3 The managers of Daylon plc are reviewing the company’s investment portfolio. About 15% of the portfolio is represented by a holding of 5,550,000 ordinary shares of Mondglobe plc. The managers are concerned about the effect on portfolio value if the pric

3 (a) Leigh, a public limited company, purchased the whole of the share capital of Hash, a limited company, on 1 June

2006. The whole of the share capital of Hash was formerly owned by the five directors of Hash and under the

terms of the purchase agreement, the five directors were to receive a total of three million ordinary shares of $1

of Leigh on 1 June 2006 (market value $6 million) and a further 5,000 shares per director on 31 May 2007,

if they were still employed by Leigh on that date. All of the directors were still employed by Leigh at 31 May

2007.

Leigh granted and issued fully paid shares to its own employees on 31 May 2007. Normally share options issued

to employees would vest over a three year period, but these shares were given as a bonus because of the

company’s exceptional performance over the period. The shares in Leigh had a market value of $3 million

(one million ordinary shares of $1 at $3 per share) on 31 May 2007 and an average fair value of

$2·5 million (one million ordinary shares of $1 at $2·50 per share) for the year ended 31 May 2007. It is

expected that Leigh’s share price will rise to $6 per share over the next three years. (10 marks)

Required:

Discuss with suitable computations how the above share based transactions should be accounted for in the

financial statements of Leigh for the year ended 31 May 2007.

(c) For commercial reasons, Damian believes that it would be sensible to place a new holding company, Bold plc,

over the existing company, Linden Limited. Bold plc would also be unquoted and would acquire the existing

Linden Limited shares in exchange for the issue of its own shares.

If the new structure is implemented, Bold plc will provide management services to Linden Limited, but the

amount that will be charged for these services is yet to be determined.

Required:

(i) State the capital gains tax (CGT) issues that Damian should be aware of before disposing of his shares

in Linden Limited to Bold plc. Your answer should include details of any conditions that will need to be

satisfied if an immediate charge to tax is to be avoided. (4 marks)

(b) The directors of Carver Ltd are aware that some of the company’s shareholders want to realise the value in their

shares immediately. Accordingly, instead of investing in the office building or the share portfolio they are

considering two alternative strategies whereby, following the sale of the company’s business, a payment will be

made to the company’s shareholders.

(i) Liquidate the company. The payment by the liquidator would be ￡126 per share.

(ii) The payment of a dividend of ￡125 per share following which a liquidator will be appointed. The payment

by the liquidator to the shareholders would then be ￡1 per share.

The company originally issued 20,000 ￡1 ordinary shares at par value to 19 members of the Cutler family.

Following a number of gifts and inheritances there are now 41 shareholders, all of whom are family members.

The directors have asked you to attend a meeting to set out the tax implications of these two alternative strategies

for each of the two main groups of shareholders: adults with shareholdings of more than 500 shares and children

with shareholdings of 200 shares or less.

Required:

Prepare notes explaining:

– the amount chargeable to tax; and

– the rates of tax that will apply

in respect of each of the two strategies for each of the two groups of shareholders ready for your meeting

with the directors of Carver Ltd. You should assume that none of the shareholders will have any capital

losses either in the tax year 2007/08 or brought forward as at 5 April 2007. (10 marks)

Note:

You should assume that the rates and allowances for the tax year 2006/07 will continue to apply for the

foreseeable future.

A Yes, there's really nothing to worry about ;

B Yes, they hesitate to do it ;

C No, they are doing very well

What is the purpose of the FOMC meeting?

A．Making decisions on investment portfolio of the FRB

B．Making decisions on monetary policy.

C．Making decisions on fiscal policy.

D．Making decisions on exchange rate of U. S. dollar.

What is the most important one among the realities listed?

[A] New vulnerabilities will be introduced into your environment every day.

[B] If employees disregard warnings about the hazards of opening questionable email attachments, the manager should educate them about properly configuring firewalls and intrusion detection systems for their PCs.

[C] Managers have more responsibility than ever.

[D] Security managers are asked to support increasing degrees of network availability and access.

2 Benny Korere has been employed as the sales director of Golden Tan plc since 1994. He earns an annual salary of

￡32,000 and is provided with a petrol-driven company car which has a CO2 emission rate of 187g/km and had a

list price when new of ￡22,360. In August 2003, when he was first provided with the car, Benny paid the company

￡6,100 towards the capital cost of the car. Golden Tan plc does not pay for any of Benny’s private petrol and he is

also required to pay his employer ￡18 per month as a condition of being able to use the car for private purposes.

On 1 December 2006 Golden Tan plc notified Benny that he would be made redundant on 28 February 2007. On

that day the company will pay him his final month’s salary together with a payment of ￡8,000 in lieu of the three

remaining months of his six-month notice period in accordance with his employment contract. In addition the

company will pay him ￡17,500 in return for agreeing not to work for any of its competitors for the six-month period

ending 31 August 2007.

On receiving notification of his redundancy, Benny immediately contacted Joe Egmont, the managing director of

Summer Glow plc, who offered him a senior management position leading the company’s expansion into Eastern

Europe. Summer Glow plc is one of Golden Tan plc’s competitors and one of the most innovative companies in the

industry, although not all of its strategies have been successful.

Benny has agreed to join Summer Glow plc on 1 September 2007 for an annual salary of ￡39,000. On the day he

joins the company, Summer Glow plc will grant him an option to purchase 10,000 ordinary shares in the company

for ￡2·20 per share under an unapproved share option scheme. Benny can exercise the option once he has been

employed for six months but must hold the shares for at least a year before he sells them.

The new job will require Benny to spend a considerable amount of time in London. Summer Glow plc has offered

Benny the exclusive use of a flat that the company purchased on 1 June 2003 for ￡165,000; the flat is currently

rented out. The flat will be made available from 1 September 2007. The company will pay all of the utility bills

relating to the flat as well as furnishing and maintaining it. Summer Glow plc has also suggested that if Benny would

rather live in a more central part of the city, the company could sell the existing flat and buy a more centrally located

one, of the same value, with the proceeds.

On 15 March 2007 Benny intends to sell 5,800 shares in Mahana plc, a quoted company, for ￡24,608. His

transactions in the company’s shares have been as follows:

￡

June 1988 Purchased 8,400 shares 6,744

February 1996 Sale of rights nil paid 610

January 2005 Purchased 1,300 shares 2,281

The sale of rights, nil paid, was not treated as a part disposal of Benny’s holding in Mahana plc.

Benny’s shareholding in Mahana plc represents less than 1% of the company’s issued ordinary share capital. He will

not make any other capital disposals in 2006/07.

In addition to his employment income, Benny receives rental income of ￡4,000 (net of deductible expenses) each

year. He normally submits his tax return in August but he has not yet prepared his return for 2005/06. He expects

to be very busy in December and January and is planning to prepare his tax return in late February 2007.

Required:

(a) Calculate Benny’s employment income for 2006/07. (4 marks)

(ii) Explain whether or not Carver Ltd will become a close investment-holding company as a result of

acquiring either the office building or the share portfolio and state the relevance of becoming such a

company. (2 marks)

1 Stuart is a self-employed business consultant aged 58. He is married to Rebecca, aged 55. They have one child,

Sam, who is aged 24 and single.

In November 2005 Stuart sold a house in Plymouth for ￡422,100. Stuart had inherited the house on the death of

his mother on 1 May 1994 when it had a probate value of ￡185,000. The subsequent pattern of occupation was as

follows:

1 May 1994 to 28 February 1995 occupied by Stuart and Rebecca as main residence

1 March 1995 to 31 December 1998 unoccupied

1 January 1999 to 31 March 2001 let out (unfurnished)

1 April 2001 to 30 November 2001 occupied by Stuart and Rebecca

1 December 2001 to 30 November 2005 used occasionally as second home

Both Stuart and Rebecca had lived in London from March 1995 onwards. On 1 March 2001 Stuart and Rebecca

bought a house in London in their joint names. On 1 January 2002 they elected for their London house to be their

principal private residence with effect from that date, up until that point the Plymouth property had been their principal

private residence.

No other capital disposals were made by Stuart in the tax year 2005/06. He has ￡29,500 of capital losses brought

forward from previous years.

Stuart intends to invest the gross sale proceeds from the sale of the Plymouth house, and is considering two

investment options, both of which he believes will provide equal risk and returns. These are as follows:

(1) acquiring shares in Omikron plc; or

(2) acquiring further shares in Omega plc.

Notes:

1. Omikron plc is a listed UK trading company, with 50,250,000 shares in issue. Its shares currently trade at 42p

per share.

2. Stuart and Rebecca helped start up the company, which was then Omega Ltd. The company was formed on

1 June 1990, when they each bought 24,000 shares for ￡1 per share. The company became listed on 1 May

1997. On this date their holding was subdivided, with each of them receiving 100 shares in Omega plc for each

share held in Omega Ltd. The issued share capital of Omega plc is currently 10,000,000 shares. The share price

is quoted at 208p – 216p with marked bargains at 207p, 211p, and 215p.

Stuart and Rebecca’s assets (following the sale of the Plymouth house but before any investment of the proceeds) are

as follows:

Assets Stuart Rebecca

￡ ￡

Family house in London 450,000 450,000

Cash from property sale 422,100 –

Cash deposits 165,000 165,000

Portfolio of quoted investments – 250,000

Shares in Omega plc see above see above

Life insurance policy note 1 note 1

Note:

1. The life insurance policy will pay out a sum of ￡200,000 on the death of the first spouse to die.

Stuart has recently been diagnosed with a serious illness. He is expected to live for another two or three years only.

He is concerned about the possible inheritance tax that will arise on his death. Both he and Rebecca have wills whose

terms transfer all assets to the surviving spouse. Rebecca is in good health.

Neither Stuart nor Rebecca has made any previous chargeable lifetime transfers for the purposes of inheritance tax.

Required:

(a) Calculate the taxable capital gain on the sale of the Plymouth house in November 2005 (9 marks)

Directions: The following is an introduction of a company. After reading it, you should give brief answers to the five questions ( No.56 to No. 60) that follow. The answers （in not more than 3 words）should be written after the corresponding numbers on the Answer Sheet.

Ditis Hong Kong Ltd is a manufacturer of security products and peripheral equipment, knowledge-based company. All of our managers has high technical education and fluently spoken English, Chinese, Japanese and Russian. We major in professional digital security products. Our products with advanced technology, stable performance, cost-effective, stylish design, excellent quality, has won the trust of customers and a wide range of popular.

 Being a professional manufacturer of security products, we value Innovation, Dedication and Superiority, and satisfy our customers by adding new designs and features to our products according to customers' needs.

  Our service & knowledge is second to none. We really appreciate your business and hope to deal with you again.

  We sincerely welcome customers to visit and give us your advice.

41．What kind of company is Ditis Hong Kong Ltd?

    Ditis Hong Kong Ltd is a manufacturer of ________ and peripheral equipment, knowledge-based company.

42. What’s the educational background of the managers in Ditis Hong Kong Ltd?

  All of our managers has ________________.

43. What’s the major products of the company?

  They major in ______________ products. 

  44. How can the company satisfy its customers?

It satisfies its customers by adding ____________ to our products according to customers' needs

  45. How about the service and knowledge of the company?

Our service & knowledge is ___________.

When the stock market turns down, holders of common stocks traditionally begin to move some portion of their (61) out of stocks and into (62) to protect themselves against further declines in the market, PI programs attempt to hedge against the possibility of a market decline by (63) stock index futures contracts or stock index options (buying stock index put options). The more the market falls, the more futures and options contracts are sold by PI programs. If the market continues to fall, the rise in the value of the portfolio' futures and option positions cushions the decline in the value of the portfolio' common stocks. PI managers believe that such hedging programs using futures and options involve lower transaction costs and provide greater (64) than the traditional method of actually selling stocks and buying treasury (65)

(46)

A．treasure

B．assets

C．investment

D．capital

With effect from the day and year stated in Box 4 and continuing ______ terminated as provided herein，the Owners hereby appoint the Managers and the Managers hereby agree to act as the Managers of the Vessel．

A.unless and until

B.prior to

C.after

D.being