Firm E is going to acquire Firm F. The acquisition will be done via a share exchange, whereby Firm E will exchange 2.65 of its shares for every one of Firm F's shares. Synergy is $1,250,000 in total. Firm E has 350,000 shares outstanding trading at $35 each. Firm F has 45,000 shares outstanding trading at $84 each. What would the exchange ratio have to be for the NPV of the deal to be zero?   Question 1 options:   A)  3.13 shares of E for every 1 of F   B)  0.41 shares of E for every 1 of F   C)  3.15 shares of E for every 1 of F   D)  2.40 shares of E for every 1 of F   E)  3.19 shares of E for every 1 of F

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Firm E is going to acquire Firm F. The acquisition will be done via a share exchange, whereby Firm E will exchange 2.65 of its shares for every one of Firm F's shares. Synergy is $1,250,000 in total. Firm E has 350,000 shares outstanding trading at $35 each. Firm F has 45,000 shares outstanding trading at $84 each. What would the exchange ratio have to be for the NPV of the deal to be zero?
 
Question 1 options:
 

A) 

3.13 shares of E for every 1 of F
 

B) 

0.41 shares of E for every 1 of F
 

C) 

3.15 shares of E for every 1 of F
 

D) 

2.40 shares of E for every 1 of F
 

E) 

3.19 shares of E for every 1 of F
 
 
 
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