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Sol Company Has Announced Plans to Acquire Luna Corporation

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Sol Company has announced plans to acquire Luna Corporation.Sol is trading for $210 per share,and has a premerger value of $22 billion,while Luna is trading for $145 per share and has a premerger value of $14 billion.The projected synergies from the merger are $1 billion.If the offer is for $8 billion in cash and the remainder in stock,what is the maximum exchange ratio that Sol could offer in the stock swap portion and still generate a positive NPV?


A) 0.81
B) 0.74
C) 0.72
D) 1.69
E) 1.55

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