Gitman: Principl Manageri Finance_15 (15th Edition) (What's New in Finance)
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Author: Chad J. Zutter, Scott B. Smart
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Chapter 14, Problem 14.4P
Dividend constraints The Howe Company’s stockholders’ equity account follows:
| Common stock (400,000 shares at $4 par) | $1,600,000 |
| Paid-in capital in excess of par | $1,000,000 |
| $1,900,000 | |
| Total stockholders’ equity | $4,500,000 |
The earnings available for common stockholders from this period's operations are $100,000, which have been included as part of the $1.9 million retained earnings.
- a. What is the maximum dividend per share that the firm can pay? (Assume that legal capital includes all paid-in capital.)
- b. If the firm has $160,000 in cash, what is the largest per-share dividend it can pay without borrowing?
- c. Indicate the accounts and changes, if any, that will result if the firm pays the dividends indicated in parts a and b.
- d. Indicate the effects of an $80,000 cash dividend on stockholders’ equity.
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