Financial Accounting
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Chapter 11, Problem 11.4CP
Computing Dividends for an Actual Company
A recent annual report for Apple Inc. contained the following information (dollars in thousands):
| Stockholders’ Equity | 2014 |
| Common stock, $0.00001 par value, 12.6 billion shares authorized, 5.9 billion shares issued and outstanding | $ 0.059 |
| Additional paid-in capital | 23,313 |
| 87,152 |
In 2014, Apple declared and paid dividends equal to $1.82 per share. Approximately how much cash in total did Apple pay to stockholders for dividends in 2014?
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