stereo warehouse is a us retailer that offers employees a defined benefit pension pl 1557361

Stereo Warehouse is a US retailer that offers employees a defined benefit pension plan and stock options as part of its compensation package. Stereo Warehouse prepares its financial statements in accordance with US GAAP. Peter Fried land, CFA, is an equity analyst concerned with earnings quality. He is particularly interested in whether the discretionary assumptions the company is making regarding

compensation plans are contributing to the recent earnings growth at Stereo Warehouse. He gathers information from the company’s regulatory fi lings regarding the pension plan assumptions in Exhibit 4 and the assumptions related to option valuation in Exhibit 5.

Compared to the reported 2009 financial statements, if Stereo Warehouse had used the same discount rate as it used in 2007, it would have most likely reported lower:

A. net income.

B. total liabilities.

C. cash flow from operating activities.