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Chapter 15: Question 2 Q (page 809)

Why is a preemptive right important?

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As new shares are issued, and the company's ownership is diluted, preemptive rights prevent a shareholder from losing voting power.

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Definition of Preemptive Right

Preemptive rights are the rights given to the existing shareholders to purchase a newly shared issue before it is offered to someone else.

02

Importance of preemptive right

The involuntary dilution of ownership interestof existing stockholders can be protected by the preemptive right. In the absenceof this right, stockholders may find that the issuance of additional stock diminishes their interest without their knowledge and at unfavorable prices.

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(Equity Items on the Balance Sheet) The following are selected transactions that may affect stockholders鈥� equity.

  1. Recorded accrued interest earned on a note receivable.
  2. Declared a cash dividend.
  3. Declared and distributed a stock split.
  4. Approved a retained earnings restriction.
  5. Recorded the expiration of insurance coverage that was previously recorded as prepaid insurance.
  6. Paid the cash dividend declared in item 2 above.
  7. Recorded accrued interest expense on a note payable.
  8. Declared a stock dividend.
  9. Distributed the stock dividend declared in item 8.

Instructions

In the following table, indicate the effect each of the nine transactions has on the financial statement elements listed. Use the following code: I = Increase, D = Decrease, NE = No effect.

Item

Asset

Liabilities

Stockholders鈥� Equity

Paid-in Capital

Retained

Earnings

Net Income

(Treasury Stock Transactions and Presentation) Clemson Company had the following stockholders鈥� equity as of January 1, 2017

Common stock, \(5 par value, 20,000 shares issued \)100,000

Paid-in capital in excess of par鈥攃ommon stock 300,000

Retained earnings 320,000

Total stockholders鈥� equity \(720,000

During 2017, the following transactions occurred.

Feb.1 Clemson repurchased 2,000 shares of treasury stock at a price of \)19

per share.

Mar.1 800 shares of treasury stock repurchased above were reissued at \(17

per share.

Mar.18 500 shares of treasury stock repurchased above were reissued at \)14

per share.

Apr. 22 600 shares of treasury stock repurchased above were reissued at \(20

per share.

Instructions

  1. Prepare the journal entries to record the treasury stock transactions in 2017, assuming Clemson uses the cost method.
  2. Prepare the stockholders鈥� equity section as of April 30, 2017. Net income for the first 4 months of 2017 was \)130,000.

(Dividends and Stockholders鈥� Equity Section) Anne Cleves Company reported the following amounts in the stockholders鈥� equity section of its December 31, 2016, balance sheet.

Preferred stock, 10%, \(100 par (10,000 shares authorized, 2,000 shares issued)

\)200,000

Common stock, \(5 par (100,000 shares authorized, 20,000 shares issued)

100,000

Additional paid-in capital

125,000

Retained earnings

450,000

Total

\)875,000

During 2017, Cleves took part in the following transactions concerning stockholders鈥� equity.

  1. Paid the annual 2016 \(10 per share dividend on preferred stock and a \)2 per share dividend on common stock. These dividends had been declared on December 31, 2016.
  2. Purchased 1,700 shares of its own outstanding common stock for \(40 per share. Cleves uses the cost method.
  3. Reissued 700 treasury shares for land valued at \)30,000.
  4. Issued 500 shares of preferred stock at \(105 per share.
  5. Declared a 10% stock dividend on the outstanding common stock when the stock is selling for \)45 per share.
  6. Issued the stock dividend.
  7. Declared the annual 2017 \(10 per share dividend on preferred stock and the \)2 per share dividend on common stock. These dividends are payable in 2018.

Instructions

  1. Prepare journal entries to record the transactions described above.
  2. Prepare the December 31, 2017, stockholders鈥� equity section. Assume 2017 net income was $330,000.

(Stock Dividends) Kulikowski Inc., a client, is considering the authorization of a 10% common stock dividend to common stockholders. The financial vice president of Kulikowski wishes to discuss the accounting implications of such an authorization with you before the next meeting of the board of directors.

Instructions

  1. The first topic the vice president wishes to discuss is the nature of the stock dividend to the recipient. Discuss the case against considering the stock dividend as income to the recipient.
  2. The other topic for discussion is the propriety of issuing the stock dividend to all 鈥渟tockholders of record鈥� or to 鈥渟tockholders of record exclusive of shares held in the name of the corporation as treasury stock.鈥� Discuss the case against issuing stock dividends on treasury shares.

Explain how underwriting costs and accounting and legal fees associated with the issuance of stock should be recorded.
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