Global Energy Management Institute
International Financial Risk Management
R.J. Reynolds International Financing HBS Case 9-287-057
The case is set in the context of RJR’s 1985 financing of its $4.9 billion acquisition of Nabisco Brands Inc. To finance the acquisition, RJR was proposing the issue of $1.2 billion of 12 year notes and the same amount in preferred stock. It had already funded $1.5 billion of the acquisition leaving $1 billion more to finance.
Challenges facing RJR: Of the $1.5 billion that had been funded, $500 million came from cash and the remaining was through bank borrowings and commercial paper. These borrowings added to the debt that RJR had issued in 1984 and brought their debt ratings down to A. The
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MGL does another swap with RJR where they pay $ LIBOR to RJR in return for fixed dollar cash flows at 10.92% from MGL (Floating for fixed dollars). Effectively this implies (using Exhibit 9) that MGL pays fixed 7.1% yen to RJR and receives fixed dollars at 10.92% from RJR. The dollar cash flows in this case from RJR to MGL would be estimated as follows: RJR needs yen cash flows in years 1-5 given above. To convert these at a 7.1% swap rate into dollar cash flows at 10.92% : 1. Take the PV of these yen cash flows at 7.1% This equals Yen 24,258,824,814.179 2. At the current spot rate (ask) of 236.90 this converts to $ $102,401,117.83 This is the present value of the yen cash flows at 7.1%. RJR’s dollar payments are then set at 10.92% of this value. These numbers are shown below:
|Euroyen bonds(swapped) | 25,000,000,000.00 |Dollars |
|Year |Cash flows | |
|0 | 24,593,750,000.00 |$102,401,117.83 |
|1 | 1,593,750,000.000 |-
2. New bank credit facility, 600 million cash on hand to take advantage of opportunities that may arise
So that this bill can be entered into the system we must first identify the cost center and thus its business unit. Also we enclose the exchange rate on the day before the date of the invoice to then generate the exchange difference on the day of payment. With respect to the latter we generate what is an order of temporary debt payment where the consultant is selected with the exchange rate of the day it is paid and approved by system is attached. Completed the above steps, having had the approval of all sectors, he moved to cash to fulfill the task of transfer of such fees and refunds.
- if they get more debt, then it makes the company less attractive to prospect lenders since their
So if you were using a yen/dollar quote for the exchange rate, you would have yen rate minus dollar rate divided by one plus dollar rate.
4. Apple, whose global sales are generally dollar denominated, finds it has excess cash of $155,000,000,000, which it can invest for up to three years. It has determined that its best options are either a three-year Euro-dollar ($) deposit paying 2.75% or a three-year Swiss Franc denominated deposit paying 1.60% since it expects the SF to appreciate 1.15% per annum against the dollar over the next three years. Using cash flow analysis determine the best currency option in which Apple should invest. Be sure to show your complete calculations of the annual return on each investment at the end of the three-year term. Assume that the annual interest amount is reinvested, i.e. compounds, at the same annual interest rate. Would your answer change if Apple revised its outlook for the SF to appreciate 1.2% per year? Show all calculations!!!
Use the following diagram of a flexible exchange market for foreign currency to answer questions 73-78:
In January 1980, the management of the Marriott Corporation found itself in an interesting dilemma: not only did the corporation have considerable excess debt capacity, but projections of future operations and cash flows indicated that this capacity was on the rise. For Marriott, excess debt capacity was viewed as comparable to unused plant capacity because the existing equity base could support additional productive assets. Management was therefore faced with two problems. First, it needed to determine the amount of funds that would be available if Marriott's full debt capacity were utilized. Second, management needed to decide whether to invest excess funds in new or existing businesses, or to return them to the companies shareholders
The borrowings increased the RJR debts issued in 1984 bringing an A debt rating, therefore in financing the remaining $1 billion the below should be put into consideration:
Jackson Automotive has a cash balance as of May 31, 2013 of $4,994,000 with a loan due at the end of June 2013 for $5 million (See Appendix D for Balance Sheets). The cash short fall came about for several reasons. First, Mr. Edwards liquidated the company’s cash position of $5 million and took out a short-term loan for $5 million to repurchase stock. Second,
This case raises many interesting questions concerning the record setting issuance of corporate debt by WorldCom, Inc. (“WorldCom”). Both the surprisingly voluminous structure of the proposed issuance and the foreboding macro-economic climate in which it was slated spark concerns over the risk and cost of the move. One of the first questions that must be addressed is whether WorldCom’s timing was appropriate. Next, the company’s choice of structure for the bond issuance must be analyzed. Finally, the cost of issuing each tranche of debt must be estimated in order to determine how much WorldCom is actually giving up to achieve the $6 billion in funds.
| • Earn interest return from USD deposits: = 60,018,756 × 0.01652 = 495,155• Withdraw all USD deposits with interest: = 60,018,756 + 495,155 = 60,513,911•
Due to their international business exposure and experience in brokering between Japanese and overseas clients, IBJ proposed an alternative method in which compromises between AAR and NPV/IRR in calculating the financial projections. As shown on Appendix A, the ACFR is positive at +79.1%, considerably much better than the original AAR of -1%.
2. Since CapExpt is denominated in HKD while the rests of the selected data are denominated in RMB, we can apply the given exchange rate of HKD 1 = RMB 1.1037 to convert the CapExpt into RMB for comparable calculations. We will eventually convert our estimation about SHXS’s equity value back to HKD again by using the same exchange rate.
Based on your answer to question 2, how would Mesa’s cash flows be affected by the expected exchange rate movements? Explain.