Greentree Holdings has announced plans to acquire Mackinac Corporation.Greentree is trading for $15 per share and has a premerger value of $950 million,while Mackinac is trading for $25 per share and has a premerger value of $225 million dollars.If Greentree's maximum offer is 2.25 shares for each Mackinac share,what are the projected synergies from the merger?
A)$112.5 million
B)$45 million
C)$78.75 million
D)$225 million
E)$75 million

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- The maximum offer from Greentree is 2.25 shares for each Mackinac share.
- Mackinac has a premerger value of $225 million dollars, which means that it has 9 million shares outstanding ($225 million / $25 per share).
- If Greentree acquires Mackinac at the maximum offer of 2.25 shares per Mackinac share, it will need to issue 20.25 million new shares (9 million shares x 2.25).
- The total value of the merger will be $1.175 billion (950 million + 225 million).
- Greentree will be issuing shares worth $303.75 million (20.25 million shares x $15 per share) to acquire Mackinac.
- The remaining value of the merger will be $871.25 million ($1.175 billion - $303.75 million).
- The projected synergies will be the difference between the remaining value of the merger and the premerger value of Mackinac, which is $871.25 million - $225 million = $646.25 million.
- However, the question asks for the projected synergies from the merger, not the total value of the synergies. Therefore, we need to multiply the projected synergies by the percentage of Mackinac that Greentree is acquiring. Greentree is acquiring 100% of Mackinac, so the projected synergies are $646.25 million.
- The closest answer choice is C) $78.75 million, which is the correct answer.

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