FINA 8004: Sam and Annabelle Burns Own and Manage the Firm Hair Care Ltd: Corporate Finance Assignment, UCC

CASE STUDY – HAIR CARE LIMITED

Sam and Annabelle Burns own and manage the firm Hair Care Ltd, based in Cork, Ireland. The firm was formed in 2002 when Sam and his wife re-mortgaged their house and borrowed heavily from the bank to buy out the company from a conglomerate organization who were disposing of non-core businesses.  Sam had been a senior salesman with the hair-care subsidiary of the conglomerate.  This subsidiary bought hair care products, mainly small value items and consumables – scissors, brushes, combs, hair nets, curlers and hair driers, from manufacturers and resold them to wholesalers and large retail chemist chains within Ireland, mainly for use in hairdressing salons.  The business has continued in this direction.

Haircare Limited’s suppliers/manufacturers are almost entirely non-Irish suppliers, many based in Hong Kong but with manufacturing facilities in mainland China, Taiwan, and Malaysia.  However, about 30% of the products are sourced in Europe – Italy, and Germany predominantly. Sam and Annabelle are concerned about the long term reliability of their supply chain given the difficulties they have experienced during the COVID 19 outbreak.

The interest-only mortgage taken out to finance the purchase of the freehold will have to be repaid in the next year. Haircare Limited’s year-end is 31^st March and a summary of the company’s most recent Statement of Financial Position reads as follows:

The sourcing of the funding for the next five years is of concern to Sam and Annabelle and they wish to take advice from a corporate finance expert in this area.

Required:

Acting as an advisor to Hair Care Limited, prepare a report that;

• Presents a projected funding requirement and source of a funding proposal for Haircare Limited for 2020 to 2025.
• Explains and illustrates (using projections) the foreign currency risk facing Haircare Limited by the proposed acquisition of HK INC. and suggest an appropriate hedging strategy therefor
• Compares the proposed competing for equity investments in terms of risk and return and market efficiency and advise on your preferred investment for Q3 2020
• Advises on the optimum entry pricing point for the hairdryer if the following decision rules are used (please show all detailed workings and pay-off matrix for the 9 potential financial outcomes): Minimax, Maximin, and Expected value.