Smartworks is considering a potential buyout of Redwords. The manager of Smartworks believes that the value of Redwords will rise by 50% if Smartworks purchases Redwords and changes its management. Redwords is a listed company with 10 million shares outstanding, and its share price is only $15 per share now. Smartworks is going to use a leveraged buyout with an offer of $20 per share to control Redwords. If Smartworks obtains 100% control of Redwords, the share price of Redwords after the leveraged buyout will be closest to:

a.

$3.00.

b.

$1.00.

c.

$15.00.

d.

$20.00.