Woolworths Ltd(WOW) has a debt to equity ratio of approximately 1:2. You are considering purchasing supermarket business (like Woolworths) but your business will target a Debt-to-equity of 1 to 1.59 (i.e 1:/1.59).

What is the required return on equity relevant to the the new business, given:

-WOW beta of 0.95.

- risk free rate is 2.6% p.a,

- WOW and the new business can borrow at 5%p.a,

- the tax rate is 30%

- a reasonable estimate of the equity market premium is 6%.

(answer as percent to 3 decimals eg. 0.218907 is 21.891%)