Question 11

Effect of Stock Split

Gino's Restaurant Corporation wholesales ovens and ranges to restaurants throughout the Midwest. Gino's Restaurant Corporation, which had 54,000 shares of common stock outstanding, declared a 4-for-1 stock split.

a. What will be the number of shares outstanding after the split? shares

b. If the common stock had a market price of $108 per share before the stock split, what would be an approximate market price per share after the split? $ per share

Question 12

Dividends on Preferred and Common Stock

Love Theatre Inc. owns and operates movie theaters throughout New Mexico and Utah. Love Theatre has declared the following annual dividends over a six-year period: 2011, $24,000; 2012, $72,000; 2013, $108,000; 2014, $132,000; 2015, $168,000; and 2016, $216,000. During the entire period ending December 31 of each year, the outstanding stock of the company was composed of 20,000 shares of cumulative, 3% preferred stock, $100 par, and 100,000 shares of common stock, $20 par.

Required:

1. Calculate the total dividends and the per-share dividends declared on each class of stock for each of the six years. There were no dividends in arrears on January 1, 2011. Summarize the data in tabular form. If required, round your answers to two decimal places. If the amount is zero, please enter "0".

						Preferred Dividends								Common Dividends
Year		Total Dividends				Total				Per Share				Total				Per Share
2011		$ 24,000				$				$				$				$
2012		72,000
2013		108,000
2014		132,000
2015		168,000
2016		216,000
										$								$

2. Calculate the average annual dividend per share for each class of stock for the six-year period. If required, round your answers to two decimal places.

Average annual dividend for preferred	$ per share
Average annual dividend for common	$ per share

3. Assuming a market price per share of $199 for the preferred stock and $24 for the common stock, calculate the average annual percentage return on initial shareholders' investment, based on the average annual dividend per share for preferred stock and for common stock.

Round your answers to two decimal places.

Preferred stock	%
Common stock	%