Penn CorpIs Analyzing the Possible Acquisition of Teller Company

question 80

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Penn Corp.is analyzing the possible acquisition of Teller Company.Both firms have no debt.Penn believes the acquisition will increase its total aftertax annual cash flows by $3.7 million indefinitely.The current market value of Teller is $103 million,and that of Penn is $151.7 million.The appropriate discount rate for the incremental cash flows is 9 percent.Penn is trying to decide whether it should offer 40 percent of its stock of $127 million in cash to Teller's shareholders.The cost of the cash alternative is _____,while the cost of the stock alternative is _____.

• A)$103,000,000; $118,324,444
• B)$103,000,000; $127,000,000
• C)$127,000,000; $103,000,000
• D)$127,000,000; $118,324,444
• E)$236,000,000; $103,000,000

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