1.I need annual report of 900 to 1100 words which should cover question A to G. Sources of that report should be those two links mentioned as source 1 and source 2.2. I need Excel sheet created from...

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Harshit answered on Sep 28 2021
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1. Company Perspective – Coles Group
a. Coles Group Ltd. (COL) board of directors consists of James Graham AM as Chairman and Independent, Non-executive Director, Steven Cain as Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer along with 6 other Independent, Non-executive Director.
The unique characterises of the board of directors of COL is that it’s all directors along with the chairman and managing director are independent directors. This will help to protect the interest of shareholders. Further, all the directors have a shareholding in the company. The chairman James Graham has the highest shareholding of 500,188 shares followed by MD steven Cain at 50,000 shares, other directors also have shareholdings in the company. Having directorship as well as shareholding helps to align manager and shareholder interests in the company.
b.                                     AUS$’ Million
     
    2020
    2019
    Total current assets
    3779
    3406
    Total current liabilities
    5681
    4291
    Working Capital
    -1902
    -885
    Current Ratio
     0.67
    0.79
The working capital of the company in both the year 2019 and 2020 is negative which means that the current liabilities of the company is greater than current assets. The pros of this strategy are that all the current assets of the financed by the current liabilities which decrease the fund requirement of the company thereby decreasing the cost of capital. However, this is a very risky strategy which shows a lack of liquidity and the inability of the company to serve its short-term obligation within due time.

c. Two of the major risks discussed in the annual report of COL are:
i. Pandemic Risk (Covid-19) – It is a systematic risk as it was not company-specific rather than it affects the whole industry.
ii. Competition, changing consumer behaviour and digital acceleration- It is an unsystematic risk as it is company-specific. This risk arises as COL was unable to competitive pressures and changing customer behaviours and expectations.
d. Given:
    Rf
    =
    1.57%
    
    Rm
    =
    4.45%
    
    Beta
    =
    0.46
    
    g1
    =
    7%
    
    g2
    =
    5%
    
    gt
    =
    1%
    
    Current Dividend (2020)
    =
    0.655
    AUS$
    
    
    
    
    Re
    =
    Rf+ beta (Rm-Rf)
    
    =
    1.57% +0.46(4.45%-1.57%
    
    =
    2.89%
    
    Growth Period
    Year
    Dividend
    Discount Factor
    PV
    1
    0.7009
    0.97191
     0.68
    2
    0.7359
    0.94461
     0.70
    
     1.38
    
    
    
    
    Terminal Period
    
    
    
    
    3rd-year Dividend
    =
    0.7433
    The present value at end of 2nd year
    =
    25.6754
    
    
    
    
    Present Value today
    =
    24.2533
    
    
    
    
    The theoretical value of the share
    =
     25.63
    
    
    
    
    Market Value
    =
    16.54
Since the theoretical value of a share is more than the market value of the share investor should...
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