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You have been engaged as a management consultant by Scylace plc, a grocery retail chain. You have been asked to evaluate two alternative proposals for building a new superstore and a proposal to make a takeover bid for Helibeb plc. You have the option to build the superstore at one of two locations. Using the figures which you have calculated in your examination (included below),

You have been engaged as a management consultant by Scylace plc, a grocery retail chain. You have been asked to evaluate two alternative proposals for building a new superstore and a proposal to make a takeover bid for Helibeb plc.

You have the option to build the superstore at one of two locations. Using the figures which you have calculated in your examination (included below), write a report with recommendations on whether to build either or both of the two superstores and on whether to make a bid for Helibeb plc.

If you recommend that (a) both superstores should be built or (b) at least one superstore should be built while Scylace also seeks to acquire Helibeb, you must provide a recommendation on which investments should take priority if resources are insufficient to make all the investments you are recommending.

Your report must contain:

1. An executive summary (up to 300 words)

2. An introduction (up to 200 words)

3. A methodology for evaluating the proposed new superstore locations and prospective acquisition, in the light of available finance (up to 500 words)

4. An evaluation of the proposed new superstore locations and prospective acquisition (up to 1,000 words)

5. Conclusions (up to 250 words)

6. Recommendations (up to 250 words)

7. References (A minimum of 20 references using APA Referencing Style (articles from academic periodicals, ft.com, hbr.com, mckinsey.com, official data and information sources)

Further information: Scylace plc has total assets of £312 million, including £14 million in cash, with total liabilities of £98 million.

Figures which have been calculated in the examination in addition to provided data below

The cost of building the new superstore and the annual sales revenue and costs are as follows:

Option A Location A £ million Option B Location B £ million
Cost of New Superstore 40.0 25.0
Residual Value 10.0 3.0
Annual Sales Revenue 13.0 10.0
Annual Cost of Sales (9.1) (7.0)
Annual Staff Costs (1.2) (1.1)
Other Annual Costs (1.1) (0.8)

Depreciation is to be charged on a straightline basis over a period of 50 years, taking account of the residual value.

Option A Option B
Annual Profit. 1 0.66
Average Investment 25 14
Accounting Rate of Return 4 4.71

You have been engaged as a management consultant by Scylace plc, a grocery retail chain. You have been asked to evaluate three alternative proposals financing expansion. The options are:

to issue a bond redeemable in 20 years

to issue a bond redeemable in 50 years

or to issue new shares.

The details of the proposed alternative bonds and their expected market values are as follows:

20-year bond 50-year bond
Face Value of each bond £100 £100
Nominal Interest Rate 8.0% 6.5%
Predicted market price of bond £150 £120

Scylace plc has ordinary shares with a nominal value of £1 each listed on the London Stock Exchange.

The market price of 1 Scylace ordinary shares is 570p

Over the last year, Scylace has paid a dividend of 24.00p per share.

The directors are expecting the company to pay dividends of 24.75 per share over the next year and expect dividends to grow at a constant percentage rate for the foreseeable future.

20Year 50Years
predicted yield to redemption 3.33 5.05

The directors of Scylace plc have also expressed an interest in in making a takeover bid for a clothing retailer, Helibeb plc. The following figures have been extracted from Helibeb’s financial statements for the last two years:

Year Ended September 30th.
2017 £m 2018 £m
Sales Income 681 697
Cost of Sales (492) (500)
Gross Profit 189 197
Distribution Costs (85) (87)
Administration Expenses (79) (83)
Operating Profit 25 27
Finance Income 0 0
Finance Costs (6) (5)
Net Profit Before Tax 19 22
Taxation (3) (4)
Net Profit After Tax 16 18
Dividends (6) (7)
Retained Profit 10 11
As at September 30th.
2016 2017 2018
£m £m £m
Non-Current Assets 203 209 211
Current Assets 19 22 29
Current Liabilities (37) (38) (40)
Non-Current Liabilities (82) (80) (76)
Shareholders’ Equity 103 113 124
Helibeb plc for 2017 Helibeb plc for 2018
Return on Shareholders’ Equity 14.81 15.19
Turnover of Capital Employed 1.8 1.77
Net Profit Margin 2.35 2.58
Operating Margin 3.67 3.87
2016 2017 2018
Book Gearing for Helibeb 44.32 41.45 38
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