Amerbrand Company (A) Amerbrand Company was a diversified company that sold various consumer products, including food, tobacco, distilled, and personal care products and financial services. Financial statements for the company for 2004 are shown in Exhibit 1. These statements reflect the following transactions (dollar amounts in thousands): 1. Depreciation and amortization expense was $115,974. 3. Net income included $59,610 from Amerbrand's investment in a subsidiary; none of this income had been re- ceived in cash. 4. The year-end balance in Deferred Income Taxes was $17,548 lower than it was at the start of the year. 5. New property, plant, and equipment purchases totale $260,075, all paid for with cash. Disposals of fixed as- sets generated $33,162 cash proceeds. 6. Acquisition of another company that was made for cash resulted in additional depreciable assets of $31,691 and goodwill of $102,030. 7. Cash dividends were paid in the amount of $216,158. 8. The firm declared and issued a 100 percent common stock dividend effective September 10, 2004; that is, each shareholder received as a dividend a number of shares equal to his or her holdings prior to the dividend. The newly issues shares were valued at par in recording this transaction. 9. The firm spent $30,609 to purchase treasury stock on the open market. Some of the shares so acquired were issued to certain employees as a bonus. 10. The firm increased its short-term debt as indicated on the balance sheet in Exhibit 1. Long-term borrowing de- creased by $34,606. Assignment 1 Prepare a statement of cash flows for the year 2004. In order for your statement to show the correct increase in cash ($4,960), you will need to add a "miscellaneous activities"category; this will capture several transactions that were not described because they are somewhat complicated. AMERBRAND COMPANY (A) Exhibit 1. Balance Sheets as of December 31 (in thousands) 2004 2003 $ 28,912 756,152 1,244,912 76,140 2,106,116 1,116,534 1,566,268 723,442 842,826 645,210 115,826 4,826,512 $ 23,952 687,325 1,225,402 77,167 2.013.846 1,058,637 1,366,719 645,734 720,985 577,606 62,374 4,433,448 Assets Cash Accounts receivable Inventories Prepaid expenses Total current assets Investments Property, plant, and equipment, at cost Less accumulated depreciation Net property, plant, and equipment Goodwill Other assets Total assets Liabilities and Shareholders' Equity Accounts payable Short-term debt Accrued expenses payable Total current liabilities Long-term liabilities Total liabilities Convertible preferred stock Common stock, at par Additional paid-in capital Treasury stock, at cost Retained earnings Total shareholders' equity Total liabilities and shareholders' equity 271,452 430,776 922,990 1,625,218 880,674 2,505,892 33,828 322,834 53,641 (110,948) 2,021,265 2,320,620 $ 4,826,512 238,377 351,112 728,262 1,317,751 932,828 2,250,579 42,611 161,417 57,072 (102,705) 2,024,474 2,182,869 $ 4,433,448 Income Statement For the year ended December 31, 2004 (in thousands) Sales revenues, net Cost of sales 2,803,623 2,887,616 Gross margin Selling, general, and administrative expenses Income before income taxes Provision for income taxes Net income 1,328, 107 603,331 274,558 328,773 $