d in determining company credit ratings are discussed in the Help document associated with page 5 of the Camera & Drone Journal.)
A.) Issue additional shares of stock and use the proceeds to pay down 5-year and 10-year loans
B.) Pay off any 1-year loans (and temporarily avoid the use of 1-year loans) because 1-year loans are considered a current liability and thus reduce the company's current ratio
C.) Temporarily reduce dividend payments to shareholders and use the cash saved from lower dividend payments to pay down 5-year and 10-year loans
D.) use a portion on the company's internal cash flows and new issues of common stock to pay higher dividends to shareholders.
E.) Place increased attention on improving operating profits and operating profit margins in all four geographic regions -- the resulting growth in operating profits companywide will increase the company's interest coverage ratio
