Feasibility of Issuing Corporate Bond for British American Tobacco Bangladesh

Abstract

British American Tobacco Bangladesh (BATB) is one of ,the pioneer cigarette manufacturers in the world. The company was formed at the turn of the 206 century with the objective of establishing a worldwide business. Today British American Tobacco sells the leading brands in over 30 markets covering 102 countries, has more than 200 brands worldwide, employs more than 55,000 people and produces some 2 billion cigarettes every day. In Part I, I tried to provide a brief overview about the company, its employees and its cultures. Second part is the Financial Analysis part, which comprises of'ratio analysis and the analysis of Common Size Income Statement and Balance Sheet. This part will help the readers to get a clear idea about the company's performance. In the last part I have discussed about the current scenario of the bond market and forecaster the cash flow statements for the year 2006-2010, furthermore I tried to find out the feasibility of introducing bond by BATB.