In early 2006 Giant Inc's management was considering making an offer to buy Micro Corporation. Micro's projected operating income (EBIT) for 2006 was $30 million, but Giant believes that if the two firms were merged, it could consolidate some operations, reduce Micro's expenses, and raise its EBIT to $35 million. Neither company uses any debt, and they both pay income taxes at a 40% rate. Giant has a better reputation among investors, who regard it as very well managed and not very risky, so its stock has a P/E ratio of 12 versus a P/E of 10 for Micro. Since Giant's management would be running the entire enterprise after a merger, investors would value the resulting corporation based on Giant's P/E. If Micro has 10 million shares outstanding, by how much should the merger increase its share price, assuming all of the synergy will to its stockholders?

$5.40

$5.75

$6.20

$6.85

$7.20