The Verbrugge Publishing Company's 2019 balance sheet and income statement are as follows (in millions of dollars): Balance Sheet Current assets $300 Current liabilities $ 40 Net fixed assets 200 Advance payments by customers   80 Noncallable preferred stock, $6 coupon,   110 $110 par value (1,000,000 shares) Callable preferred stock, $10 coupon, no par, 200 $100 call price (200,000 shares) Common stock, $2 par value (5,000,000 shares) 10 _____ Retained earnings 60 Total assets$500Total liabilities & equity$500   Income Statement Net sales $540 Operating expense   516 Net operating income $ 24 Other income     4 EBT $ 28 Taxes (25%)         7 Net income $ 21 Dividends on $6 preferred       6 Dividends on $10 preferred         2 Income available to common stockholders $ 13   Verbrugge and its creditors have agreed upon a voluntary reorganization plan. In this plan, each share of the noncallable preferred will be exchanged for 1 share of $2.40 preferred with a par value of $35 plus one 8% subordinated income debenture with a par value of $75. The callable preferred issue will be retired with cash generated by reducing current assets. c.What were the total cash flows received by the noncallable preferred stockholders prior to the reorganization? What were the total cash flows to the original noncallable preferred stockholders after the reorganization? What was the net income to common stockholders before the reorganization? After the reorganization. d.Required pre-tax earnings are defined as the amount that is just large enough to meet fixed charges (debenture interest and/or preferred dividends). What are the required pre-tax earnings before and after the recapitalization?   e.How is the debt ratio (i.e., liabilities/total assets) affected by the reorganization? Suppose you treated preferred stock as debt and calculated the resulting debt ratios. How are these ratios affected? If you were a holder of Verbrugge's common stock, would you vote in favor of the reorganization? Why or why not?

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The Verbrugge Publishing Company's 2019 balance sheet and income statement are as follows (in millions of dollars):

Balance Sheet

Current assets $300 Current liabilities $ 40

Net fixed assets 200 Advance payments by customers   80

Noncallable preferred stock, $6 coupon,   110

$110 par value (1,000,000 shares)

Callable preferred stock, $10 coupon, no par, 200

$100 call price (200,000 shares)

Common stock, $2 par value (5,000,000 shares) 10

_____ Retained earnings 60

Total assets$500Total liabilities & equity$500

 

Income Statement

Net sales $540

Operating expense   516

Net operating income $ 24

Other income     4

EBT $ 28

Taxes (25%)         7

Net income $ 21

Dividends on $6 preferred       6

Dividends on $10 preferred         2

Income available to common stockholders $ 13

 

Verbrugge and its creditors have agreed upon a voluntary reorganization plan. In this plan, each share of the noncallable preferred will be exchanged for 1 share of $2.40 preferred with a par value of $35 plus one 8% subordinated income debenture with a par value of $75. The callable preferred issue will be retired with cash generated by reducing current assets.

c.What were the total cash flows received by the noncallable preferred stockholders prior to the reorganization? What were the total cash flows to the original noncallable preferred stockholders after the reorganization? What was the net income to common stockholders before the reorganization? After the reorganization.



d.Required pre-tax earnings are defined as the amount that is just large enough to meet fixed charges (debenture interest and/or preferred dividends). What are the required pre-tax earnings before and after the recapitalization?

 

e.How is the debt ratio (i.e., liabilities/total assets) affected by the reorganization? Suppose you treated preferred stock as debt and calculated the resulting debt ratios. How are these ratios affected? If you were a holder of Verbrugge's common stock, would you vote in favor of the reorganization? Why or why not?

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