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Model: Value of shares—Net assets and PE ratio methods) Dev Ltd. is a going concern and its directors who are also owners have decided to sell their business. They have approached you to make an assessment of the price per equity share a purchaser might offer. The relevant information is as follows:

Balance Sheet as on 31 March 2010

Liabilities

Assets

Share Capital:

Fixed Assets (Net Book Value)

50,000 Equity Shares of Rs. 10 Each

5,00,000

Land & Buildings

14,00,000

Reserves Dividend Equalization Fund

12,00,000

Plant & Equipment

7,50,000

Secured Loan

1,50,000

Motor Vehicle

1,40,000

Staff Welfare Fund

6,00,000

Intangible Assets

10,000

Current Liabilities

50,000

Current Assets:

Creditors

2,75,000

Stock

3,00,000

Accrued Expenses

1,25,000

Debtors

2,50,000

Proposed Dividend

75,000

Cash and Bank

50,000

Deferred Advertisement Cost

75,000

29,75,000

29,75,000

Net profits after tax and interest but before payment of dividends were: 2005–06: Rs.1,50,000; 2006–07: Rs.1,60,000; 2007-08: Rs.1,20,000; 2008–09: Rs.1,50,000; 2009–10: Rs.1,70,000. The fixed assets of the company have been valued by independent experts as follows:

Land & Buildings

17,40,000

Plant & Equipment

8,60,000

Motor vehicle

1,00,000

The applicable price earnings PE ratio is 10. You are required to compute the value per equity share of the company based on:

  1. Net assets
  2. PE ratio