Suppose Sunburn Sunscreen and Frostbite Thermalwear in the previous problems have decided to merge. Because the two

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Suppose Sunburn Sunscreen and Frostbite Thermalwear in the previous problems have decided to merge. Because the two companies have seasonal sales, the combined firm's return on assets will have a standard deviation of 21 percent per year.

a. What is the combined value of equity in the two existing companies? Value of debt?

b. What is the value of the new firm's equity? Value of debt?

c. What was the gain or loss for shareholders? For bondholders?

d. What happened to shareholder value here?

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Fundamentals of Corporate Finance

ISBN: 978-0077861704

11th edition

Authors: Stephen Ross, Randolph Westerfield, Bradford Jordan

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