Given the Following Data If Firm a Offers 250,000 Shares to Firm B's Shareholders

Multiple Choice

Given the following data, $\begin{array}{lccl}& \text { Firm A } & \text { Firm B } & \text { Firm } \mathrm{AB} \text { (after merger of } \mathrm{A} \text { and } \mathrm{B} \text { ) } \\\text { Market Price per share } & \$ 20 & \$ 10 & \\\text { Number of shares } & 1,000,000 & \$ 200,000 & \\\text { Market value of the firm }&\$ 20 \text { million } & \$ 5 \text { million } &\$ 30 \text { milion }\end{array}$ if Firm A offers 250,000 shares to Firm B's shareholders, calculate the cost of the merger.

A) $2 million
B) $3 million
C) $1 million
D) zero