Solution

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At maturity, one stock share is worth . For a nonnegative strike , the digital call option therefore pays one exactly on
Under the risk-neutral measure, is normal with mean and variance . The risk-neutral pricing consequently gives
The effective company-value strike is , because both the outstanding debt and the number of shares matter. At , the strict positive-share event remains .

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