Financial Management: Theory & Practice
Financial Management: Theory & Practice
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ISBN: 9781337909730
Author: Brigham
Publisher: Cengage
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Chapter 22, Problem 9MC
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Case summary: Company HH is a regional hardware chain which is considering acquiring LL. The boss of the company asked to place a value on target. There are 20 million shares @$12 per share with LL. Bet is 1.25 for LL’s stock with risk free rate 5.5% and market risk premium is 4%. 20% of capital structure of LL is financed with debt with 8% interest rate. Federal plus state tax rate is 25% and will remain same even after acquisition. The management of the company HH is asking various questions about mergers and also asking to perform merger analysis based on the given details of Company LL.

To determine: The method which is used for accounting mergers.

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