Mergers and Equity as an Option Suppose Sunburn Sunscreen and Frostbite Thermalwear in the previous problems have

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Mergers and Equity as an Option Suppose Sunburn Sunscreen and Frostbite Thermalwear in the previous problems have decided to merge. Because the two companies have seasonal sales, the combined firm’s return on assets will have a standard deviation of 29 percent per year.

a. What is the combined value of equity in the two existing companies? The value of debt?

b. What is the value of the new firm’s equity? The value of debt?

c. What was the gain or loss for shareholders? For bondholders?

d. What happened to shareholder value here?

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Corporate Finance With Connect Access Card

ISBN: 978-1259672484

10th Edition

Authors: Stephen Ross ,Randolph Westerfield ,Jeffrey Jaffe

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