10. The three important dates governing dividends are:
a. date of declaration⎯the date the directors vote to pay a dividend.
12. Declaring a stock dividend has no effect on assets, liabilities, or total equity. Also, the
13. A stock dividend results in a distribution of additional shares to stockholders and the
capitalization of retained earnings. A stock split calls in the old shares and replaces
16. Treasury stock purchases affect the corporate assets and stockholders’ equity just like a
17. With a simple capital structure, earnings per share is calculated by first subtracting any
19. When a corporation has no preferred stock, book value per share is calculated by
20. Apple discloses on its fiscal 2014 balance sheet that it has 12,600,000 common shares
21. The par value for Google’s preferred stock is reported to be $0.001. A low par value can
22. From a review of its statement of cash flows, Samsung reported cash outlay of