Suppose that Lil John Industries equity is currently selling for $27 per share and that 2 million shares are outstanding. The firm also has 50,000 bonds outstanding, which are selling at 103 percent of par. Assume Lil John was considering an active change to its capital structure so that the firm would have a Debt to Equity ratio (D/E) of 1.4.

Which type of security (stocks or bonds) would it need to sell to accomplish this?

• sell bonds and buy back stock

• sell stocks and buy back bonds

How much would the firm have to sell? (Enter your answer in dollars not in millions. Round your intermediate calculations to 4 decimal places and final answer to 2 decimal places.)