Pursuit co jun11

It is because the capital structure stays unchanged and therefore any increase in the value of the firm all goes to the shareholders.

Sir in chikepe co also capital structure stays same still they have taken market value of equity only to compute synergy as compared to pursuit where value of firm is taken

Synergy gains only ever go to equity. Debt does not make gains through synergy and the only reason debt changes is because the company has borrowed more debt (or repaid debt). The question asks for you to use a free cash flow to the firm methodology and this gives the total value of equity plus debt. Given that the capital structure remains the same the equity is 70% of the value of the firm, and again it is the change in the equity that is due to synergy. (The amount of debt will change by again this is not because of synergy gains.)

Yes sir i understood chikepe but had confusion for pursuit co where computation of synergy is done using market value of company

sir can u help why market value of company is used in pursuit to compute overall synergy

The question asks for the free cash flow to the firm methodology to be used, and this gives the total value of the business (equity plus debt). The total benefit (i.e. the increase in value) is the difference between the market value of the 'combined' company and the total of the individual market values of the two companies. After subtracting the premium required to pay for Fodder, the rest of the benefit belongs to the shareholders in Pursuit.

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Thank you for your comment, and I do hope that the exam goes well for you :-)