On December 31, 2011, the stockholders equity section of Koval Corporations balance sheets appeared as follows: Contributed

Question:

On December 31, 2011, the stockholders’ equity section of Koval Corporation’s balance sheets appeared as follows:

Contributed capital

Common stock, $8 par value, 400,000 shares

authorized, 120,000 shares issued and outstanding .... $ 960,000

Additional paid-in capital ............... 2,560,000

Total contribution capital .............. $3,520,000

Retained earnings .................... 1,648,000

Total stockholders’ equity ................ $ 5,168,000

The following are selected transactions involving stockholders’ equity in 2012:

Jan 4The Board of directors obtained authorization for 40,000 shares of $40 par value noncumulative preferred stock that carried an indicated dividend rate of $4 per share and was callable as $42 per share.

14The company sold 24,000 shares of the preferred stock at $40 per share and issued another 4,000 in exchange for a building valued at $160,000.

Mar 8 The board of director declared a 2-for-1 stock split on the common stock.

Apr 20After the stock split, the company purchased 6,000 shares of common stock for the treasury at an average price of $12 per share.

May 4The company sold 2,000 of the shares purchased on April 20, at an average price of $ 16 per share.

July 15The board of directors declared a cash dividend of $4 per share on the preferred stock and $20 per share to be distributed on January 5 to stockholders of record on December 15.

Dec 15Date of record for the stock dividend.

Required

1. Record the above transaction in Journal form.

2. Prepare the stockholders’ equity section of the company’s balance sheet as of December 31, 2012. Net loss for 2012 was $436,000.

3. Compute the book value per share for preferred and common stock (including common stock distribution) on December 31, 2011 and 2012, using end-of-year shares outstanding. What effect would you expect the charge in book value to have on the market price per share of the company’s stock?

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