O Your company has earnings per share of $3.60. It has 1.2 million shares outstanding, each of which has a price of $41.40. You are thinking of buying TargetCo, which has earnings per share of $1.80, 1.1 million shares, and a price per share of $26.90. You will pay for TargetCo by issuing new shares. There are no expected synergies from the transaction. a. If you pay no premium to buy TargetCo, what will be your earnings per share after the merger? b. Suppose you offer an exchange ratio such that, at current pre-announcement share prices for both firms, the offer represents a 15% premium to buy TargetCo. What will be your earnings per share after the merger? c. What explains the change in eamings per share in part (a)? Are your shareholders any better or worse off? d. What will be your price-earrings ratio after the merger (if you pay no premium)? How does this compare to your P/E ratio before the merger? How does this compare TargetCo's premerger P/E ratio? a. If you pay no premium to buy TargetCo, what will be your earnings per share after the merger? EPS after the merger is $. (Round to the nearest cent.) b. Suppose you offer an exchange ratio such that, at current pre-announcement share prices for both firms, the offer represents a 15% premium to buy TargetCo. What will be your earnings per share after the merger? If you pay a 15% premium to buy TargetCo, the EPS after the merger is $(Round to the nearest cent.) c. What explains the change in earnings per share in part (a)? (Select the best choice below.) A. Eamings per share declines because TargetCo has a higher price eamings ratio than your firm. OB. Earnings per share declines because you are overpaying for TargetCo. O C. Earnings per share always decline if the firm issues new shares to pay for a merger. Are your shareholders any better or worse off? (Select the best choice below.) O A. In this case, your shareholders are worse off. OB. In this case, your shareholders are neither worse nor better off. OC. In this case, your shareholders are better off. d. What will your price-earings ratio be after the merger (if you pay no premiurn)? How does this compare to your P/E ratio before the merger? How does this compare TargetCo's prerrierger P/E ratio? If you pay no premium, the P/E ralio after the merger is (Round to two decimal places.)