Fly-By-Night Couriers is analyzing the possible acquisition of Flash-in-the-Pan
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Question
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 $360,000 indefinitely. The current market value of Flash-in-the-Pan is $8 million. The current market value of Fly-By-Night is $26 million. The appropriate discount rate for the incremental cash flows is 8 percent. Fly-By-Night is trying to decide whether it should offer 30 percent of its stock or $11 million in cash to Flash-in-the-Pan.
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.)
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.)
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.)
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.)
Which alternative should Fly-By-Night use?
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 $360,000 indefinitely. The current market value of Flash-in-the-Pan is $8 million. The current market value of Fly-By-Night is $26 million. The appropriate discount rate for the incremental cash flows is 8 percent. Fly-By-Night is trying to decide whether it should offer 30 percent of its stock or $11 million in cash to Flash-in-the-Pan.
Explanation / Answer
a)
Synergy is the present value of the incremental cash flow of the to be initiated purchase.
The cash flow is perpetual, the amount is;
= perpetual Cash flow / Discount rate
= 360,000 / 0.08 = 4,500,000
b)
value of Flash-in-the-Pan to Fly-By-Night = Synergy + current market value of flash-in-the-pan
= 4,500,000 + 8,000,000
= 12,500,000
Cost of each alternative
cash alternative = 11,000,000 - 8,000,000 = 3,000,000
stock alternative = 0.3 * (12,500,000 + 26,000,000) - 8,000,000 = 11,550,000 - 8,000,000 = 3,550,000
d)
NPV cash = synergy - Cost
= 4,500,000 - 3,000,000 = 1,500,000
NPV Stock = synergy - Cost = 4,500,000 - 3,550,000 = 9,50,000
e)
Use the cash alternative as the NPV of cash is higher.