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The shareholders of Bread Company have voted in favor of a buyout offer from Butter Corporation. Information about each firm is given here: Bread Butter Price-earnings ratio 9 28 Shares outstanding 81,000 280,000 Earnings $ 255,000 $ 850,000 Bread's shareholders will receive one share of Butter stock for every three shares they hold in Bread. a-1. What will the EPS of Butter be after the merger? (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answer to 3 decimal places, e.g., 32.161.) a-2. What will the PE ratio be if the NPV of the acquisition is zero? (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answer to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.) b. What must Butter feel is the value of the synergy between these two firms?