At the Beginning of the Year Ham Inc

question 4

Multiple Choice

At the beginning of the year Ham Inc.'s management is considering making an offer to buy Egg Corporation.Egg's projected operating income (EBIT) for the current year is $25.0 million,but Ham believes that if the two firms were merged,it could consolidate some operations,reduce Egg's expenses,and raise its EBIT to $39.0 million.Neither company uses any debt,and they both pay income taxes at a 40% rate.Ham has a better reputation among investors,who regard it as better managed and also less risky,so Ham's stock has a P/E ratio of 18 versus a P/E of 12 for Egg.Since Ham's management will be running the entire enterprise after a merger,investors will value the resulting corporation based on Ham's P/E.Based on expected market values,how much synergy should the merger create? Do not round your intermediate calculations.

• A) $301.50 million
• B) $277.38 million
• C) $241.2 million
• D) $205.02 million
• E) $229.14 million

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