Gitman: Principl Manageri Finance_15 (15th Edition) (What's New in Finance)
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Chapter 14, Problem 14.13P
Stock split: Firm Growth Industries’ current stockholders’ equity account is as follows:
| $400,000 | |
| Common stock (600,000 shares at $3 par) | $1 ,800,000 |
| Paid-in capital in excess of par | $200,000 |
| $800,000 | |
| Total stockholders’ equity | $3,200,000 |
- a. Indicate the change, if any, expected if the firm declares a 2-for-1 stock split.
- b. Indicate the change, 1f any, expected 1f the firm declares a 1-for-1 ½ reverse stock split.
- c. Indicate the change, if any, expected if the firm declares a 3-for-1 stock split.
- d. Indicate the change, if any, expected if the firm declares a 6-for-1 stock split.
- e. Indicate the change, if any, expected if the firm declares a 1-for-4 reverse stock split.
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The owners' equity accounts for Mars International are shown here:
Common stock ($.50 par value)
Capital surplus
Retained earnings
Total owner's equity
Please show the equity accounts will change if:
a. The company declares a 5-for-1 stock split. How many shares are outstanding now? What is the
new par value per share?
b. The company declares a 1-for-4 reverse stock split.
$20,000
210,000
587,300
$817,300
c. The balance sheet for Mars International is shown below in Market value terms. There are 12,000
shares of stock outstanding.
Market Value Balance Sheet
Equity $817,300
Cash
$ 99,660
Fixed assets 717,640
Total
$817,300
Total $817,300
The company has declared a dividend of $1.45 per share. The stock goes ex dividend tomorrow.
Ignoring any tax effects, what is the stock selling for today? What will it sell for tomorrow? What
will the balance sheet look like after the dividends are paid?
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Chapter 14 Solutions
Gitman: Principl Manageri Finance_15 (15th Edition) (What's New in Finance)
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