Question

Harrods PLC has a market value of £136 million and 4 million shares outstanding. Selfridge Department Store has a market value of £38 million and 2 million shares outstanding. Harrods is contemplating acquiring Selfridge. Harrods’s CFO concludes that the combined firm with synergy will be worth £194 million, and Selfridge can be acquired at a premium of £10 million. a. If Harrods offers 1.2 million shares of its stock in exchange for the 2 million shares of Selfridge, what will the stock price of Harrods be after the acquisition?

Answer 1

the stock price after the acquisition is $37.30

Step-by-step explanation:

The computation of the stock price after the acquisition is given below:

= Worth of combined synergy ÷ (outstanding shares = harrods shares)

= £194 million ÷ (4 million + 1.2 million)

= £194 million ÷ 5.2 million shares

= $37.30 per share

hence, the stock price after the acquisition is $37.30

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