Question

Andover Bank is planning to purchase Berkley Bank. The current market value of Andover's stock is $55 per share while that of Berkley's stock is $15 per share. Andover plans to pay Berkley's stockholders a $5 bonus per share. Currently, Andover has 100,000 shares outstanding and earnings per share of $12, while Berkley has 50,000 shares outstanding and earnings per share of $5. Suppose the earnings of the combined bank do not increase over the total earnings of the two banks before the merger. In addition assume that the new bank will have 118,182 shares outstanding. What will be the earnings per share for the new bank?

A. $17.00 per share

B. $13.54 per share

C. $9.67 per share

D. $12.27 per share

E. None of the options is correct

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