Question: 1 . Spacely Sprockets is acquiring Cogwell's Cogs for $ 7 , 4 0 0 , 0 0 0 worth of Spacely Sprockets stock. Cogwell's

1. Spacely Sprockets is acquiring Cogwell's Cogs for $7,400,000 worth of Spacely Sprockets stock. Cogwell's Cogs has 165,000 shares of stock outstanding for $43.85 per share. Spacely Sprockets have 475,000 shares outstanding with a market value of $32.80 per share. The incremental value of the acquisition is estimated to be $425,000. Hint, look at practice problem (M&A) #10.
a) How many new shares of the acquirer's stock will be issued to pay for the target? (4 pts) Round to the nearest whole share.
b) How many shares will the acquirer have after the merger? Rounding to the nearest whole share is fine. (2 pts)

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