Taggart Transcontinental and Phoenix-Durango Have Entered into a Stock Swap

question 45

Multiple Choice

Taggart Transcontinental and Phoenix-Durango have entered into a stock swap merger agreement whereby Taggart will pay a 30% premium over Phoenix-Durango's premerger price.If Taggart's premerger price per share was $15 and Phoenix-Durango's was $30,then the exchange ratio that Taggart will offer is closest to:

• A)0.4:1.
• B)1.8:1.
• C)2.0:1.
• D)2.6:1.

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Definitions:

Heterochromatin

Highly coiled and compacted chromatin in an inactive state. Compare with euchromatin.

Transcriptionally Inactive

Referring to genes or DNA regions that are not being transcribed into RNA, often due to regulatory mechanisms.

Chromatin

The complex of DNA and proteins, primarily histones, that forms the chromosomes within the nucleus of eukaryotic cells.

Homochromatin

Incorrect term, possibly meant to refer to Heterochromatin or Euchromatin, which are forms of chromatin in the genome. NO.