The shareholders of Tilbury Company have voted in favour of a buyout offer from Dover Corporation. Information about each firm is given here:

Tilbury Dover

Price$/$earnings ratio $9\mathrm{.}0028$

Shares outstanding $81,000280,000$

Earnings $ $255,000$ $ $850,000$

Tilbury's shareholders will receive one share of Dover stock for every three shares they hold in Tilbury. $($Do not leave any empty spaces; input a $0$ wherever it is required.$)$

a$-1.$ What will the EPS of Dover be after the merger? $($Round the final answer to $3$ decimal places. Omit $"$$$"$ sign in your response.$)$

EPS $

a$-2.$ What will the P$/$E ratio be if the NPV of the acquisition is zero? $($Do not round intermediate calculations. Round the final answer to $2$ decimal places. $)$

PE times

b$.$ What must Dover feel is the value of the synergy between these two firms? $($Omit $"$$$"$ sign in your response.$)$

Synergy value $