The shareholders of Bread Company have voted in favor of a buyout offer from Butter Corporation. Information about each firm is given here: Price-earnings ratio Shares outstanding Earnings Bread b. 7.2 73,000 $ 210,000 Butter 14.4 146,000 $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.) What must Butter feel is the value of the synergy between these two firms? (Do not round intermediate calculations.)

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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:
Price-earnings ratio
Shares outstanding
Earnings
b.
Bread
7.2
73,000
$ 210,000
Bread's shareholders will receive one share of Butter stock for every three shares they
hold in Bread.
a-1. EPS
a-2. PE
b. Synergy value
Butter
14.4
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.)
What must Butter feel is the value of the synergy between these two firms? (Do not
round intermediate calculations.)
$
146,000
$630,000
Answer is complete but not entirely correct.
$
4.932✔
62.14
0
Transcribed Image Text:The shareholders of Bread Company have voted in favor of a buyout offer from Butter Corporation. Information about each firm is given here: Price-earnings ratio Shares outstanding Earnings b. Bread 7.2 73,000 $ 210,000 Bread's shareholders will receive one share of Butter stock for every three shares they hold in Bread. a-1. EPS a-2. PE b. Synergy value Butter 14.4 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.) What must Butter feel is the value of the synergy between these two firms? (Do not round intermediate calculations.) $ 146,000 $630,000 Answer is complete but not entirely correct. $ 4.932✔ 62.14 0
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