Number of common shares authorized	900,000
Number of common shares issued	750,000
Par value of common shares	$20
Par value of cumulative preferred shares	$30
Additional Paid-in Capital - Common Stock	$7,000,000
Additional Paid-in Capital - Preferred Stock	$0
Total retained earnings before the stock dividend is declared	$33,500,000

Total Cash

Preferred Dividends

Common Dividends

Year

Dividends

Total

Per Share

Total

Per Share

Year 1

40,000

40,000

0.20

0

0.00

Year 2

72,000

72,000

0.36

0

0.00

Year 3

122,000

68,000

0.34

54,000

0.09

Year 4

150,000

60,000

0.30

90,000

0.15

Year 5

168,000

60,000

0.30

108,000

0.18

Year 6

240,000

60,000

0.30

180,000

0.30

Cash Dividends

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Pranks, Inc.

Pranks, Inc. is a manufacturer of joke and novelty products for perpetrators of practical jokes. The corporation has paid several cash dividends

A cash distribution of earnings by a corporation to its shareholders.

throughout Year 6, the current year. It is also declaring a stock dividend

A distribution of shares of stock to its stockholders.

to its stockholders

The owners of a corporation.

as the calendar year-end approaches. Youve been brought in as a consultant to assist with this process, and also to help determine whether some missing information can be determined before the distribution of the stock dividend is made. The company has two classes of stock

Shares of ownership of a corporation.

: common stock

The stock outstanding when a corporation has issued only one class of stock.

and cumulative preferred stock

Stock that has a right to receive regular dividends that were not declared (paid) in prior years.

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Youve been able to retrieve the following information so far:

Number of common shares authorized	900,000
Number of common shares issued	750,000
Par value A dollar amount assigned to each share of stock. of common shares	$20
Par value of cumulative preferred shares	$30
Additional Paid-in Capital - Common Stock	$7,000,000
Additional Paid-in Capital - Preferred Stock A class of stock with preferential rights over common stock.	$0
Total retained earnings before the stock dividend is declared	$33,500,000

	Total Cash	Preferred Dividends		Common Dividends
Year	Dividends	Total	Per Share	Total	Per Share
Year 1	40,000	40,000	0.20	0	0.00
Year 2	72,000	72,000	0.36	0	0.00
Year 3	122,000	68,000	0.34	54,000	0.09
Year 4	150,000	60,000	0.30	90,000	0.15
Year 5	168,000	60,000	0.30	108,000	0.18
You are in Column YearYear 6	You are in Column Total Cash Dividends240,000	You are in Column Preferred Dividends Total60,000	You are in Column Preferred Dividends Per Share0.30	You are in Column Common Dividends Total180,000	You are in Column Common Dividends Per Share0.30

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Cash Dividends

The accounting manager for the company prepared the schedule of cash dividends paid from Year 1 to Year 6 on the Pranks, Inc. panel. However, one of the reasons for Pranks, Inc.s missing information is that the manager is away on vacation and is unreachable by phone, because he is backpacking on a remote island that does not have cell phone reception. Management would like you to determine some information from the data youve collected regarding its outstanding stock

The stock in the hands of stockholders.

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Fill in the following answers.

How many shares of common stock are outstanding?

How many shares of preferred stock are outstanding?

What is the preferred dividend as a percent of par?

The company declared a 3% common stock dividend on December 1, and would like you to compute the following pieces of missing information. The market value of the common shares is $24.00 on December 1, and is $32.00 on the actual distribution date of the stock, December 31.

Fill in the missing information in the following table, using the information given and your work on the other panels. All before items are before the stock dividend was declared. All after items are after the stock dividend was declared and closing entries were recorded at the end of the year.

Total paid-in capital before the stock dividend
Total retained earnings before the stock dividend
Total stockholders equity before the stock dividend
Total paid-in capital after the stock dividend
Total retained earnings after the stock dividend
Total stockholders equity after the stock dividend