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Question 2a

Card Co has in issue 8 million shares with an ex dividend market value of $7·16 per share. A dividend of 62 cents per share for 2013 has just been paid. The pattern of recent dividends is as follows:

Year 2010201120122013
Dividends per share (cents)55.157.959.162.0

Card Co also has in issue 8•5% bonds redeemable in five years’ time with a total nominal value of $5 million. The market value of each $100 bond is $103•42. Redemption will be at nominal value.
Card Co is planning to invest a significant amount of money into a joint venture in a new business area. It has identified a proxy company with a similar business risk to the joint venture. The proxy company has an equity beta of 1•038 and is financed 75% by equity and 25% by debt, on a market value basis.

The current risk-free rate of return is 4% and the average equity risk premium is 5%. Card Co pays profit tax at a rate of 30% per year and has an equity beta of 1•6.

Required:

Calculate the cost of equity of Card Co using the dividend growth model. (3 marks)

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