the operating break-even point if a company has fixed costs of $200, a sales price of $15, and variable costs of $10.

Using the mini case information, write a 250-500 word recommendation of the financial decisions you propose for this company based on an analysis of its capital structure and capital budgeting techniques.

2. Mini Case

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The purpose of this assignment is to explain core concepts related to cash distributions and capital structure.

Read the Mini Case below. Using complete sentences and academic vocabulary, please answer questions a and b.

Integrated Waveguide Technologies, Inc. (IWT) is a 6-year-old company founded by Hunt |ackson and David Smithfield to exploit metamaterial plasmonic technology to dwelop and manufacture miniature microwave frequenry directionai transmitters and receivers for use in mobile Internet and communications applications" fWT's technology, although highly advanced, is relatively inexpensive to implement, and its patented manufacturing techniques requke little capital as compared to many electronics fabrication ventures. Because of the low capital requirement, Jackson and Smithfield have been able to avoid issuing new stock and thus own ali of the shares. Because of the explosion in demand for its mobile Internet applications, IWT must now access outside equity capital to fund its growth, and |ackson and Smithfield have decided to take the company public. Until now, |ackson and Smithfield have paid themselves reasonable salaries but routinely reinvested all after-tax earnings in the firm, so dividend policy has not been an issue. However, before talking with potential outside investors, they must decide on a dividend policy.

Your new boss at the consulting firm Flick and Associates, which has been retained to help IWT prepare for its public offering has asked you to make a presentation to laclson and Smithfield in which you review the theory of dividend policy and discuss the following issues.

a. (1) What is meant by the term "distribution policy"? How has the mix of dividend payouts and stock repurchases changed over time?

(2) The terms "irrelevance," "dividend preference," or "bird-in-the-hand," and "tax effect" have been used to describe three major theories regarding the way dividend payouts affect a firm's value. Explain these terms, and briefly describe each theory.

(3) What do the three theories indicate regarding the actions management should take with respect to dividend payouts?

(a) What results have empirical studies of the dividend theories produced? How does all this affect what we crln tel1 managers about dividend payouts?

b. Discuss (1) the information content, or signaling, hlpothesis, (2) the clientele effect, and (3) their effects on distribution poliry.

APA format is not required, but solid academic writing is expected.

3. Mini Case

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The purpose of this assignment is to explain core concepts related to stock, equity, debt, and the roles they play in making tactical financial decisions.

Read the Mini Case below. Using complete sentences and academic vocabulary, please answer questions a and b.

Paul Duncan, financiai manager of EduSoft Inc., is facing a dilemma. The firm was founded 5 years ago to provide educational software f<lr the rapidly expanding primary and secondary school rnarkets. Although EduSoft has done well, the firm's founder believes an industry shakeout is irnminent. To surwive, EduSoft must grab market share now, and this will require a large infusion of new capital.

Because he expects earnings to continue rising sharply and looks for the stock price to follow suit, Mr. Duncan does not think it lvouid be wise to issue new common stock at this time. On the other hand, interest rates are currently high by historical standards, and the firm's B rating means that interest payments on a nerv debt issue nould be prohibitive. Thus, he has narrowed his choice offinancing alternatives to (l) preferred stock, (2) bonds with warrants, or (3) convertible bonds.

As Duncan's assistant, you have been asked to help in the decision process by answering the following questions.

a. How does preferred stock differ from both common equity and debt? Is preferred stock more risky than common stock? What is floating rate preferred stock?

b. How can knowledge of call options help a financial manager to better understand warrants and convertibles?

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