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Current Assets	$1000	Accounts Payable	$150
		Accrued taxes	$140
Net Plant	$600	Accrued wages	$130
Net Equipment	$400	Notes Payable	$400
		Total Current Liability	$820
		Firs-mortgage bonds	$400
		Second-mortgage bonds	$300
		Subordinated Debentures	$200
		Preferred Stock	$130
		Common Stock	$150
Total Assets	$2000	Total Claims	$2000

The following balance sheet represents Joes Electronics position at the time it filed for bankruptcy (in thousands of dollars).

Only net plant are pledged as collateral to the mortgage bonds (including both first-mortgage bonds and second-mortgage bonds). Subordinated debentures are subordinated to notes payable only. The court, after trying unsuccessfully to reorganize the firm, decided that the only recourse was liquidation under chapter 7. Sales of the net plant, which were pledged as collateral to the mortgage bondholders, brought in $300,000, the net equipment brought $200,000, while the current assets were sold for another $500,000. Trustees costs amounted to $130,000. No single workers were due more than $2,000 in wages, and there were no unfounded pension plan liabilities.

1. How much will the subordinate debenture holders receive from the liquidation?

a. $0

b. $12,700

c. $55,000

d. $100,0009.

2. How much will the notes payable holders receive from the liquidation?

a. $22,857

b. $35,555

c. $90,000

d. $156,522

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