At the end of the year, the records of Nortech Corporation provided the following selected and incomplete data:

Common shares, no par value
Shares authorized, 286,500
Shares issued, ? ;issue price $15 per share; cash collected in full	$	2,805,000
Net earnings		152,500
Dividends declared and paid		87,000
Prior-period error, correction of an accounting error (a credit, net of income tax)		7,900
Retained earnings, beginning balance		155,000

Required:

1. Complete the following tabulation:

Shares authorized

Shares issued

Shares outstanding

2. Calculate the amount of Earnings per share. (Round the final answer to 2 decimal places.)

3. Calculate the amount of Dividend paid per common share. (Round the final answer to 2 decimal places.)

4. Complete the following.

5. Calculate the amount of retained earnings available for dividends at the beginning of the year.

Assume that the board of directors voted for a 100 percent stock split (the number of shares will double).

6-a. After the stock split, calculate the average issue price per share? (Round the final answer to 2 decimal places.)

6-b. After the stock split, calculate the number of outstanding shares?

Assume that the company declared a 100 percent stock dividend instead of the 100 percent stock split. The market price of the common share was $21 when the dividend was declared.

7-a. Does issuing a 100% stock dividend instead of a 100% stock split have any effects on shareholders equity components?

multiple choice

• Yes

• No

7-b. Prepare the journal entry for the declaration of 100 percent stock dividend. (If no entry is required for a transaction/event, select "No journal entry required" in the first account field.)