9. You work for a leveraged buyout firm and are evaluating a potential buyout of UnderWater Company.
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9. You work for a leveraged buyout firm and are evaluating a potential buyout of UnderWater Company. UnderWater’s stock price is $20, and it has 2 million shares outstanding. You believe that if you buy the company and replace its management, its value will increase by 40%. You are planning on doing a leveraged buyout of UnderWater, and will offer $25 per share for control of the company.
a. Assuming you get 50% control, what will happen to the price of non-tendered shares?
b. Given the answer in (a), will shareholders tender their shares, not tender their shares, or be indifferent?
c. What will be your gain from the transaction?
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Fundamentals Of Corporate Finance
ISBN: 9781292018409
3rd Global Edition
Authors: Berk, Peter DeMarzo, Jarrad Harford
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