Brief Exercise 18–13
($ in millions)
* 5% x 60 million shares = 3 million shares
Brief Exercise 18–14
If a stock split is not to be effected in the form of a stock dividend, no entry is
recorded. Since the shares double, but the balance in the common stock
account is not changed, the par per share is reduced, to $.50 in this instance.
Brief Exercise 18–15
($ in millions)
**alternatively, retained earnings may be debited
If the per share par value of the shares is not to be changed, the stock
distribution is referred to as a “stock split effected in the form of a stock
Brief Exercise 18–16
If Nestlé used U.S. GAAP:
Ordinary share capital would be common stock,