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On July 3rd, 2015, health insurer A Inc announced its decision to acquire smaller rival H Inc. This is considered as one of the largest deals in the insurance industry.
Here is some information on pre-transaction prices and shares outstanding of two companies:
A Inc.
Stock price as of July 2, 2015 $125.51 per share
Number of shares outstanding (pre-transaction) 348.60 million
H Inc.
Stock price as of July 2, 2015 $187.50 per share
Number of shares outstanding (pre-transaction) 149.78 million
A Inc. is offering $230 per share to H shareholders using a combination of cash and stock. The cash portion of the offer is $125 in cash. The remaining consideration would be offered as A Inc stock in exchange for H Inc stock
Assuming no synergies in the merger, what is the maximum exchange ratio that A Inc. can offer to H. Inc shareholders without diluting the value of its own stock? Please input your answer and round to three decimal points and EXPLAIN how you got the answer.
Explanation / Answer
Pre acquistion of H Inc., share value of A inc. is $ 125.51/ share whereas H Inc value per share is $ 187.50.
A Inc offered $ 230 per share to H shareholders in a combination of cash and equity. so the consideration is paid in cash $ 125 and stock of $ 105 is to be issued by A Inc to the shareholders of H Inc.
Total Purchase Consideration to be paid = 149.78*230 = $ 34,449.4 million
Out of above purchase consideration, Cash consideration = $ 149.78*125 = $18,722.5 million
Stock consideration = $ 34,449.4- 18,722.5 million =$ 15,726.9 million
So no. of stock to be issued in lieu of stock consideration = $ 15,726.9/125.51 = 125.31 million
Assuming the bost strap effect , pre merger PE ratio of A Inc will be same after the acquistion. Therefore value of A Inc after merger would be $ 125.51/ share.
Maximum Exchange ration i.e. r = Price of H Inc shares/ Price of A Inc shares
= 187.50/ 125.51
= 1.4939 i.e. for every shares of H Inc, A Inc should issue 1.494 of its own shares maximum to maintain its value at the existing level.
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