Dream, Inc., has debt outstanding with a face value of $7 million. The value of the firm if it were entirely financed by equity would be $18.3 million. The company also has 450,000 shares of stock outstanding that sell at a price of $30 per share. The corporate tax rate is 35 percent. What is the decrease in the value of the company due to expected bankruptcy costs? (Enter your answer in dollars, not millions of dollars, e.g., 1,234,567. Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answer to the nearest whole number, e.g., 32.)
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