American hardware, a national hardware chain, is considering purchasing a smaller chain, eastern hardware. american's analysts project that the merger will result in incremental free flows and interest tax savings with a combined present value of $72.52 million, and they have determined that the appropriate discount rate for valuing eastern is 16 percent. eastern has 4 million shares outstanding. eastern's current price is $16.25. what is the maximum price per share that american should offer?