Use the Following Information to Answer the Question(s) Below

question 49

Multiple Choice

Use the following information to answer the question(s) below.
Rearden Metal has earnings per share of $2. It has 10 million shares outstanding and is trading at $20 per share. Rearden Metal is thinking of buying Associated Steel, which has earnings per share of $1.25, 4 million shares outstanding, and a price per share of $15. Rearden Metal will pay for Associated Steel by issuing new shares. There are no expected synergies from the transaction.
-If Rearden offers an exchange ratio such that,at current pre-announcement share prices for both firms,the offer represents a 20% premium to buy Associated Steel,then the price per share of the combined corporation after the merger will be closest to:

• A) $1.85
• B) $1.90
• C) $2.00
• D) $2.25

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Definitions:

Markup

The extra charge added to the purchasing cost of items to encompass both overhead expenses and profit, setting the sale price.

Contribution Margin

The excess of sales over variable costs; the excess of manufacturing margin over variable selling and administrative expenses.

Bottleneck Hour

A term used in production and manufacturing to describe the hour or period where the flow of processes slows down due to a limitation in output capabilities, impacting overall productivity.

Bottleneck

A point of congestion in a production system that occurs when workloads arrive too quickly for the production process to handle.