(SOLVED) Yummy Burgers is analyzing the possible acquisition of Apple Pizzas. Neither firm has debt. The forecasts of Fly-By-Night show that the purchase would increase its annual aftertax cash flow by $390,000 indefinitely.

Question

Yummy Burgers is analyzing the possible acquisition of Apple Pizzas. Neither firm has debt. The forecasts of Fly-By-Night show that the purchase would increase its annual aftertax cash flow by $390,000 indefinitely. The current market value of Apple Pizzas is $8 million. The current market value of Yummy Burgers is $22 million. The appropriate discount rate for the incremental cash flows is 8 percent. Yummy Burgers is trying to decide whether it would offer 25 percent of its stock or $10 million in cash to Apple Pizzas.

a. What is the synergy from the merger?-

b. What is the value of Apple Pizzas to Yummy Burgers?-

c. What is the cost to Yummy Burgers of each alternative?

d. What is the NPV to Yummy Burgers of each alternative? 

e. What alternative should Yummy Burgers use?-

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a) Synergy from merger = Present value of incremental cashflows

= CFAT / Ke = 390000 / 0.08 = $4875000

b) Value of Apple pizzas = Value of Apple pizzas + Synergy from merger

= 8000000 + 4875000 = $12875000

c) Cost to Yummy burger......