Cost of Equity exceeds ROE -- destroying value

Can somebody explain why a cost of equity exceeding ROE means that the business is "destroying value"? A concrete example with numbers would be extremely helpful... Also does Cost of equity > ROE mean that the company should be trading at below book value?

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