Genis Inc. is a large distributor located in Atlantic Canada. Genis’s draft financial statements show the following:

The company has the following items that have not yet been recorded as of the end of the period:
Share transactions:
• Dividends totalling $450,000 were been declared in December. The payment will be made in January 20X5. Genis has the following shares issued and outstanding:
- 120,000 no-par Class A preferred shares, $0.75 noncumulative, nonparticipating

- 8,000,000 no-par common shares
• 11,000 common shares were exchanged for services rendered in November/December.
The original quote provided by the consultant was $168,000 for the work performed.
The average trading price of Genis shares during November and December was $15 during the year.
Employee benefits:
The company sponsors both a defined benefit and a defined contribution plan, as follows: 

Defined benefit plan:
• Current service cost: $30,450
• 1 January 20X4 defined benefit obligation: $3,506,000
• 1 January 20X4 plan assets: $3,692,000
• Actual return on plan assets: $207,000
• Interest rate on high-quality corporate bonds: 5.5%

• Plan curtailment (see note 1 below) resulting in the following:
- Past service cost of $320,000
- Actuarial gain due to change in demographic assumptions: $122,890
Defined contribution plan:
• 3% of gross salaries to be contributed by Genis
• Salaries paid to members enrolled in the defined contribution plan: $12,340,000
Note 1: On 30 December 20X4, Genis announced a plan to close one of its factories. The factory would close effective 1 February 20X5. Total termination costs of $890,000 will be paid out to employees in addition to the changes to the post-employment benefits noted above.
Genis has a bank loan that carries a debt covenant, requiring that the company maintain a debt-to-equity ratio of less than 2.5:1.

Required:
1. Prepare the journal entries for 20X3.
2. Calculate the revised debt-to-equity ratio, including all of the above transactions, and determine whether the covenant has been breached.
3. Calculate the debt-to-equity ratio, excluding the adjustments for the curtailment/ restructuring.

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Total Assets Total Liabilities Share Capital Retained Earnings AOCI Dr. (Cr.) $10,303 (6,304) (1,680) (2,338) 19