Beauty Seasons, a national beauty salon chain, is considering purchasing a smaller chain, Tomorrow's Styles. Beauty Seasons analysts project that the merger will result in incremental free cash flows with a present value of $72,520,000 and they have determined that the appropriate discount rate for valuing Tomorrow's Styles is 16%.
Tomorrow's Styles has 4 million shares outstanding and has no debt. Tomorrow's Styles current stock price is $16.25.
1) What is the maximum price per share that Beauty Seasons should offer to acquire Tomorrow's Styles?
A) $16.25
B) $16.97
C) $17.42
D) $18.13
E) $19.00
Show your calculations.