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A fixed-income portfolio analyst is applying the Merton model to derive the market value of debt for a non-dividend paying chemical manufacturing company whose assets have a current market value of CAD 85 million. The face value of the company's only debt, a zero-coupon bond maturing in 2 years, is CAD 55 million. The analyst uses the following additional information to complete the calculation:
What is the correct estimate of the market value of the company's debt using the Merton model?