THIS IS THE ASSIGNMENT GIVEN FORM CORPORATE FINANCE MODULE AT UNIVERSITY:

Part B

You have recently joined the investment team as a financial analyst at Pickletown PLC$,$ a financial advisory firm based within the City of London. As part of the initial duties you have been asked by the Board of Directors to investigate the five$-$year performance of ONE of the following FTSE$100$ listed companies provided below with the view to potentially investing future company funds into the chosen company:

i$.$ BP PLC$.$

ii$.$ Vodafone Group PLC$.$

iii. Tesco PLC$.$

iv$.$ BAE Systems PLC$.$

v$.$ Astrazeneca PLC$.$

vi$.$ Rio Tinto PLC$.$

vii. Sage Group PLC

viii. Sainsburys PLC$.$

ix$.$ Unilever PLC$.$

x$.$ Next PLC$.$

I CHOSE RIO TINTO PLC$.$ COMPANY

Required:

Select any ONE of the above companies $($RIO TINTO PLC$.)$ and prepare a report for the Board of Directors of Pickletown PLC analysing and evaluating the five$-$year performance of the chosen company $($RIO TINTO PLC$.).$ In this section students should demonstrate both knowledge and understanding of a range of topics, theories, and concepts covered within the MGT$204$ Corporate Finance & Portfolio Valuation module. A report format should be utilized that offers clear, concise analysis, resulting in the production of robust recommendations. You should choose to analyse approximately $3$ topics from the syllabus including the key performance indicator of share price analysis $/$ fluctuations $/$ key events. Further topics and concepts that can be considered for inclusion within the report include evolution of corporate governance policies, financing strategies, investment strategies, capital structure alterations, dividend policies, financial ratio analysis and merger and acquisition activities. This is not an exhaustive list and students should be prepared to investigate other key aspects from the module if they feel necessary.

NOTE:

THE REPORT MUST BE $2,500$ WORDS. $($compulsory$)$

THE STRUCTURE OF REPORT MUST IN THE FOLLOWING FORMAT $($compulsory$)$:

Introduction

$$ Speak about your assignment

$$ About company you selected

$$ Why you have selected this company

Body

$1.$History of company: when the company was started, time line

$2.$ About the company:

$$ Nature of business

$$ Major products

$$ Market capitalization

$$ No of employees

$3.$ Industry

$+($Economy of that industry$)$

$4.10$ ratios for last $5$ years

Explain:

$*$ Corporate governance policies, financing strategies, investment strategies, capital structure alterations, dividend policies;

$*$ financial ratio analysis and

$*$merger and acquisition activities

$*$Group chief executives review

$*$Borad of directors report

$*$Shareholders

if there any info about

Merger and acquisition! $($not compulsory$)$

$5.$ Recent development

Very very important $!$

$6.$ Conclusion

Recommendation is it a good investment or bad investment, opportunities