|Company Accounts | |Accounting for Share Capital 1 | | | | |
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Share repurchases and the protection of shareholders* KATHLEEN VAN DER LINDE** 1 Introduction From a creditor’s perspective there is not much difference between the payment of a dividend in respect of a share and a payment for the acquisition or repurchase of that share. However‚ from the point of view of the shareholder a dividend is a return on capital while a repurchase is a return of capital to the vendor shareholder. Share repurchases change the structure of the company’s share capital
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Preference Shares The fund provided by the owners in to a business is known as capital. You know that capital of the business depends upon the form of business organization. From ownership point of view‚ there are number of business organizations like‚ sole proprietorship business‚ partnership business‚ cooperative societies‚ joint stock companies etc. Total capital of the company is divided into a number of small units of fixed amount and each such unit is called a share. The fixed value of a share
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Classism in North America Classism is a big dilemma in several parts of the world such as North America. The word Classism was derived from Class and -ism; the word Class descended from a French word‚ Classe‚ and a Latin word Classis. The word was originally created by Servius Tullius in one of the six orders into which he used to divide the Roman people for the purpose of taxation. Those words together make the word Classism which means a biased or discriminatory attitude based on distinctions
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consumer products companies with annual revenues of $50B and staff of 250‚000. Dove beauty care product line is Unilever’s flagship brand with sales of $3B in 2005. In 2003‚ Dove sales declined due to competition. Unilever’s objective is to increase the market share for its Dove brand by evolving this brand into a modern and desirable one‚ while at the same time standing out against strong competition. By September 2006‚ the first phase of the re-launch campaign‚ started in 2004‚ has been successfully
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EPS Accounting Report: Development and Problems Earnings per share is the portion of a company’s profit allocated to each outstanding share of common stock. The computation of earnings per share is income minus preferred stock dividends divided by weighted average number of shares of common stock outstanding at the end of the period. Earning per share is considered to be the single most important metric to determine a company’s profitability which is crucial to the decision making of potential
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Corporation owns a 90% interest in Sakal Corporation’s common stock. Throughout 2010‚ Sakal had 20‚000 shares of common stock outstanding and Pancino had 50‚000 shares of common stock outstanding. Sakal’s only dilutive security consists of 2‚500 stock options‚ with an exercise price of $20 per share. The average price of Sakal’s stock is $50 per share in 2010. The options are exercisable for one share of Sakal’s common stock. Pancino’s and Sakal’s separate net incomes for the year are $100‚000 and
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Chapter 19 Share-Based Compensation and Earnings per Share True / False Questions 1. GAAP requires using intrinsic value accounting for employee stock options. True False 2. If previous experience indicates that a material number of stock options will be forfeited before they vest‚ the fair value estimate of the options on the grant date should be adjusted to reflect that expectation. True False 3. Compensation expense must be adjusted during the service period to reflect changes
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calculation of profits] is Rs.10‚000 p.a. You are required to compute the value of goodwill on the basis of 2 years purchase of average profits of the last three years. 3) The following is the Balance sheet of the Excellent Traders‚ a concern owned by Rama as at 30th April‚ 2009: Balance Sheet LIABILITIES AMOUNT ASSETS AMOUNT Creditors Capital Reserve 76‚080 3‚28‚000 80‚000 4‚84‚080 Fixed assets Currents assets Investment in Shares 1‚80‚000 2‚44‚080 60‚000 4‚84‚080 The following net profits
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“God’s existence can be proved a priori” Discuss Trying to prove that God exists is a difficult argument and many people have tried many different ways. The Ontological argument is one argument; at the centre of the argument is the concept of existence. The Ontological argument has been argued from a group of philosophers for the existence of God. "Ontological" means talking about being and so that being is the existence of God. The ontological argument differs from other arguments in favour
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