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A merger between Minnie Corporation and Mickey Corporation is under consideration. The financial information for these firms is as follows: Minnie Corporation Mickey Corporation Total earnings $2,025,000 $4,050,000 Number of shares of stock outstanding 270,000 1,080,000 Earnings per share $7.50 $4 Price-earnings ratio (P/E) 10X 20X Market price per share $75 $75 a. Assume a 100 percent premium will be paid and there is a 32 percent synergistic benefit to total earnings from the merger. What is the change in Mickey Corporation's earnings if it merges with Minnie Corporation? (Round the final answer to 2 decimal places.) Change in earnings per share post merge
The information available is tabulated below:
Particulars | Minnie Corporation | Mickey Corporation |
Toal Earnings (A) | $2,025,000 | $4,050,000 |
No. of Outstanding shares (B) | 270,000 | 1,080,000 |
EPS (A/B) | $7.5 | $3.75 |
Price Earning's ratio | 10 | 20 |
Market price per share | $75 | $75 |
Now the swap ratio can be based on either on (A) EPS or (B) MPS
Let first take as per EPS, swap ratio = 7.5:3.75 = 2:1
i.e. Shareholders of Minnie Corporation gets 2 share of the merged entity for every 1 share held and Shareholders of Mickey Corporation gets 1 share of the merged entity for every 1 share held
Therefore, total no. of shares = 540,000 + 1,080,000 = 1,620,000
Total earnings of the merged entity (after synergy of 32%) = 132% of (($2,025,000 + $4,050,000) = $8,019,000
Therefore, earnings of Mickey Corporation post merger = 8019000/1620000*1080000 = $5,346,000 and change in earnings = $1,296,000
Also for Mickey corporation EPS pre merger = $3.75 and EPS post meger = $5, there is a change of $1.25 per share