Shareholders

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Shareholders Equity

• Sid Glandon, DBA, CPA
• Associate Professor of Accounting
• The University of Texas at El Paso

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Components of Equity

• Contributed capital
• Capital stock
• Preferred stock
• Common stock
• Additional paid-in capital
• Preferred stock
• Common stock
• Retained earnings
• Less treasury stock
• Total shareholders equity

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Corporate Form

• Governed by state corporation law
• Capital stock or share system
• Multiple ownership interests
• Limited liability of stockholders
• Formality of profit distribution

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Preferred Stock

• Preference as to
• Dividends
• Assets in liquidation
• Nonvoting
• Stated at par with dividend expressed as a
  percentage of par

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Features of Preferred Stock

• Cumulative preferred stock
• Dividends in arrears
• Participating preferred stock
• Fully participating
• Partially participating
• Convertible preferred stock
• Callable preferred stock
• Dividends in arrears must be paid first

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Issuance of Common Stock

• Par value stock
• No-par stock (stated value)
• Stock sold for cash
• Stock sold on contract
• Stock exchanged for services, etc.
• Lump sum sales of securities
• Stock issue costs

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Reacquisition of Shares

• Provide tax efficient distributions
• Increase EPS and ROE
• Provide stock
• Employee stock compensation contracts
• Potential mergers needs
• Thwart takeover attempts
• Reduce the number of shareholders
• Make a market for the stock

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Treasury Stock

• Reacquired stock not retired
• Not an asset
• Issued but not outstanding
• Purchase of treasury stock
• Cost method
• Par or stated value method

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Cost Method of Recording Treasury Stock
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Cost Method of Recording Treasury Stock
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Cost Method of Recording Treasury Stock
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Cost Method of Recording Treasury Stock
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Cost Method of Recording Treasury Stock
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Additional Paid-In Capital, Treasury Stock

• When credit balance is eliminated, excess of cost
  over selling price is debited to retained
  earnings.

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Treasury Stock Account

• Contra equity account
• Cost method record full cost of stock
• Subtract treasury stock from total stockholders
  equity
• Reduces the number of outstanding shares

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Retiring Treasury Stock

• Authorized but not issued
• Journal entry similar to sale except the debit is
  to additional paid-in capital from retirement of
  treasury stock

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Cost Method Retirement of Treasury Stock
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Cost Method Retirement of Treasury Stock
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Retained Earnings

• Debits
• Net loss
• Cash dividends
• Property dividends
• Stock dividends
• Loss on treasury stock transactions
• Prior period adjustments

• Credits
• Net income
• Prior period adjustments
• Adjustments due to quasi-reorganization

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Dividend Policy

• Restricted by debt covenants
• Limited by state corporation laws
• Internal financing-reinvest earnings
• Smooth out dividend payments
• Build up cushion for future
• Availability of funds to pay dividends
• No dividends paid on treasury stock

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Types of Dividends

• Cash dividends
• Property dividends
• Scrip dividends (deferred)
• Liquidating dividends (return of capital)
• Stock dividends (do not reduce total stockholders
  equity)

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Cash Dividends

• Declaration date
• Date dividends are declared and accrued
• Date of record
• List of recipient stockholders is final
• Payment date
• Dividends are paid to stockholders of record

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Cash Dividends Example

• 10,000 shares issued and outstanding
• June 10, 2005 declared a 1 dividend
• June 24, 2005 date of record
• July 16, 2005 paid dividends

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Journal Entries Cash Dividends
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Property Dividends

• Payable in nonmonetary assets
• Non-reciprocal transfers
• Valued at FMV at date of declaration
• Corporation recognizes gain or loss

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Property Dividends Example

• Company distributes marketable securities as a
  property dividend
• Date of declaration December 21, 2004
• Date of record January 14, 2005
• Date of payment January 21, 2005
• FMV of securities
• December 21, 2004, 134,000
• January 21, 2005, 135,900
• Cost of securities 110,000

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Journal Entries Property Dividends
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Liquidating Dividends

• Return of corporate paid-in capital
• Reduces paid-in capital
• Corporation winding up operations
• Dividends are specified as to income (regular)
  and capital (liquidating) portions

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Liquidating Dividends Example

• December 30, 2004, declared a dividend of
  1,200,000
• Income portion 900,000
• Capital portion 300,000
• January 15, 2005, paid dividend of 1,200,000

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Journal Entries Liquidating Dividends
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Stock Dividends

• Results in more shares issued
• Ordinary (small) stock dividends
• Issue of less than 20-25 of stock
• Accounting is based on FMV
• Large stock dividends
• Issue of more than 20-25 of stock
• Accounting is based on par value

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Ordinary Stock Dividends Example

• Issued and outstanding stock 1,000 shares, 10
  par value
• April 1, 2005
• 10 stock dividend declared (100 shares)
• 12 per share FMV at date of declaration
• May 1, 2005
• Stock dividends paid

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Journal Entries Ordinary Stock Dividends
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Large Stock Dividends Example

• Issued and outstanding stock 3,000 shares, 10
  par value
• April 1, 2004
• 30 stock dividend declared (900 shares)
• 12 per share FMV on date of declaration
• May 1, 2005
• Stock dividends paid

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Journal Entries Large Stock Dividends
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Stock Splits

• Par value decreases
• Number of shares increases
• Stockholders equity does not change
• Composition of equity does not change
• No formal journal entry
• Splits make shares less expensive