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The Role of Global Capital Markets

Week 4

The Role of Global Capital Markets - This contributes 20% towards your final grade

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Peer-graded Assignment: The Role of Global Capital Markets - This contributes 20% towards your final grade

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The purpose of this peer-assessed assignment is to test your ability to 'scan' the corporate environment with regards to the financial (and commodity) markets that have a significant impact on corporate profitability.

The assignment is broken into two parts (A and B) with a total of six questions. Please read and follow the instructions for each question carefully. Ensure you complete and submit both parts in the 'my submission' section (see above tab).

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Unilever, a British-Dutch global consumer goods corporation, has two holding companies: Unilever N.V. listed on Euronext as UNA and Unilever PLC listed on the London Stock Exchange (LSE) as ULVR.

Part A - Unilever and the markets (2 questions worth 10 points in total)

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For Part A, you need to access the 2014 Unilever Annual Report.

https://www.unilever.com/Images/ir_unilever_ar14_tcm244-421557_en.pdfand submit your answers to the following questions:

1. List five specific markets (capital/financial/commodity) for Unilever - as you can identify them from the 2014 Annual Report.

2. Briefly describe the interaction that Unilever's operations have with each of the markets identified in question 1.

Part B - Cross listing and credit rating (4 questions worth 10 points in total)

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For Part B, you will need to answer the four questions provided below:

3.Findboth the UNA Euronext closing price with the ULVR LSE closing price as at 2 July 2015 and submit your answers in the following format:

Closing price of UNA on 2 July 2015 was Euro - (to two decimal places e.g. 75.84)

Closing price of ULVR on 2 July 2015 was Pence sterling - (just enter the whole number in Pence e.g. 1487)

[Google FinanceorYahoo Financeare two of many possible sources for this data; for the purpose of this assessment, please use either Google or Yahoo].

4.Comparethe UNA Euronext closing price with the ULVR LSE closing price as at 2 July 2015 from question 3.

Briefly describetwo possible reasons for the difference between the UNA and ULVR price.

5.Findthe most recent credit rating(s) for Unilever PLC. Please note: Moodys require you to set up a free account if you have not already done so.

https://www.moodys.com/credit-ratings/Unilever-PLC-credit-rating-775870

6. From the recent credit rating(s) for Unilever PLC you found in question five,identifytwo specific impacts that this (these) rating(s) may have upon Unilever's operations.