Question

Fly-By-Night Couriers is analyzing the possible acquisition of Flash-in-the-Pan Restaurants. Neither firm has debt. The forecasts of Fly-By-Night show that the purchase would increase its annual aftertax cash flow by $390,000 indefinitely. The current market value of Flash-in-the-Pan is $8 million. The current market value of Fly-By-Night is $29 million. The appropriate discount rate for the incremental cash flows is 8 percent. Fly-By-Night is trying to decide whether it should offer 30 percent of its stock or $12 million in cash to Flash-in-the-Pan.

a.	What is the synergy from the merger? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Enter your answer in dollars, not millions of dollars, e.g., 1,234,567.)

Synergy value

$

b.	What is the value of Flash-in-the-Pan to Fly-By-Night? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Enter your answer in dollars, not millions of dollars, e.g., 1,234,567.)

Value

$

c.	What is the cost to Fly-By-Night of each alternative? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Enter your answers in dollars, not millions of dollars, e.g., 1,234,567.)

Cost of cash		$
Cost of stock		$

d.	What is the NPV to Fly-By-Night of each alternative? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Enter your answers in dollars, not millions of dollars, e.g., 1,234,567.)

NPV cash	$
NPV stock	$

e.	Which alternative should Fly-By-Night use?
	Cash offer Stock offer

Answer 1

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