13. Equity as an option Merry Meerkat Manufacturing is a manufacturing firm. Merry Meerkat's current value of operations, including debt and equity, is estimated to be $35 million. Merry Meerkat has $14 million face-value zero coupon debt that is due in two years. The risk-free rate is 5%, and the volatility of companies similar to Merry Meerkat is 60%. Merry Meerkat's performance has not been very good as compared to previous years. Because the company has debt, it will repay its loan, but the company has the option of not paying equity holders. The ability to make the decision of whether to pay or not looks very much like an option. Based on your understanding of the Black-Scholes option pricing model (OPM), calculate the following values and complete the table. (Note: Use 2.7183 as the approximate value of e in your calculations. Do not round Intermediate calculations. Round final answers to two decimal places.) Values: Merry Meerkat Manufacturing Equity value Debt value Debt yield Merry Meerkat's management is implementing a risk management strategy to reduce its volatility Complete the following table, assuming that the goal is to reduce the company's volatility to 30%. (Note: Do not round Intermediate calculations, Round final answers to two decimal places.) Goals: Merry Meerkat Manufacturing Equity value at 30% volatility Debt value at 30% volatility Debt yield at 30% volatility Complete the following sentence, assuming that Merry Meerkat's risk management strategy is successful and If its risk management strategy is successful and Merry Meerkat can reduce its volatility, the value of Merry Meerkat's debt will the value of its stock will