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 $350,000 indefinitely. The current market value of Flash-in-the-Pan is $7 million. The current market value of Fly-By-Night is $20 million. The appropriate discount rate for the incremental cash flows is 8 percent. Fly-By-Night is trying to decide whether it should offer 35 percent of its stock or $11 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?
Stock offer
Cash offer