Discuss the type of merger the motivation for the merger


In the face of disappointing earnings results and increasingly assertive institutional stockholders, Eastman Kodak was considering the sale of its health division which had an EBIT of $560 million in its most recent year from revenues of $5285 billion. The firm’s expected growth rate is expected to be 6% for the next 5 years and fall to 2% thereafter. Capital expenditure in the health division was $420 million last year and depreciation was $350 million. Both are expected to grow at 4% in the long run. Working capital requirements are 10% of sales. The average equity beta of companies competing with Eastman Kodak’s health division was 1.15. Eastman Kodak’s health division has a debt ratio of .20 and a debt cost of 7.5%. The company has a tax rate of .40 and the T-Bond rate is 7%. a. Estimate the division’s WACC. b. Estimate the division’s value using the DCF approach. Find a merger from this year. Discuss the type of merger, the motivation for the merger, potential synergies for the merger.

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