Financial Statement Impact: Debt Versus Equity

Bitsy Betsy, Inc. has the following capital structure:

Current liabilities

$ 35,000,000

Long term debt

35,000,000

Preferred stock (no par)

45,000,000

Common stock (no par)

45,000,000

Retained earnings

10,000,000

Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity

$170,000,000

Required

a. Calculate Betsy’s capital structure after issuing $25 million of new debt.

b. Recalculate Betsy’s capital structure after converting half the long term debt, including that issued in part a, to common stock.

c. Recalculate Betsy’s capital structure after converting all its preferred stock to common stock.

d. Recalculate Betsy’s capital structure after suffering losses of $10 million in the next fiscal year.