MGMT 30A Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Treasury Stock, Dividend, Preferred Stock
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Management 30a lecture 20: reporting & analyzing stockholders" equity. Treasury stock: treasury stock , corporations purchase their outstanding stock to: corporation and is being held for future use. Is a corporation"s own stock that has been reacquired by the: reissue shares to officers and employees under bonus and stock compensation plans. Increase trading of the company"s stock in the securities market. 2: have additional shares available for use in acquiring other companies. : board authorizes dividends: declaration date , record date , payment date . In order to pay dividends, a company needs both sufficient retained earnings and sufficient cash. They are determined by firm charter and state incorporation laws. Dividend preferences: preferred stockholders have the right to receive dividends before common stockholders, per share dividend amount is stated as a percentage of the preferred stock"s par value or as a specified amount, cumulative dividend .