Question: Show set up in Excel: Let us say John is the CFO of a $ 1 billion firm ( market capitalization ) and Jacob is

Show set up in Excel: Let us say John is the CFO of a $1 billion firm (market capitalization) and Jacob is the CFO of a $0.5 billion firm (market capitalization). Johns firm is paying a 20% premium over the market cap (in cash) to Jacobs firm. Assume that a share of Johns firm trades at $1 and a share of Jacobs firm also sells for $1 before the merger is announced. The combined entity (JohnJacob firm) plans to mail the shareholders of Johns firm and Jacobs firm an equal number of shares they hold before the merger in a big fat envelope and scrap all the old shares of entities within 1 days of the completion of the merger (when both shareholders approve the merger and everything goes through). Question: What will be the price of a new share of the combined firm (say JohnJacob firm) on completion of the merger?

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