CAPITAL STRUCTURE ANALYSIS (30 points) company name brickwork ltd

A) As a publicly-traded entity, your company is required to submit half-yearly and annual reports to the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) detailing the financial operations of the company over the past half-year or year, respectively. These reports are available on the ASX website www.asx.com.au or in the investor section of the company's own website. They are also available at websites such as Morningstar.com.

Using information from the companys financial statements, you should document and discuss the financing and leverage history of the company and characterise the company's historical (and current) leverage policy using:

Recent (last 5 years) financing activities of the firm (debt issues, equity issues and share

buybacks). (3 points) o Useatabletoreporttheinformationrequiredandbrieflydiscusstheinformation/trends.

Current and recent (last 5 years) history of debt and equity, leverage (debt to equity ratio) and interest coverage ratios. (4 points)

o Useatabletoreporttheinformationrequiredandbrieflydiscusstheinformation/trends.

Based on the information in the two points above, is the financing behaviour of the company

consistent with the Pecking Order Theory? Briefly discuss. (3 points)

Basedon the information in the two points above, does the company have a target leverage ratio,

and if so what is it? Briefly discuss. (3 points)

CAPITAL STRUCTURE ANALYSIS (30 points) A) [13 points] As a publicly-traded entity, your company is required to submit half-yearly and annual reports to the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) detailing the financial operations of the company over the past half-year or year, respectively. These reports are available on the ASX website www.asx.com.au or in the investor section of the company's own website. They are also available at websites such as Morningstar.com. Using information from the company's financial statements, you should document and discuss the financing and leverage history of the company and characterise the company's historical (and current) leverage policy using: - Recent (last 5 years) financing activities of the firm (debt issues, equity issues and share buybacks). ( 3 points) - Useatabletoreportheinformationrequiredandbrieflydiscusstheinformation/trends. - Current and recent (last 5 years) history of debt and equity, leverage (debt to equity ratio) and interest coverage ratios. (4 points) - Useatabletoreporttheinformationrequiredandbrieflydiscusstheinformation/trends. - Based on the information in the two points above, is the financing behaviour of the company consistent with the Pecking Order Theory? Briefly discuss. (3 points) - Basedon the information in the two points above, does the company have a target leverage ratio, and if so what is it? Briefly discuss. (3 points) CAPITAL STRUCTURE ANALYSIS (30 points) A) [13 points] As a publicly-traded entity, your company is required to submit half-yearly and annual reports to the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) detailing the financial operations of the company over the past half-year or year, respectively. These reports are available on the ASX website www.asx.com.au or in the investor section of the company's own website. They are also available at websites such as Morningstar.com. Using information from the company's financial statements, you should document and discuss the financing and leverage history of the company and characterise the company's historical (and current) leverage policy using: - Recent (last 5 years) financing activities of the firm (debt issues, equity issues and share buybacks). ( 3 points) - Useatabletoreportheinformationrequiredandbrieflydiscusstheinformation/trends. - Current and recent (last 5 years) history of debt and equity, leverage (debt to equity ratio) and interest coverage ratios. (4 points) - Useatabletoreporttheinformationrequiredandbrieflydiscusstheinformation/trends. - Based on the information in the two points above, is the financing behaviour of the company consistent with the Pecking Order Theory? Briefly discuss. (3 points) - Basedon the information in the two points above, does the company have a target leverage ratio, and if so what is it? Briefly discuss. (3 points)