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Winterbourne is considering a takeover of Monkton Inc. Winterbourne has 18 million shares outstanding, which sell for $56 each. Monkton has 13 million shares outstanding, which sell for $28 each. Merger gains are estimated at $65 million. If Winterbourne has a price-earnings ratio of 15 and Monkton has a P/E ratio of 10, what should be the P/E ratio of the merged firm

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Answer:

Price of per share to be paid by Winterbourne to Monkton shareholders  =$ 33 M

Explanation:

Before merger the netwoth  = No.of shares * Price

= 13M * $ 28

= $ 364 M

Price of per share to be paid by Winterbourne to Monkton shareholders  = [ Net worth of Monkton before Merger + Merger Gain ] / No.of Shares

= [ $ 364 M + $ 65 M ] / 13 M

= $ 33 M /

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