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National League Gear has two classes of stock authorized: 4%, $20 par preferred, and $5 par value common. The following transactions affect stockholders’ equity during 2021, National League’s first year of operations:
February | 2 | Issue 1.5 million shares of common stock for $35 per share. | |
February | 4 | Issue 600,000 shares of preferred stock for $23 per share. | |
June | 15 | Purchase 150,000 shares of its own common stock for $30 per share. | |
August | 15 | Resell 112,500 shares of treasury stock for $45 per share. | |
November | 1 | Declare a cash dividend on its common stock of $1.50 per share and a $480,000 (4% of par value) cash dividend on its preferred stock payable to all stockholders of record on November 15. (Hint: Dividends are not paid on treasury stock.) | |
November | 30 | Pay the dividends declared on November 1. |