VICTORIA CHEMICALS PLC Ricky Tjayadi 01120120028 Young Jung Kim 01120120201 Irene 01120120214 VICTORIA CHEMICALS PLC The Background Victoria Chemicals‚ a major company in the chemical industry‚ was the number one producer of polypropylene‚ a polymer used in various everyday items. Victoria Chemicals at the end of 2007 was in a financial slump and was under pressure to improve their financial performance. Due to this financial slump‚ Lucy Morris‚ the Plant
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UV2493 Version 1.5 DIAMOND CHEMICALS PLC (A): THE MERSEYSIDE PROJECT Late one afternoon in January 2001‚ Frank Greystock told Lucy Morris‚ “No one seems satisfied with the analysis so far‚ but the suggested changes could kill the project. If solid projects like this can’t swim past the corporate piranhas‚ the company will never modernize.” Morris was plant manager of Diamond Chemicals’ Merseyside Works in Liverpool‚ England. Her controller‚ Frank Greystock‚ was discussing a capital project that
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to attain the minor degree in IFE. He estimated that it would involve an additional cost of RM40‚000. HOW WOULD THE MONEY GROW? Not knowing how exactly he should grow the money‚ Afiq Firash contacted his cousin (Rauf) who is an engineer with an oil and gas company in Sabah for advice. Without hesitation‚ Rauf suggested an IPO (initial public offering) of Felda Global Venture Holdings (FGVH)‚ which wass already opened for subscription since 31 May 2012. Right after the phone call‚ Rauf sent emails
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Assessment Task 1 a) The named organization that is being discussed in this case study is FirstGroup PLC which is a transport company based in the UK. It generates revenues of approximately 5 billion pounds every year and employs staff of over 137‚000 over the UK and North America. The estimated amount of passengers that this company transports is about 2.5 billion per annum. That was a brief overview of the organization that is being dealt in the case study. Moving onto PESTEL which is the brief
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Traffic Clothing PLC 1) Internal growth is defined as the development of a business through using its own finances and retained profits. Whereas external growth is a business’s growth through acquiring other businesses. In Traffic Clothing PLC’s external growth strategy was through aggressive takeovers of either other clothing producers or material suppliers. While their internal growth strategy was through creating low cost factories in developing nations. 2) Sales revenue is defined as the
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Tottenham Hotspur plc 1. First‚ calculate FCF. As written in the case‚ both depreciation and CAPEX grows 7% annually and I assumed change in NWC is consistently 0. Given discount rate is 10.25%. I put 1% perpetual growth on CF projection after 2020. The NPV of CF is 79.13 (in M GBP) as below. Since EV is 79.93 and net debt (total debt – cash and equivalents) is 16.79‚ therefore we can say that E is 63.14. On the other hand‚ as its current stock price of £13.80‚ the market capitalization
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During my practicum I was able to sit in on one PLC meeting. It was a little informal considering the principal was gone and the teachers mostly talked if they wanted to. We went into the teachers lounge and sat around the big table and just talked about who is struggling. We went over what students had troubles reading and how far behind they were. The physical education teacher takes certain students how need extra reading strategies for about twenty minutes. This happens everyday in the classroom
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The Body Shop International PLC Watersmead Littlehampton West Sussex BN17 6LS‚ United Kingdom Phone: +44-1903-731-500 Fax: +44-1903-726-250 Primary US Office: Subscribers Only http://www.the-body-shop.com Hoover’s coverage by Alex Biesada Overview Promoting beauty in the customer’s eye instead of the beholder’s‚ The Body Shop International sells skin and hair care products so natural they sound edible (Peppermint Foot Lotion‚ Banana Shampoo). The company combines activism with marketing
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Analysis of Travis Perkins plc Executive summary This report intends to analysis the macro and internal environments and financial position of the Travis Perkins plc by conducting the PESTLE and SWOT analysis. In the beginning of this report‚ it introduces the mission of Travis Perkins plc. After that‚ this report presents the PESTLE analysis to show the company’s external environment. Then‚ it depicts the SWOT analysis of Travis Perkins plc to show the strengths‚ weaknesses‚ opportunities and
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Next Plc | 2011 | 2010 | PerformanceGross Profit | 1008.7/3453.7 = 29.21% | 996.9/3406.5 = 29.26% | Operating Profit | 574.8/3453.7 = 16.64% | 529.8/3406.5 = 15.56% | ROCE | 574.8/(232.4 + 727) = 59.91% | 529.8/(133.4+802) = 56.63% | Asset Turnover | 3453.7/(232.4+727) = 3.60 times. | 3406.5/(133.4+802) = 3.64 | LiquidityCurrent Ratio | 1067.3/832.9 = 1.3:1 | 1041.2/758.1 = 1.4:1 | Quick Ratio | (1067.3 – 368.3)/832.9 = 0.84:1 | (1041.2 – 309)/758.1 = 0.97:1 | Inventory Days
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