Assume a company has 100,000 shares of common stock with a $1 par value outstanding when it declares a 2 for 1 stock split.  After the split, how many shares are outstanding and what is the par value?

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Corporation Dividend Examples - Situation 1:

Assume a company has 100,000 shares of common stock with a $1 par value outstanding when it declares a 2 for 1 stock split.  After the split, how many shares are outstanding and what is the par value?

Situation 2:

Assume a company has 100,000 shares of common stock with a $1 par value outstanding when it declares a 1 for 4 reverse stock split.  After the split, how many shares are outstanding and what is the par value?

Situation 3:

Assume that the Board of Directors of ABC Corporation meets on April 1 and declares a dividend of $500,000 payable on June 1 to stockholders of record on May 1.  ABC Company currently has 100,000 shares of common stock and 20,000 shares of $100 par, 8% preferred stock outstanding.  What happens on each date and how large is the dividend for each class of stock?

Situation 4:

Now assume dividends are 2 years in arrears for the information listed above.  What is the dividend for common stockholders?

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