Problem 14-6 External Equity Financing

Gardial GreenLights, a manufacturer of energy efficient lighting solutions, has had such success with its new products that it is planning to substantially expand its manufacturing capacity with a $15 million investment in new machinery. Gardial plans to maintain its current 60% debt-to-total-assets ratio for its capital structure and to maintain its dividend policy in which at the end of each year it distributes 35% of the year's net income. This year's net income was $8 million. How much external equity must Gardial seek now to expand as planned? Enter your answer in millions. For example, an answer of $1.2 million should be entered as 1.2, not 1,200,000. Round your answer to two decimal places.

$ million