Session 9: Corporate Finance: Financing and Control Issues Reading 31: Mergers and Acquisitions 
 LOS l: Evaluate a merger bid, calculate the estimated post-merger value of an acquirer, and calculate the gains accrued to the target shareholders versus the acquirer shareholders. 
  
  
  
Big Steel is considering making a bid for Small Steel. The following data applies to the analysis: 
 
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Big Steel  | 
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Small Steel  |  
| 
 Pre-merger stock price   | 
$75  | 
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$100  |  
| Number of shares outstanding  | 
500m  | 
 | 
40m  |  
| Pre-merger market value  | 
$37,500m  | 
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$4,000m  |  
| Estimated synergies  | 
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 $600m   | 
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If Big Steel buys Small Steel for $110 per share in cash, what are the gains to Big Steel and Small Steel, respectively? 
 
  
 
   
Gains to Small Steel = takeover premium = $4,400 – $4,000 = $400m. Gains to Big Steel = synergies – takeover premium = $600 – $400 = $200.     |