Hanover Tech is currently an all equity firm that has 600,000 shares of stock outstanding with a market price of $15.00 a share. The current cost of equityis 21 percent and the tax rate is 39 percent. The firm is considering permanently adding $5,850,000 of debt with a coupon rate of 11 percent to its capitalstructure. The debt will be sold at par value. What is the levered value of the equity?Round your answer to the nearest whole dollar, but don't include the $ sign.HINT: First get the value of the unlevered firm. Then calculate the value of the levered firm. The total value of any firm is the value of the debt plus thevalue of the equity.Numeric ResponseI

The value of the unlevered firm can be found by multiplying the price per share by the total number…

Answered: Hanover Tech is currently an all equity…

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