In: Accounting
Selected transactions completed by Primo Discount Corporation during the current fiscal year are as follows:
Jan. | 9 | Split the common stock 3 for 1 and reduced the par from $75 to $25 per share. After the split, there were 1,150,500 common shares outstanding. |
Feb. | 28 | Purchased 41,400 shares of the corporation’s own common stock at $28, recording the stock at cost. |
May | 1 | Declared semiannual dividends of $0.80 on 74,100 shares of preferred stock and $0.12 on the common stock to stockholders of record on June 1, payable on July 10. |
Jul. | 10 | Paid the cash dividends. |
Sep. | 7 | Sold 29,000 shares of treasury stock at $33, receiving cash. |
Oct. | 1 | Declared semiannual dividends of $0.80 on the preferred stock and $0.12 on the common stock (before the stock dividend). In addition, a 2% common stock dividend was declared on the common stock outstanding. The fair market value of the common stock is estimated at $36. |
Dec. | 1 | Paid the cash dividends and issued the certificates for the common stock dividend. |