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Winterbourne is considering a takeover of Monkton Inc. Winterbourne has 27 million shares outstanding, which sell for $74 each. Monkton has 22 million shares outstanding, which sell for $37 each. Merger gains are estimated at $110 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?
Assume in this case that the merger is financed by an issue of new
Winterbourne shares. Monkton will get one Winterbourne share for
every two Monkton shares held. Assume that merged firm will have
net earnings equivalent to the sum of each individual firm.
(Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer
to 2 decimal places.)