ACCT 1A Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Reverse Stock Split, Stock Split, Issued Shares

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16 Jul 2020
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Dividends on preferred shares are expressed as an annual dollar figure or as a percentage of the share"s stated value. When a company has issued both preferred and common shares, the preferred shareholders receive their dividends first. The common shareholders receive dividends only if the total declared dividend is large enough to pay the preferred shareholders in full. The allocation of dividends may be complex if the preferred shares are cumulative. Corporations sometimes fail to pay a dividend to preferred shareholders. This is called passing the dividend, and any passed dividends on cumulative preferred shares are said to be in arrears. The owners of cumulative preferred shares must receive all dividends in arrears plus the current year"s dividend before the corporation can pay dividends to the common shareholders. Companies typically split their stock when they think their share price has become too expensive or if the stock is trading too far above similar companies" stock.

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