The shareholders of Bread Company have voted in favor of a buyout offer from Butter Corporation. Information about each firm is given here:     Bread Butter Price-earnings ratio 5.26 21.04 Shares outstanding 57,000 228,000 Earnings $ 205,000 $ 1,025,000   Bread's shareholders will receive one share of Butter stock for every five shares they hold in Bread. What will the EPS of Butter be after the merger?  What will the PE ratio be if the NPV of the acquisition is zero?

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The shareholders of Bread Company have voted in favor of a buyout offer from Butter Corporation. Information about each firm is given here:

 

  Bread Butter
Price-earnings ratio 5.26 21.04
Shares outstanding 57,000 228,000
Earnings $ 205,000 $ 1,025,000

 

Bread's shareholders will receive one share of Butter stock for every five shares they hold in Bread.
What will the EPS of Butter be after the merger? 
What will the PE ratio be if the NPV of the acquisition is zero? 
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