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Get yours at www.boundless.com www.boundless.com/accounting/textbooks/boundless-accounting-textbook/reporting-of-stockholders-equity-12/additional-topics-in-stockholdersequity-83/ Appendix Free to share, print, make copies and changes. Get yours at www.boundless.com Reporting of Stockholders' Equity Key terms • authorized stock shares created by the company • bond A bond is an instrument of indebtness of the bond issuers toward the bond holders. • Callable shares Shares which can be bought back by the issuer at a predetermined price. • capital Money and wealth. The means to acquire goods and services, especially in a non-barter system. • capital gains Profit that results from a disposition of a capital asset, such as stock, bond, or real estate due to arbitrage. • cash dividend a payment by the company to shareholders paid out in currency, usually via electronic funds transfer or a printed paper check • cash dividends Cash dividends are those paid out in currency, usually via electronic funds transfer or by paper check. • charter A document issued by some authority, creating a public or private institution, and defining its purposes and privileges. • clientele The body or class of people who frequent an establishment or purchase a service, especially when considered as forming a more-or-less homogeneous group of clients in terms of values or habits. • clientele effect The theory that changes in a firm's dividend policy will cause loss of some clientele who will choose to sell their stock, and attract new clientele who will buy stock based on dividend preferences. • Common stock Shares of an ownership interest in the equity of a corporation or other entity with limited liability entitled to dividends, with financial rights junior to preferred stock and liabilities. • Common stock Common stock is a form of equity and type of security. Common stock shareholders are at the bottom of the line when it comes to dividends and receiving compensation in the case of bankruptcy. Free to share, print, make copies and changes. Get yours at www.boundless.com Reporting of Stockholders' Equity • Common stock Common stock is a form of corporate equity ownership, a type of security. • Common stock Shares of an ownership interest in the equity of a corporation or other entity with limited liability entitled to dividends, with financial rights junior to preferred stock and liabilities. • Common stock Common stock is a form of equity and type of security. Common stock shareholders are at the bottom of the line when it comes to dividends and receiving compensation in the case of bankruptcy. • contributed capital Refers to capital contributed to a corporation by investors through purchase of stock from the corporation (primary market) (not through purchase of stock in the open market from other stockholders (secondary market)). It includes share capital (i.e. capital stock) as well as additional paid-in capital. • Convertible preferred stock Convertible preferred stock can be exchanged for a predetermined number of company common stock shares. • corporation A group of individuals, created by law or under authority of law, having a continuous existence independent of the existences of its members, and powers and liabilities distinct from those of its members. • creditor A person to whom a debt is owed. • creditor A person to whom a debt is owed. • cumulative dividend a payments by the company to shareholders that accumulate if a previous payment was missed • Cumulative Dividends Condition where owners of certain shares will receive accumulated dividends in the case a company cannot pay out dividends at the stated rate at the stated time. • declaration date the day the Board of Directors announces its intention to pay a dividend • dilutive Describing something that dilutes or causes dilution (reduces value). 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Get yours at www.boundless.com Reporting of Stockholders' Equity • discontinued operations A discontinued operation is a component of an enterprise that has either been disposed of, or is classified as "held for sale", and also represents a separate major line of business or geographical area of operations; and is part of a single, co-ordinated plan to dispose of this separate major line of business or geographical area of operations; or is a subsidiary acquired exclusively with a view to resale. • dividend A pro rata payment of money by a company to its shareholders, usually made periodically (eg, quarterly or annually). • dividend A pro rata payment of money by a company to its shareholders, usually made periodically (eg, quarterly or annually). • dividend A pro rata payment of money by a company to its shareholders, usually made periodically (e.g., quarterly or annually). • dividend clientele Sets of investors who are attracted to certain types of dividend policy. • dividend decision A decision made by the directors of a company. It relates to the amount and timing of any cash payments made to the company's stockholders. The decision is an important one for the firm as it may influence its capital structure and stock price. In addition, the decision may determine the amount of taxation that stockholders pay. • dividend in arrears an omitted dividend on cumulative preferred stock • dividend policy A firm's decisions on how to distribute (or not distribute) their earnings to their shareholders. • Earnings Per Share The amount of earnings per each outstanding share of a company's stock. • Earnings Per Share EPS. (Net Income - Dividends on Preferred Stock) / Outstanding Shares • Earnings Per Share The amount of earnings per each outstanding share of a company's stock. • exercise price The fixed price at which the owner of an option can purchase (in the case of a call) or sell (in the case of a put) the underlying security or commodity. Free to share, print, make copies and changes. Get yours at www.boundless.com Reporting of Stockholders' Equity • exercise price The fixed price at which the owner of an option can purchase (in the case of a call) or sell (in the case of a put) the underlying security or commodity. • hedge Contract or arrangement reducing one's exposure to risk (for example, the risk of price movements or interest rate movements). • hostile takeover An attempted takeover of a company that is strongly resisted by the target company's management. • IFRS International Financial Reporting Standards; designed as a common global language for business affairs so that company accounts are understandable and comparable across international boundaries. • information asymmetry In economics and contract theory, information asymmetry deals with the study of decisions in transactions where one party has more or better information than the other. • insider A person who has special knowledge about the inner workings of a group, organization, or institution. • insolvency When debts exceed existing assets (i.e. the ability to pay them). • limited liability The liability of an owner or a partner of a company for no more capital than they have invested. • liquidation The selling of the assets of a business as part of the process of dissolving it. • liquidation liquidation is the process by which a company (or part of a company) is brought to an end, and the assets and property of the company redistributed • liquidation The selling of the assets of a business as part of the process of dissolving it. • liquidation The selling of the assets of a business as part of the process of dissolving it. 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Get yours at www.boundless.com Reporting of Stockholders' Equity • market capitalization The total market value of the equity in a publicly traded entity. • outstanding shares Shares outstanding are all the shares of a corporation that have been authorized, issued and purchased by investors and are held by them. • outstanding stock all the stock of a corporation or financial asset that have been authorized, issued and purchased by investors and are held by them • paid-in capital Capital contributed to a corporation by investors through purchase of stock from the corporation. • paid-in capital refers to capital contributed to a corporation by investors through purchase of stock from the corporation (primary market) (not through purchase of stock in the open market from other stockholders (secondary market) • par value The amount or value listed on a bill, note, stamp, etc.; the stated value or amount. • Preemption The right of a shareholder to purchase newly issued shares of a business entity before they are available to the general public so as to protect individual ownership from dilution. • preemptive right The right of shareholders to maintain a constant percentage of a company's shares by receiving a proportionate fraction of any new shares issued, thus preempting any dilution • preferred share Preferred stock (also called "preferred shares," "preference shares," or simply "preferreds") is an equity security with properties of both an equity and a debt instrument, and is generally considered a hybrid instrument. Preferreds are senior (i.e., higher ranking) to common stock but subordinate to bonds in terms of claim (or rights to their share of the assets of the company). Preferred stock usually carries no voting rights, but may carry a dividend and may have priority over common stock in the payment of dividends and upon liquidation. Terms of the preferred stock are stated in a "Certificate of Designation. " • Preferred Stock Stock with a dividend, usually fixed, that is paid out of profits before any dividend can be paid on common stock, and that has priority to common stock in liquidation. • Preferred Stock Stock with a dividend, usually fixed, that is paid out of profits before any dividend can be paid on common stock, and that has priority to common stock in liquidation. • Preferred Stock Stock with a dividend, usually fixed, that is paid out of profits before any dividend can be paid on common stock, and that has priority to common stock in liquidation. 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Get yours at www.boundless.com Reporting of Stockholders' Equity • Preferred Stock Preferred stock is an equity security that has the properties of both an equity and debt instrument and is higher ranking than common stock. • Preferred Stock Preferred stock is an equity security that has the properties of both an equity and debt instrument and is higher ranking than common stock. • Preferred Stock Preferred stock is an equity security that has the properties of both an equity and debt instrument and is higher ranking than common stock. • Preferred Stock Preferred stock is an equity security that has the properties of both an equity and debt instrument and is higher ranking than common stock. • price earnings ratio The market price of that share divided by the annual earnings per share. • privately held corporation a business entity owned by a small number of people, and not having shares of ownership sold via a stock exchange or other public market • publicly held corporation a business entity owned by shareholders who may buy or sell their shares to anyone through a stock exchange • reinvest To invest cash again, instead of holding it as cash. • remuneration A payment for work done; wages, salary, emolument. • Repurchase To buy back a company's own shares. The issuing company pays public shareholder for their shares. • retained earnings The portion of net income that is retained by the corporation rather than distributed to its owners as dividends. • share repurchase Stock repurchase (or share buyback) is the reacquisition by a company of its own stock. In some countries, including the U.S. and the UK, a corporation can repurchase its own stock by distributing cash to existing shareholders in exchange for a fraction of the company's outstanding equity; that is, cash is exchanged for a reduction in the number of shares outstanding. The company either retires the repurchased shares or keeps them as treasury stock, available for re-issuance. Free to share, print, make copies and changes. Get yours at www.boundless.com Reporting of Stockholders' Equity • signalling Action taken by one agent to indirectly convey information to another agent. • stock dividend a payment to a shareholder paid out in the form of additional stock shares of the issuing corporation, or another corporation (such as its subsidiary corporation) • stock dividends Stock or scrip dividends are those paid out in the form of additional stock shares of either the issuing corporation or another corporation. • Stock Exchange A form of exchange that provides services for stock brokers and traders to trade stocks, bonds and other securities. • stock split To issue a higher number of new shares to replace old shares. This effectively increases the number of shares outstanding without changing the market capitalization of the company. • treasury stock A treasury or "reacquired" stock is one which is bought back by the issuing company, reducing the amount of outstanding stock on the open market ("open market" including insiders' holdings). • vesting period A period of time an investor or other person holding a right to something must wait until they are capable of fully exercising their rights and until those rights may not be taken away. • Voting rights Rights which are generally associated with common stock shareholders in regards to business entity matters ( such as electing the board of directors or establishing corporate policy) • weighted average An arithmetic mean of values biased according to agreed weightings. • yield The current return as a percentage of the price of a stock or bond. Free to share, print, make copies and changes. Get yours at www.boundless.com Reporting of Stockholders' Equity Income from Dividends When choosing between cash or stock dividends, the trade-off is between liquidity in the short-term or income from capital gains in the long-term. Free to share, print, make copies and changes. Get yours at www.boundless.com Wikimedia. "Wikimedia." CC BY-SA http://wikimedia.org View on Boundless.com Reporting of Stockholders' Equity Earnings Per Share Continuing operations formula Free to share, print, make copies and changes. Get yours at www.boundless.com Wikipedia. "Earning per share." GNU FDL http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earning_per_share View on Boundless.com Reporting of Stockholders' Equity Historical dividend information for Franklin Automobile Company Dividends are one of the privileges of stock ownership, and preferred shares get more rights to them than common shares do. Free to share, print, make copies and changes. Get yours at www.boundless.com Wikimedia. "Wikimedia." CC BY-SA http://wikimedia.org View on Boundless.com Reporting of Stockholders' Equity Shareholder Meeting This scene from "The Office" humorously illustrates a shareholder meeting, where the shareholder can exercise their right to vote on company issues or question company directors. Free to share, print, make copies and changes. Get yours at www.boundless.com Wikipedia. "Shareholder Meeting." GNU FDL http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shareholder_Meeting View on Boundless.com Reporting of Stockholders' Equity Sears Roebuck & Co. Bond Certificate Public companies can offer company bonds for sale with stock warrants attached. Free to share, print, make copies and changes. Get yours at www.boundless.com Wikimedia. "Sears Aktie." CC BY-SA http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sears_Aktie.jpg View on Boundless.com Reporting of Stockholders' Equity Earnings Per Share Basic formula Free to share, print, make copies and changes. Get yours at www.boundless.com Wikipedia. "Earning per share." 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Public domain http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:B&O_RR_common_stock.jpg View on Boundless.com Reporting of Stockholders' Equity Charter of Harvard College In 1636, New England ministers founded Harvard College, America's first institution of higher education. Free to share, print, make copies and changes. Get yours at www.boundless.com Wikipedia. "HarvardCollegeCharter." Public domain http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:HarvardCollegeCharter.jpeg View on Boundless.com Reporting of Stockholders' Equity U.S. Corporate Profits This chart illustrates the overall corporate profit over time in the U.S. Free to share, print, make copies and changes. Get yours at www.boundless.com Wikimedia. "US_Corporate_Profits_1947-2011.jpg." CC BY-SA 3.0 https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/34/US_Corporate_Profits_1947-2011.jpg View on Boundless.com Reporting of Stockholders' Equity Corporate Tax Rate of Time (U.S.) This chart illustrates the effective corporate tax rate in the U.S. over time. 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Get yours at www.boundless.com Flickr. "y2cary3n6mng-76r9m3-stakeholders-in-financial-stat | Flickr - Photo Sharing!." CC BY-SA http://www.flickr.com/photos/sampjb/7690680896/ View on Boundless.com Reporting of Stockholders' Equity Plane Liquidation Planes are an example of liquidated items when companies "go under. " They are generally auctioned off to the highest bidder. Free to share, print, make copies and changes. Get yours at www.boundless.com Fotopedia. CC BY-SA http://www.fotopedia.com/items/flickr-3487605452 View on Boundless.com Reporting of Stockholders' Equity A bond from the Dutch East India Company A bond is a financial security that represents a promise by a company or government to repay a certain amount, with interest, to the bondholder. Free to share, print, make copies and changes. Get yours at www.boundless.com Wikipedia. "Vereinigte Ostindische Compagnie bond." 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CC BY-SA http://wikimedia.org View on Boundless.com Reporting of Stockholders' Equity 1903 stock certificate of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Ownership of shares is documented by the issuance of a stock certificate and represents the shareholder's rights with regards to the business entity. Free to share, print, make copies and changes. Get yours at www.boundless.com Wikipedia. "B&O RR common stock." Public domain http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:B&O_RR_common_stock.jpg View on Boundless.com Reporting of Stockholders' Equity Earnings Per Share Net income formula Free to share, print, make copies and changes. Get yours at www.boundless.com Wikipedia. "Earning per share." GNU FDL http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earning_per_share View on Boundless.com Reporting of Stockholders' Equity SEC The Securities and Exchange Commission is the department that sets the different regulations regarding stock trading and splitting. Free to share, print, make copies and changes. Get yours at www.boundless.com Wikipedia. "U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission." GNU FDL http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Securities_and_Exchange_Commission View on Boundless.com Reporting of Stockholders' Equity Marc Benioff CEOs, like Marc Benioff of Salesforce.com, may have to meet certain financial targets in order to earn his or her bonus. If one of these targets is EPS, they may have an incentive to try to increase EPS artificially. Free to share, print, make copies and changes. Get yours at www.boundless.com Fotopedia. CC BY http://www.fotopedia.com/items/flickr-3239017028 View on Boundless.com Reporting of Stockholders' Equity General Foods Common Stock Certificate Publicly traded companies may offer stock options to their employees as part of their compensation. Free to share, print, make copies and changes. Get yours at www.boundless.com Wikimedia. "General Foods 1937 Specimen Stock Certificate." CC BY-SA http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:General_Foods_1937_Specimen_Stock_Certificate.jpg View on Boundless.com Reporting of Stockholders' Equity Earnings per share shows the amount of income applicable to each share of common stock. Diluted earnings per share includes shares of common stock from dilutive securities, such as convertible debt or stock options, in its calculation. Free to share, print, make copies and changes. Get yours at www.boundless.com Flickr. "Graph With Stacks Of Coins | Flickr - Photo Sharing!." CC BY-SA http://www.flickr.com/photos/teegardin/6093690339/ View on Boundless.com Reporting of Stockholders' Equity Current dividend yield Current dividend yield = Most recent Full-Year Dividend / Current Share Price Free to share, print, make copies and changes. Get yours at www.boundless.com Wikipedia. "Dividend yield." GNU FDL http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dividend_yield View on Boundless.com Reporting of Stockholders' Equity Wall Street circa 1910 Public companies sometimes repurchase their own stock. The reacquired stock is referred to as treasury stock. Free to share, print, make copies and changes. Get yours at www.boundless.com Wikimedia. "Broad Street north to Stock Exchange, U.S.Sub-treasury and Wall Street, N.Y, from Robert N. Dennis collection of stereoscopic views." Public domain http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Broad_Street_north_to_Stock_Exchange,_U.S._Sub- Reporting of Stockholders' Equity Supreme Court Seal The Eisner vs. Macomber case was a US Supreme Court Case that helped determine the differences in taxation of cash and stock dividends. Free to share, print, make copies and changes. Get yours at www.boundless.com Wikipedia. "Eisner v. Macomber." GNU FDL http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eisner_v._Macomber View on Boundless.com Reporting of Stockholders' Equity A company's dividend decision may signal what management believes is the future prospects of the firm and its stock price. A model developed by Merton Miller and Kevin Rock in 1985 suggests that dividend announcements convey information to investors regarding the firm's future prospects. Many earlier studies had shown that stock prices tend to increase when an increase in dividends is announced and tend to decrease when a decrease or omission is announced. Miller and Rock pointed out that this is likely due to the information content of dividends. Free to share, print, make copies and changes. Get yours at www.boundless.com Wikimedia. "Wikimedia." CC BY-SA http://wikimedia.org View on Boundless.com Reporting of Stockholders' Equity General Motors Common Stock Certificate Public companies issue common stock to raise business capital. 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