Barrick Gold Corporation is a Canadian company with its head office in Toronto, Ontario. It mines gold and precious metals around the world. Barrick’s shares trade on the New York and Toronto stock exchanges. The equity section of its December 31, 2011, balance sheet, along with Section 28(a) of the notes to the financial statements, showed the following:

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Using the information provided above, answer the following questions.
1. Calculate the total dividends declared and paid in 2011 and 2010 by Barrick Gold.
2. What are dividends? Be sure to include as part of your answer the effect of dividends on equity.
3. How many common shares does Barrick Gold have available for issue at December 31, 2011?
4. How many preferred shares did Barrick Gold have issued at December 31, 2011?
5. Barrick reported a deficit of $2,535 million at January 1, 2010. Explain what thatmeans.

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Barrick Gold Corporation December 31, 2011 January 1, 2010 (in millions of United States dollars) Equity $17,892 4,562 Capital stock (note 28) $17,392 (2,535) 28. Capital Stock a) Common Shares The authorized capital stock includes an unlimited number of common shares (2011-issued 1,000,423,000 common shares,; 2010-issued 998,500,000 common shares); 10,000,000 First preferred shares Series A (issued nil); 10,000,000 Series B (issued nil); and 15,000,000 Second preferred shares Series A (issued nil). Dividends In 2011, Barrick declared and paid dividends in US dollars totaling $0.51 per share and in 2010, $0.44 per share.