You work as a financial analyst for a firm of international management consultants. A very large multinational company (of your choice) has approached the firm for advice as they are considering diversification through a strategy of acquisition. You are required to write a report to the client which: •Identifies two potential acquisition targets and gives a brief rationale for their potential acquisition. •Describes the importance of working capital and capital structure management and critically analyses both potential targets with regard to their current working capital and capital structure management. Your analysis should take into account the type of industry in which the potential targets are engaged. •Compares the financial performance, risk exposures and future prospects of the potential acquisition targets. •Concludes with a reasoned argument as to which company might be the preferred acquisition target. 2. Presentation •The consultant's report should be clearly and logically structured in whatever format appears to be most suitable for supporting the analysis, arguments, conclusions and recommendations. Locate ratio calculations in an appendix and only present the actual ratios in the body of the report. •Tables, graphs and charts are a convenient way of organising your findings and presenting data. They also make it easier for the client (and the marker) to understand your findings and so you are recommended to use visual aids where appropriate. 3. Assessment Requirements: •The submission of your work assessment should be organised and clearly structured. •Maximum word length allowed is 4000 words, excluding words in charts & tables and in the appendices section of your report. •Students are required to submit a type-written document in Microsoft Word format with Times New Roman font type, size 12 and line spacing 1.5. •This assignment is worth 100% of the final assessment of the module. •Indicate any sources of information and literature reviewed by including all the necessary citations and references adopting the Harvard Referencing System. •Students who have been found to have committed acts of Plagiarism are automatically considered to have failed the entire module. If found to have breached the regulation for the second time, you will be asked to leave the course. •Plagiarism involves taking someone else's words, thoughts, ideas or essays from online essay banks and trying to pass them off as your own. It is a form of cheating which is taken very seriously. 4. Marking Scheme: Word Limit, Marks (%) Brief summary of the acquisition targets identified and the rationale for their acquisition. words 400, marks10 Importance of working capital and capital structure management words400, marks10 Analysis of working capital management words 500, marks15 Analysis of capital structure words 500, marks 15 Comparative evaluation of the financial performance, risk exposures and future prospects of the acquisition targets. words 2000, marks 45 Conclusion words 200, marks 5 Total 4000, Marks 100%