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Suppose Corporation F stock is currently trading at $40 pershare. There are 20 million shares outstanding, and the company hasno debt. You are a partner in a firm that specializes in leveragedbuyouts. Your analysis indicates that the management of thiscorporation could be improved considerably. If the managers werereplaced with more capable ones, you estimate that the value of thecompany would increase by 50%. You decide to initiate a leveragebuyout and issue a tender offer for at least a controlling interest50% of the outstanding shares. What is the maximum amount of valueyou can extract and still complete the deal? What if you borrowedmore than $400 million? Assume you were able to borrow $450million. The value of equity after the merge would be?