Balance Sheets for Mergers Consider the following premerger information about firm X and firm Y: Firm X
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Balance Sheets for Mergers Consider the following premerger information about firm X and firm Y:
Firm X Firm Y Total earnings
(£)
74,000 35,000 Shares outstanding 21,000 10,000 Per-share values:
Market (£) 25 28 Book (£) 20 7 Assume that firm X acquires firm Y by paying cash for all the shares outstanding at a merger premium of £5 per share.
Assuming that neither firm has any debt before or after the merger, construct the post-merger balance sheet for firm X.
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Fundamentals Of Corporate Finance
ISBN: 9780077178239
3rd Edition
Authors: David Hillier, Iain Clacher, Stephen A. Ross
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