9. A firm is considering recapitalization, and will estimate the cost of equity with theHamada equation. The firm is able to buy back stock at the current market price. That is, if the firm obtains $X million in new debt, it can buy back $X million of common stock.

The current amount of debt is $60 million and r_D = 8%. The current amount of equity is $200 million.

The firms current = 1.2. The tax rate is 40%. We observe r_RF = 6% and r_M = 16%.

Calculate the cost of equity if the firm takes on additional debt of $40 million.