Zerox Inc. is contemplating acquiring its peer firm-Nova Corporation since Zerox believes that Nova is poorly managed.

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Zerox Inc. is contemplating acquiring its peer firm-Nova Corporation since Zerox believes that Nova is poorly managed. The most recent information about Nova is as follows: FCFF = 200 million, Market value of equity=$2,000 million, Outstanding debt=200 million, Before-tax cost of debt=5%, Tax rate=30%, Beta=1. Nova is already in steady state and is expected to grow 6% a year in the long term. The treasury bond rate is 3%, and the market risk premium is 6%. Zerox believes that the current financial leverage of Nova is not optimal and intends to increase the debt ratio of Nova to 20% of total capital from current level after the acquisition, which will incur a cost of debt of 5.5%. How much is the value of control worth in this acquisition plan?

Group of answer choices
a). $203.27 million
b). $2,526.32 million
c). $2,152.28 million
d). $756.50 million
e). $193.27 million