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Seattle Adventures, Incorporated, is trying to decide between
the following two alternatives to finance its new $23 million
gaming center:
Issue $23 million, 6% note.
Issue 1 million shares of common stock for $23 per share with
expected annual dividends of $1.38 per share.
Required:
1. Assuming the note or shares of stock are
issued at the beginning of the year, complete the income statement
for each alternative.
2. Answer the following questions for the current
year:
(a) By how much are interest payments higher if
issuing the note?
(b) By how much are dividend payments higher by
issuing stock?
(c) Which alternative results in higher earnings
per share?
PLEASE ANSWER QUESTION 2 COMPLETELY
Answer the following questions for the current year:
(a) By how much are interest payments higher if issuing the
note?
(b) By how much are dividend payments higher by issuing
stock?
(c) Which alternative results in higher earnings per share?
(Enter your answers in dollars, not millions (i.e., $5.5 million
should be entered as 5,500,000).)
2. Answer the following questions for the current year: (a) By how much are interest payments higher if issuing the note? (b) By how much are dividend payments higher by issuing stock? (c) Which alternative results in higher earnings per share? Complete this question by entering your answers in the tabs below. Required 1 Required 2 Assuming the note or shares of stock are issued at the beginning of the year, complete the income statement for each alternative. (Enter your answers in dollars, not millions (i.e., $5.5 million should be entered as 5,500,000). Round your "Earnings per Share" to 2 decimal places.) Issue Note Issue Stock 9,800,000 Operating income Interest expense (on note only) Income before tax 0 Income tax expense (30%) 9,800,000 $ 1,380,000 $ 8,420,000 $ 2,526,000 $ 5,894,000 $ 2,800,000 $ 2.11 $ Net income 9,800,000 2,940,000 6,860,000 3,800,000 1.81 Number of shares Earnings per share (Net income / Number of shares)