Question

A firm is considering acquiring a competitor. The firm plans on offering $160 million for the competitor. The firm will need to issue new debt and equity to finance the acquisition. You estimate the issuance costs to be $10 million. The acquisition will generate an incremental free cash flow of $20 million in the first year and this cash flow is expected to grow at an annual rate of 3% forever. If the firm's WACC is 13%, what is the value of this project

Answer 1

Explanation:

On October 15, 2020, the board of directors of Ensor Materials Corporation approved a stock option plan for key executives. On January 1, 2021, 28 million stock options were granted, exercisable for 28 million shares of Ensor's $1 par common stock. The options are exercisable between January 1, 2024, and December 31, 2026, at 90% of the quoted market price on January 1, 2021, which was $10. The fair value of the 28 million options, estimated by an appropriate option pricing model, is $6 per option. Ensor chooses the option to recognize forfeitures only when they occur.

Ten percent (2.8 million) of the options were forfeited when an executive resigned in 2022. All other options were exercised on July 12, 2025, when the stock’s price jumped unexpectedly to $26 per share.