Pranks, Inc. is a manufacturer of joke and novelty products for perpetrators of practical jokes. The corporation has paid several cash dividends throughout 2016, the current year. It is also declaring a stock dividend to its stockholders 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 calculated before the distribution of the stock dividend is made. The company has two classes of stock: common stock and cumulative preferred stock.

Youve been able to retrieve the following information so far:

Number of common shares authorized	800,000
Number of common shares issued	600,000
Par value of common shares	$20
Par value of cumulative preferred shares	$30
Paid-in capital in excess of par-common stock	$7,000,000
Paid-in capital in excess of par-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
2011	20,000	20,000	0.20	0	0.00
2012	36,000	36,000	0.36	0	0.00
2013	88,000	34,000	0.34	54,000	0.09
2014	120,000	30,000	0.30	90,000	0.15
2015	138,000	30,000	0.30	108,000	0.18
2016	210,000	30,000	0.30	180,000	0.30

The accounting manager for the company prepared the schedule of cash dividends paid over the period 2011-2016 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.

Fill in the answers below.

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 2% common stock dividend on December 1, and would like you to calculate the following pieces of missing information. The market value of the common shares is $26.00 on December 1, and is $30.00 on the actual distribution date of the stock, December 31.

Fill in the missing information below, 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