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Author: J. David Spiceland, Mark W. Nelson, Wayne M Thomas

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The stockholders’ equity (often referred to as the book value of the company) is the number of assets available to the stockholder after its entire liabilities is paid off. The stockholders’ equity is also sometimes referred to as owner's equity. The sto…

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Chapter 18, Problem 18.22Q

What is a reverse stock split? What would be the effect of a reverse stock split on one million $1 par shares? On the accounting records?

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Which of the following statements is true? The outstanding number of shares is the maximum number of shares that can be issued by a corporation. The shares that are in the hands of the stockholders are said to be outstanding. It is very unlikely that corporations will have more than one class of stock outstanding. Preferred stock is stock that has been retired.
Alert Companys shareholders equity prior to any of the following events is as follows: The company is considering the following alternative items: 1. An 8% stock dividend on the common stock when it is selling for 30 per share. 2. A 30% stock dividend on the common stock when it is selling for 32 per share. 3. A special stock dividend to common shareholders consisting of 1 share of preferred stock for every 100 shares of common stock. The preferred stock and common stock are selling for 123 and 31 per share, respectively. 4. A 2-for-1 stock split on the common stock, reducing the par value to 5 per share (assume the same date for declaration and issuance). The market price is 30 per share on the common stock. 5. A property dividend to common shareholders consisting of 100 bonds issued by West Company. These bonds are carried on the Alert Company books as an available-for sale investment at a fair value of 48,000 (which is also its cost); it has a current value of 54,000. 6. A cash dividend, consisting of a normal dividend and a liquidating dividend, on both the preferred and the common stock. The 10% preferred dividend includes a 2% liquidating dividend, and the 2.30 per share common dividend includes a 0.30 per share liquidating dividend (separate liquidating dividend contra accounts should be used). Required: For each of the preceding alternative items: 1. Record (a) the journal entry at the date of declaration and (b) the journal entry at the date of issuance. 2. Compute the balances in the shareholders equity accounts immediately after the issuance (any gains or losses are to be reflected in the retained earnings balance; ignore income taxes).

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