Diacono Ltd, is the largest listed shoe manufacturing company in Australia and is considering launching a bid for Midgley Ltd, it's chief competitor. You are engaged by Diacono Ltd to consider the merits of the proposed deal and collect the following pre-bid information regarding the two companies. Share price Number of shares on issue Diacono Ltd $20 30 million Midgley Ltd $25 12 million You also estimate that if the deal was to go through then the following events would be expected to occur: • There would be one-off integration costs of $2 million at the end of each of the first two years post-acquisition associated with bringing the two businesses together • The ability to sell extra shoes to each other's customers would increase net sales revenues (after tax) by $5 million per annum (at year end) for the next 7 years The elimination of identical roles across the two organisations would reduce net costs (after tax) by $3 million per annum over the next 4 years (a) Assuming that the appropriate discount rate for the evaluation is 11% per annum (after-tax), what is the present value of the gain from the acquisition? (b) What takeover premium (measured as a percentage of current share price) would Diacono Ltd have to offer Midgley Ltd shareholders in order to split the gain equally between the two shareholder groups?

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Diacono Ltd, is the largest listed shoe manufacturing company in Australia and is considering launching a
bid for Midgley Ltd, it's chief competitor. You are engaged by Diacono Ltd to consider the merits of the
proposed deal and collect the following pre-bid information regarding the two companies.
Midgley Ltd
$25
12 million
Diacono Ltd
Share price
$20
30 million
Number of shares on issue
You also estimate that if the deal was to go through then the following events would be expected to occur:
There would be one-off integration costs of $2 million at the end of each of the first two years
post-acquisition associated with bringing the two businesses together
The ability to sell extra shoes to each other's customers would increase net sales revenues (after
tax) by $5 million per annum (at year end) for the next 7 years
The elimination of identical roles across the two organisations would reduce net costs (after tax)
by $3 million per annum over the next 4 years
(a) Assuming that the appropriate discount rate for the evaluation is 11% per annum (after-tax), what is
the present value of the gain from the acquisition?
(b) What takeover premium (measured as a percentage of current share price) would Diacono Ltd have to
offer Midgley Ltd shareholders in order to split the gain equally between the two shareholder groups?
Transcribed Image Text:Question 4 Diacono Ltd, is the largest listed shoe manufacturing company in Australia and is considering launching a bid for Midgley Ltd, it's chief competitor. You are engaged by Diacono Ltd to consider the merits of the proposed deal and collect the following pre-bid information regarding the two companies. Midgley Ltd $25 12 million Diacono Ltd Share price $20 30 million Number of shares on issue You also estimate that if the deal was to go through then the following events would be expected to occur: There would be one-off integration costs of $2 million at the end of each of the first two years post-acquisition associated with bringing the two businesses together The ability to sell extra shoes to each other's customers would increase net sales revenues (after tax) by $5 million per annum (at year end) for the next 7 years The elimination of identical roles across the two organisations would reduce net costs (after tax) by $3 million per annum over the next 4 years (a) Assuming that the appropriate discount rate for the evaluation is 11% per annum (after-tax), what is the present value of the gain from the acquisition? (b) What takeover premium (measured as a percentage of current share price) would Diacono Ltd have to offer Midgley Ltd shareholders in order to split the gain equally between the two shareholder groups?
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