-Assume Alpha Pays a 20% Premium for Beta in a \text

question 95

Multiple Choice

$\begin{array} { r r } &\underline{\text { Alpha }} &\underline{ \text { Beta }} \\\text {Total earnings}& \$ 1,000,000 & \$ 600,000 \\ \text {Number of shares outstanding}&400,000 & 200,000 \\ \text {Earnings per share}&\$ 2.50 & \$ 3.00 \\ \text {Price/earnings}&12 \mathrm { X } & 10 \mathrm { X } \\\text { Market price/share } & \$ 30.00 & \$ 30.00 \end{array}$
-Assume Alpha pays a 20% premium for Beta in a pooling of interests' transaction.Calculate the post-merger EPS for Alpha.

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