When writing your assignments, a reference must be included every time you use someone else’s ideas or information. In-text referencing of ALL sources, whether academic books, journal articles, newspaper articles, material from the Internet etc., must be cited in the main text of the assignment itself. Harvard Style referencing is required for this assignment. A reference must be included when you: ? Paraphrase (express someone else’s idea in your own words). ? Quote (express someone else’s idea in their exact words). ? Copy (financial statement, reproduce a diagram, graph or table from someone else’s work).

Presentation of written work The report must have an academic written structure including an introduction, body and conclusion. ? Use numbers to structure body of the report (e.g., “2.5. Research via the internet”). ? Provide an explanation on each of these issues (points) and explain how they confirm the underlying theory, particularly related to the ownership, financial ratios, capital structure, average cost of capital and capital structure policy. ? You are required to use Times New Roman font, size 12 with 1.5 lines spacing. ? Please insert page numbers into your assignment and use 3 cm margins. A high standard of work is always expected, so poorly presented work may be returned unmarked with a request to re-submit.

Please make sure that your group member’s name and surname, student ID, subject name, and code and lecture’s name are written on the cover sheet of the submitted assignment. When you submit your assignment electronically, please save the file as ‘Group Assignment- your group name .doc’. You are required to submit the assignment at Group Assignment Final Submission, which is under Group Assignment and Due Dates on Black Board. Submitted work should be your original work showing your creativity. Please ensure the self- check for plagiarism to be done before final submission in accordance with SafeAssign Student Guide in Black Board. As a guide, a similarity score of over 30% is considered as excessive except in the cases where the similarity is caused by the use of template provided by the lecturer, references or sources of data. Please note that it takes 48 hours for the self-check report to be available for your viewing.

Students are required to form a group to study, undertake research, analyse and conduct academic work within the areas of business finance covered in learning materials Topics 1 to 10 inclusive. The assignment should examine the main issues, including underlying theories, implement performance measures used and explain the firm financial performance. Your group is strongly advised to reference professional websites, journal articles and text books in this assignment (case study).

Providing no recommendations or inadequate recommendations for investment decisions; No relevant justification using data and information derived from the analysis of financial statements; Failing to meet the requirements of academic writing in terms of structure, presentation, wordings and referencing Addressing limited recommendations; Demonstrating limited justification and analysis of the given recommendations; Demonstrating limited skills of academic writing in terms of structure, presentation, wordings and referencing Presenting adequate recommendations that properly supported by justification and analysis; Data and information derived from financial analysis completed are properly used to support the recommendations Demonstrating the ability to present the ideas in proper analytical and contextual level

4 and 5 Calculations are not demonstrated for the required financial ratios, weights of capital, WACC and capital structure ratios Proving no explanation of implications of the variables; Providing no comparison of financial ratios, WACC, liquidity and profitability, and capital structure ratios. Single year analysis. Calculations are limitedly demonstrated; Required financial ratios, weights of capital, WACC and capital structure ratios are provided inadequately; Providing limited analysis and comparison of the WACC, liquidity, profitability and capital structure ratios; Inconsistent time period of analysis.

CRITERIA FOR GROUP ASSIGNMENT ASSESSMENT Content Unsatisfactory (0-49% marks given) 1 No specific data and information provided to answer the questions; No research basis for analysis; Merely relying on secondary data from internet; No reference. Limited Demonstration (50-60% marks given) Limited data and information provided to answer the questions; Limited research conducted; Limited references; Proficient (61-79% marks given) Adequate data and information provided to answer the questions; Reasonable research conducted; Issues are discussed based on sufficient research and in relation to each other; Adequate references in proper referencing style; Exemplary (80%-full marks given) Outstanding data and information provided to answer the questions; Independent and deep analysis, based on wide research; Issues and factors are presented and analyzed in a logical interconnectedness; Broad and credible sources of references in proper referencing style.