FINC 423-02 Advanced Corporate Finance Spring

FINC 423-02Advanced Corporate FinanceSpring 2016Homework #14Valuation Issues in Mergers & Acquisitions1. You work in the finance department of a large corporation, which is considering theacquisition of a smaller target firm. You have been assigned to make the preliminary analysis ofthe value of the target. In the most recent fiscal year the target firm generated total cash flows of$24,785,000.You will first use a Gordon Growth Model to estimate a range of Stand Alone Values for thetarget. You feel that reasonable discount rates for its future cash flows are between 13% and16%, and that probably (perpetual) annual growth rates for the flows are between 3% and 5%.The managers of your firm feel that the merger of the two entities will create perpetual annualsynergies of between $5,500,000 and $7,500,000.Use these parameters to estimate the potential high and low values of the target firm.2. Patrick Inc. is considering an acquisition of Acme Corp. Patrick has 3,859,250 sharesoutstanding selling for $34.17. Acme has 1,994,500 shares outstanding selling for $21.67.What are the market values of both firms? In a stock-for-stock offer how many shares of Patrickstock will each Acme equity holder receive for his share (if they allocate purely on the basis ofthe current prices)? If there are no synergies, how many shares will be outstanding after theacquisition? What will be the value of each share? What portion of the stock will the old Patrickshareholders hold in the firm after the acquisition?Patrick has adequate excess-cash-on-hand to pay each shareholder of Acme $7.50. If they wishto make an acquisition based on a combination of stock and cash, how many shares of Patrickstock will each Acme stock holder have to be given to buy-out the remainder of his share beyondthe $7.50? If there are no synergies, how many shares will be outstanding after the acquisition?What will be the value of each share (recall that each shareholder of the Acme stock is beinggiven $7.50, so the value of the firm will decline accordingly)? What portion of the stock will theold Patrick shareholders hold in the firm after the acquisition?Now, presume that the merger will create synergies that have a present value of $30,000,000.Assume the two firms execute a straight stock-for-stock offer at the exchange ratio in the firstexample above. What will be the firm value, the number of outstanding shares, and the shareprice after the acquisition?