Question

Holmes, Inc., has offered $506 million cash for all of the common stock in Watson Corporation. Based on recent market information, Watson is worth $478 million as an independent operation. If the merger makes economic sense for Holmes, what is the minimum estimated value of the synergistic benefits from the merger? (Do not round Intermediate calculations and enter your answer in dollars, not millions of dollars, rounded to the nearest whole number, e.g., 1,234,567.) Minimum synergistic benefit

Answer 1

For the merger to make economic sense, the acquirer must feel the acquisition will increase value by at least the amount of the premium over the market value, so:

Minimum synergistic benefit = $506,000,000 – $478,000,000

Minimum synergistic benefit = $28,000,000