For many years, analysts had speculated on the impact of more aggressive AHP capital structure policy. An example of a pro forma recapitalization analysis is presented in Exhibit 3. This exhibit shows actual 1981 performance plus pro forma restatement of the 1981 results under three alternative capital structure: 30% debt, 50% debt, and 70% debt. As described in Exhibit 3, these restatements assume that AHP issued debt and used the proceeds plus $233 million of excess cash to repurchase stock in early 1981 at the then prevailing stock price of $30 per share. Though this approach is only one of several ways to achieve a higher debt ratio, it illustrates, in approximate terms, the impact of higher debt on AHP’s financial performance.