stock market participants. 1) What are the primary business risks of UST? Evaluate them from the point of view of a bondholder. 2) Why is UST considering a leveraged recapitalization after such a long history of conservative debt policy? 3) Should UST undertake the $1bn recapitalization? Prepare a pro-forma income statement for 1999 to analyze whether UST will be able to make interest rate payments. How sensitive is your conclusion to the rating UST bonds receive?