Murchie Ltd. earned $16,000,000 in 20X6 and paid dividends of $7,400,000. The company has two classes of
Question:
Murchie Ltd. earned $16,000,000 in 20X6 and paid dividends of $7,400,000. The company has two classes of voting shares. Class A shares have six votes per share, while Class B shares have one vote per share. Both participate in the distribution of net assets in the event of dissolution. There were 1,200,000 Class A shares outstanding all during 20X6, and 2,800,000 Class B shares.
Class A shares are entitled to dividends as declared, in the amount of $1.5 per share, before the Class B shares receive any dividends. After the Class A dividend, Class B shares will receive dividends as declared up to $2.00 per share. If any dividends are declared above this amount, both classes are to be allocated an identical per-share dividend.
Required:
1. Determine basic EPS for each share class for 20X6.
2. Repeat requirement 1 assuming that there is no base dividend and dividends are split on a per-share basis between the two classes such that Class A shares receive 10 times the Class B entitlement per share.
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Intermediate Accounting Volume 2
ISBN: 9781260881240
8th Edition
Authors: Thomas H. Beechy, Joan E. Conrod, Elizabeth Farrell, Ingrid McLeod-Dick, Kayla Tomulka, Romi-Lee Sevel