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EQUITY
PART 1
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Stockholders’ Equity: Share
Chapter 11 Transactions, Dividends, and
Retained Earnings
Learning Objectives
After studying this chapter, you should be able to:
Name of corporation
Shareholder’s name
Shares
Share Certificate
Signature of corporate
official
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Share Issue Considerations
Authorized Shares
Charter indicates the amount of shares that a
corporation is authorized to sell.
Number of authorized shares is often reported in
the equity section.
Issuance of Shares
Corporation can issue ordinary shares directly to investors
or indirectly through an investment banking firm.
Factors in setting price for a new issue of shares:
1. Company’s anticipated future earnings.
2. Expected dividend rate per share.
3. Current financial position.
4. Current state of the economy.
5. Current state of the securities market.
Illustration 11-5
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Accounting for Share Transactions
a) Cash 1,000
Share capital—ordinary (1,000 x €1) 1,000
b) Cash 5,000
Share capital—ordinary (1,000 x €1) 1,000
Share premium—ordinary 4,000
Illustration 11-7
Cash 40,000
Share capital - ordinary (5,000 x €5) 25,000
Share premium - ordinary 15,000
Both the number of shares issued (100,000), outstanding (96,000), and the
number of shares held as treasury (4,000) are disclosed.
Illustration 11-10
Cash 120,000
Share capital - preference (10,000 x €10) 100,000
Share premium – preference 20,000
Dividend Preferences
Right to receive dividends before ordinary shareholders.
Liquidation preference.
Cumulative Dividend
Illustration: Scientific Leasing has 5,000 shares of 7%, €100
par value, cumulative preference shares outstanding. Each
€100 share pays a €7 dividend (.07 x €100). The annual
dividend is €35,000 (5,000 x €7 per share). If dividends are two
years in arrears, preference shareholders are entitled to
receive the following dividends in the current year.
Illustration 11-11
35,000 X 2 = 70,000
35,000
105,000
Liquidation Preferences
Most preference shares have a preference on
corporate assets if the corporation fails.
Types of Dividends:
1. Cash 3. Shares
2. Property 4. Scrip
11-34 LO 5 Prepare the entries for cash dividends and share dividends.
Dividends
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Dividends
Cash Dividends
For a corporation to pay a cash dividend, it must have:
2. Adequate cash.
11-36 LO 5 Prepare the entries for cash dividends and share dividends.
Cash Dividends
Illustration: On Dec. 1, the directors of Media General
declare a €.50 per share cash dividend on 100,000 shares of
€10 par value ordinary shares. The dividend is payable on Jan.
20 to shareholders of record on Dec. 22.
December 1 (Declaration Date)
Cash dividends 50,000
Dividends payable 50,000
11-38 LO 5 Prepare the entries for cash dividends and share dividends.
Dividends
11-39 LO 5 Prepare the entries for cash dividends and share dividends.
Dividends
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Dividends
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Dividends
Results in decrease in retained earnings and increase share capital and share premium.
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Dividends
Share Dividends
Reasons why corporations issue share dividends:
11-43 LO 5 Prepare the entries for cash dividends and share dividends.
Dividends
Share Dividends
Small share dividend (less than 20–25% of the
corporation’s issued shares, recorded at fair market
value)*
11-44 LO 5 Prepare the entries for cash dividends and share dividends.
Dividends
Shares issued
Ordinary share dividends distributable 50,000
Share capital-ordinary (50,000 x 10% x €10) 50,000
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Dividends
Illustration 11-15
Statement Presentation Statement presentation
of ordinary shares
dividends distributable
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Dividends
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Dividends
Question
Which of the following statements about small share dividends is
true?
a. A debit to Share Dividends for the par value of the shares
issued should be made.
b. A small share dividend decreases total equity.
c. Market value per share should be assigned to the dividend
shares.
d. A small share dividend ordinarily will have no effect on
book value per share.
11-48 LO 5 Prepare the entries for cash dividends and share dividends.
Dividends
Share Split
Reduces the market value of shares.
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Dividends
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Retained Earnings
Illustration 11-20
2. Contractual restrictions.
3. Voluntary restrictions.
Woods, Inc.
Retained Earnings Statement
For the Year Ended December 31, 2014
Before issuing the report for the year ended December 31, 2014, you discover a
€50,000 error (net of tax) that caused the 2013 inventory to be overstated
(overstated inventory caused COGS to be lower and thus net income to be higher in
2013. Would this discovery have any impact on the reporting of the Retained
Earnings Statement for 2014?
Woods, Inc.
Retained Earnings Statement
For the Year Ended December 31, 2014
Question
All but one of the following is reported in a retained
earnings statement. The exception is:
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PRACTICE EXERCISES - Question 1
Apr 1 Issued 25,000 additional ordinary shares for $170 per share.
June 15 Declared a cash dividend of $10 per share to shareholders of
record on June 30.
Instruction
a)Prepare the entries on each of the three dividends dates.
b)How are dividends and dividends payable reported in the financial
statements prepared at December 31?
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PRACTICE EXERCISES - Question 3
Instructions
Prepare a retained earnings statement for the year ended
December 31, 2019.
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THE END
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