19BP-a Robbins Petroleum Company is fou... [FREE SOLUTION]

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Foundations Of Financial Management

Stanley B. Block, Geoffrey A. Hirt, Bartley Danielsen

Business Studies

16th Edition 路 768 pages

ISBN: 9781259277160

Chapter 5: 19BP-a (page 570)

Robbins Petroleum Company is four years in arrears on cumulative preferred stock dividends. There are 690,000 preferred shares outstanding, and the annual dividend is $6.50 per share. The vice president of finance sees no real hope of paying the dividends in arrears. She is devising a plan to compensate the preferred stockholders for 80 percent of the dividends in arrears.
a. How much should the compensation be?

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The compensation should be $14,352,000.

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Annual dividend to be paid = $6.50 per share

Preferred stock outstanding = 690,000

Time for which dividends have to be paid = 4 years

percentage of compensation to be paid = 80%

Calculation of compensation

The compensation will be $14,352,000.

$\begin{matrix} Dividend in arrears = Annual dividend per share \\ 脳 Shares outstanding \\ 脳 Time for which arrears are due \\ = $ 6.50 脳 690, 000 脳 4 \\ = $ 17, 940, 000 \end{matrix}$

$\begin{matrix} Compensation = Dividend in arrears \\ 脳 Percentage of arrears to be compensated \\ = $ 17, 940, 000 脳 80 % \\ = $ 14, 352, 000 \end{matrix}$

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Assets
	Book value	Liquidation value
Accounts receivables	\(1,400,000	\)1,200,000
Inventory	\(1,800,000	\)900,000
Machinery and equipment	\(1,100,000	\)600,000
Building and plant	\(4,200,000	\)2,500,000
Total assets	\(8,500,000	\)5,200,000

Liabilities and stockholder鈥檚 claims
Liabilities
Accounts payable	\(2,800,000
First lien, secured by machinery and equipment	\)900,000
Senior unsecured debt	\(2,200,000
Subordinated debenture	\)1,700,000
Total liabilities	\(7,600,000
Stockholder鈥檚 claims
Preferred stock	\)250,000
Common stock	\(650,000
Total stockholder鈥檚 claims	\)900,000
Total liabilities and stockholder鈥檚 claims	$8,500,000

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