Company B’s equity is trading at 2.3 B dollars (market value of equity). Company A is planning to pay a 32% premium for company B.    a)   Compute the value of the synergy as estimated by the analyst. b)  does the estimate of synergies justify the premium?

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Company A is preparing a deal to acquire company B.  One analyst estimated that the merger would produce 85 million dollars of annual cost savings, from operations, general and administrative expenses and marketing. These annual cost savings are expected to begin two years from now, and grow at 2.5% a year. In addition the analyst is assuming an after-tax integration cost of 0.1 billion, and taxes of 20%. Assume that the integration cost of 0.1 billion happens one year after the merger is completed (year 1). The analyst is using a cost of capital of 10% to value the synergies.   

Company B’s equity is trading at 2.3 B dollars (market value of equity). Company A is planning to pay a 32% premium for company B.   

a)   Compute the value of the synergy as estimated by the analyst.

b)  does the estimate of synergies justify the premium?

Could you show me how to work this out in an excel sheet?

 

 

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