select a company of your choice not listed on any Stock Exchange and analyze the companys performance over a minimum of four year period. Purpose: To provide students with the opportunity to apply knowledge acquired in this course to real life Situation. How to proceed: Step one: Select a company that is not listed on any stock exchange Step two: Prepare a short statement explaining why the company was selected Step three: Do research on the company i. Annual Corporate Report (4-6 years) ii. Industry data iii. Articles about company, industry and general economic relevance Step four: Analyze the companys performance i. Trend analysis ii. Vertical analysis iii. Ratio analysis iv. Benchmarking comparison to industry Standards etc v. Evaluating of recent information (articles, investment analysis/rating, etc) vi. Capital structure vii. Working capital management Note: appropriate comments and interpretations are required. Suggest solutions to the problems identified Step five: Evaluate Company Assuming you have GHc100,000. Based on the information you have gathered, will you buy shares of this company if it listed on the Ghana Stock Exchange? Step Six: Preparation of Final Report. Your final report must include the following: a. A title page b. The body of the report i. A description of the industry ii. A description of the company iii. Identification of significant accounting policy iv. What is impressive about this company? v. Analysis of financial performance (see step 4 above) vi. Evaluation (see step 5 above) c. A bibliography and appendices