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 7.2 14.4 Shares outstanding 73,000 146,000 Earnings $ 210,000 $ 630,000   Bread’s shareholders will receive one share of Butter stock for every three shares they hold in Bread.   a-1.    What will the EPS of Butter be after the merger? (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answer to 3 decimal places, e.g., 32.161.) a-2.    What will the PE ratio be if the NPV of the acquisition is zero? (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answer to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.) b.       What must Butter feel is the value of the synergy between these two firms?

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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 7.2 14.4
Shares outstanding 73,000 146,000
Earnings $ 210,000 $ 630,000

 

Bread’s shareholders will receive one share of Butter stock for every three shares they hold in Bread.

 

a-1.   

What will the EPS of Butter be after the merger? (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answer to 3 decimal places, e.g., 32.161.)

a-2.   

What will the PE ratio be if the NPV of the acquisition is zero? (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answer to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.)

b.      

What must Butter feel is the value of the synergy between these two firms?


     

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