Identifying the Investing and Financing Activities Affecting
Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide. Inc., is one of the world's largest hotel and leisure companies. with more than 1,200 properties in 100 countries. Starwood owns, operates, and franchises hotels, resorts, and residences with the following brands: St. Regis®, The Luxury Collection®, W®, Westin®, Le Méridien®, Sheraton®, Four Points® by Sheraton, Aloft® , and Element®. Information adapted from the company's recent annual statement of cash flows indicates the following investing and financing activities during that year (simplified, in millions of dollars):
a. | Additional borrowing from banks | $1,290 |
b. | Purchase of investments | 1 |
c. | Sale of assets and investments (assume sold at cost) | 806 |
d. | issuance of stock | 70 |
e. | Purchases of property, plant, and equipment | 327 |
f | Payment of debt principal | 108 |
g- | Dividends paid | 735 |
h. | Receipt of principal payment on a note receivable | 5 |
Required:
For activities (a) through (h), indicate whether the activity is investing (I) or financing (F) and the direction of the effects on cash flows (+ for increases cash; − for decreases cash).
Identify the activities (a) through (h) indicate whether the activity is investing or financing and the direction of the effects on cash flows whether ‘+’ increase in cash or‘‒’decrease in cash.
Answer to Problem 2.21E
Figure (1)
Explanation of Solution
Investing activities:
Investing activities refer to the activities carried out by a company for acquisition of long term assets. The examples for investing activities are purchase of equipment, long term investment, sale of land, and others.
Financing activities:
Financing activities refer to the activities carried out by a company to mobilize funds to carry out the business activities. The examples for financing activities are purchase of bonds, issuance of common shares, and others.
- (a) Additional borrowing from banks comes under financing activity, and it increases the cash by $1,290 million.
- (b) Purchase of investments comes under investing activity, and it decreases the cash by $1 million.
- (c) Sales of assets and investment (assume sold at cost) comes under investing activity, and it increases the cash by $806 million.
- (d) Issuance of common stock comes under financing activity, and increases the cash by $70 million.
- (e) Purchase of plant, property, and equipment comes under investing activity, and decreases the cash by $327 million.
- (f) Payment of debt principal comes under financing activity, and decreases the cash by $108 million.
- (g) Dividend paid comes under financing activity, and decreases the cash by $735 million.
- (h) Receipt of principal payment on a note receivable comes under investing activity, and increases the cash by $5 million.
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