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CHAPTER 14
International Debt and
Equity Financing
‘Chuptoe 13 amazed why ginng acest lobule markets should ower a first
of pital. ineeate st acces to expt, and inprove the liye shares by overcome.
‘market segmentation. A fren pursuig this oy goa, particulate rom x semen sd
for emerging market, mat fret design 4 finance seg) tha wl ata nernatioe]
Investors This involves choosing among alternative paths css lob capital markets.
“This chapter focuses ot frms resident ines ii, segmented, or emerging makes
They are the ones that noe to api vnegmented markets inoue to stn he
lob cost and avlabty of capital Firms resident in lnge and highly indutiled
ounces sendy have aoe to thle own domes, gid. and unseemented markets
‘Altough thy to sour equity od deb abd unl ave a favorable an inp
‘on toi cand ent of opt In fat, sourcing unde broad soften motivated ely
by fe need to fond large foreign asustons eae than exng operations,
Thiseheptrbepint wth the dein of nancial stratay to source ath equity and deb
lotally I then analyzes the optima nancial structure for an MINE ad i subsidars,
fe that minimizes is cont of capital Then we explore the altrative paths which a frm
‘hay olin raising capital i lobl markets. The shaper conlade with very rel wd
tent Min-Case, Kores Nanna Product and the Grok Ci, which presente & Grech
‘mutational company exploring tsalternatives of expanding acces capital or growth
Sndcompetitvenes in 2012,
Designing a Strategy to Source Capital Globally
Despring apt sourcing strategy eequires management to agee upon along-in nt
‘bjetive and then choose among the vis alternative pats opt there, Exnbit 14
Vial presentation of aksrmative paths to the inate objertive of ianing a bal ost
fdavallabity of capita,ronson Ost and EautyFrancng CHAPTER 14 »
CUTTER Aterative Pata ts Gabaize he Gost and Avalobity f Capital
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[Normally the che of paths sod implementation i aided by an early appintment of
_an investnent bank ofl agiror to the (em. IevestmentDakers are in foc wih the
Pot fregn avsor nd then cuten equemens. They can also Helpnavigae the
rious isting requirements snd barr that most be satisfied. Tht sees elude
“ivng if when, and where nersolsing shouldbe inated, They usually prepare the
Feguied prospect a equity or dbt sues desired, hep to price the ssve, and ain
tnalfemarket to prevent the sbare pce rom alin Below ts ital price
Attemative Paths
"Most fins asthenia capita inher own domest markt sce Exhibit 141) Nex they
tre lempled to skipal the intermediate tps and drop tothe bottom Bae, « Eaoequty se
in global murkets Ths the time when a good investment bask advisor will oer a "realty
heck" Mos im tat have only rased capital in thelr domestic market arent own well
Enough to attract fori investors Remember fom Chapter 13 that Novo was bed by is
{tvestment bankers w start with a convertible Eerobond ive ad iltanecity eros at
{heksharesandteirbonds in London, This ws despite the fact that Novo hi an oustanding
teuc record of financial and business performance
"Eahibi 41 shows tht net rms soul tae sourcing abroad with niatertasonal ond
faut could te pled on es prestigious foreign market. This could be fllowd by a0
Internation! bond tue na tarpl market or the Furobond market. The next te ghtCHAPTER 14 lmao ett and Enty French
bet crssiist and sve equity i ne ofthe fen prestigious markets to trac iterations
investor attention. The next stp could bo com shares ona highly iu prestiions
foreign stock exchange sich as London (LSE), NYSE Euronext NASDAQ. The ulna
sep woul be o place a directed equity issuein a prestigious tart market or a Eaoeguty
isin global equity market.
Optimal Financial Structure
[After many yeas of debate, finance theorists now agzee that there does exit an optimal
financial structre fra rm, and practically how ts dterine. The reat debate tween
the socalled traditionalists andthe Modan! and Miler school of tout as ended
‘compromise: When taxes and bank cot are considered fh an optina fina
{rure determined by tha parla mi of de and equ tha nics the fm cos of.
‘pal foragiven evel of busines ri I the bosnes isk of en projet ier frm the ak
‘of exiting projects, the optimal lx of debt and equity would cane to resngnize ates
botwoun bute and nancial iss.
"Exhibit 142 ilistrates how te cost of capital varies wth the amount of debt exploed
‘As the debt ratio, defined as fal debt divided by Lota ets t market vale, iste,
the over cot of capital (Eyncc)deceases becase ofthe heavier weight of low-cost dt
[kd ~ compared to high cost equity (The low ow of debi ofcourse, dus tothe
"ax deducubitya terext shown by the tex (1 9,
Pally isang the favorable effect of ore de san increas in the cost of equity ()
because investors perceive gener financial risk Neverhsen the overal weighed average
cost of capital (ace) coatines Lo dectine athe debt ai incest, il nancial sk
becomes so serous hat snvestorsandmanagement alike perceive a eal danger of salen.
‘Thisresult causes sharp increase 9 he cost of new debt snd egy nasing the meghted
“he Cost of Capt and Fran Svcture
ccna)crete Ott an Eau Francng CHAPTER v6 ao
average cot of apt The low pont on the resulting U-shaped eos of apt carve, 14% in
FSi 12, defines the debt rato range in wich the costo expt minimized
Most theorists Bliove tht the low pst satay a ater brood ft re encompassing
aide range of debt rato, 30% to 6% ia Exit 142, where ite difference exis in the
‘Santo etal They aso believe tat eat in the Unied Sates, te range of he flat ea
“nd the loation of pata ims det ratio within hat ange fe detexmined by such
‘aril at 1) he dusty in which competes 2) the volaty of Hs Sle and operating
‘come; and 3) the colatral ae ofits ase.
‘Optimal Financtal Structure and the MNE
“The domestic theory of optimal nancial rectus needs to be modified by four more
‘arabes in order to sesommodate the care of the MNE. These vavabl, in order of
{ppearace, at) avllabity of apt 2) diverieaton ofeath ows 3) foregn exchange
‘aks and) expectations of teoatonl portfolio investors!
‘Avaliablty of Capital. Chapter 13 demonscatd that acess o capital in bal markets
‘Sows an MEE to lower te cost of equity and debt compared with most domestic fms. It
tbo pers at MNE to mintain ts desred deb rai, even when sgnifiant amounts of
ew fund mst berated In other words, a muldnational Ken's marginal tof capital i
‘Constant for consigerabie rages of sap bagel, This statement ot ree for most sal
Somes frm Deere they do nt have scat the national equity or debi makes. They
‘must iter ey on ntraly generated funds or borrow forthe short and edu terms fom,
‘commercial banks
Malinao firms dmc in counties that ave igi capital makes arin almost
these uation smal domestics uns ey Bae pained a plobalcostand avait
tot capital They us ely on internally generted funds and bank borrowing they need
{o rae silica amount of new fands to nance prosth opportunities, thy may need 19
borrow more thas would be optimal rom he viewpoit of minizng ther eos of capital. This
‘Seulvalnt osayng tht ther mazpinl cos of apts inceasing at higher bet levels.
Diversification of Cash Flows, As explained in Chspter 13, the theoretical os exists
that mltnatioa fis are in Better postion than Gomes ims to suppor higher debt
ios beease ther cash lows are diversified iteraationally. The probublity of a fms
Covering fined charpes under varying contin in product, nancial and feeign exchange
‘parkets sould nese the vara of ts ash ows s minimized,
By diverying eas lows intertonally, tbe MINE might be able to above the same
kindof redaction in cath low variably ab portflio investors receive from diversifying
‘heir securlty holdings internationally. Retaras are not perfectly cordated between
‘oustlesIn cntrnt a domesie German firm would not enjoy the benelt of eas low
{tteroationlsiverstfiaton but woud have tory entirely on own net eh allow fom
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