CONNECT 1 SEMESTER ACCESS CARD FOR CORPORATE FINANCE
CONNECT 1 SEMESTER ACCESS CARD FOR CORPORATE FINANCE
11th Edition
ISBN: 9781259298738
Author: Stephen A. Ross Franco Modigliani Professor of Financial Economics Professor
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 29, Problem 10QP

a.

Summary Introduction

To calculate:-The EPS of Firm A after the merger.

Merger:

Merger occurs when the shareholders of two or more companies pool the resources of their company into one separate legal entity and as a result a new company comes into existence. Merger is basically the result of merge the two or more companies into one.

Synergy:

Synergy is a state in which two or more companies are combined and perform better than the sum of their individual results in terms of productivity and revenue.

Purchase Accounting Method for Mergers:

In the purchase accounting method the assets of the targeted company has to be recorded into the current market value in the books of acquiring company and goodwill assets account has to be created. Goodwill is the difference of current market value and purchase price.

Net Present Value (NPV):

Net present value is one of the techniques of capital budgeting. Net present value is used to find out the difference between the present value of cash inflow and present value of cash outflow.

Price Earnings Ratio (PE ratio):

Price to earnings ratio is a ratio to calculate the share price related to net income earned by a firm per share annually.

Earnings per Share (EPS):

Earnings per share are a ratio to calculate the earning earned per share by the shareholders.

b.

Summary Introduction

To calculate:-Firm A’s price for a share after merger if the market wrongly analyzes this reported earnings growth.

c.

Summary Introduction

To calculate:-Price-earnings ratio of the post merger firm if the market correctly analyzes the transaction

d.

Summary Introduction

To calculate:-The share price of firm A after the merger if there is no synergy gain, to calculate the P/E ratio and to explain the share price is too high or too low

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