Equity Flashcards

1
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A company selling shares is … required to repay the capital to its public investors

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never

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2
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Shares represent residual corporate interest that …

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  • … bears the risks of the losses
  • … receives the benefits of success
  • … no guaranteed dividends or assets upon dissolution.
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3
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Ordinary shares

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Represent the basic ownership interest.
- To share proportionately in profits and losses
- To share proportionately in management (right to vote).
- To share proportionately in new issues of shares (preemptive right).

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4
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Preference shares

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Sacrifice certain basic rights in return for other special rights:
- Preferred dividends (cumulative and non-cumulative)
- No voting rights (not always)
- Alternatively: more rights per share
- Convertible in ordinary shares
- Callable firm

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5
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Equity

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Residual interest in the firm’s assets after deducting all liabilities.

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6
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Two primary sources of equity

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  • Contributed capital (Ordinary/Preference shares: share premium)
  • Retained earnings
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7
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Two types of issuance:

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  • at “par value” : company maintains two accounts separately for preference and ordinary shares.
  • at “non-par value” : just the account (share capital)
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8
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Costs of issuing shares:

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  • Direct costs: underwriting costs, accounting/legal fees
  • Reduction of the amount paid-in -> debit to share Premium (no recording of expense)
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9
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Lump-sum sales

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  • Issuing two or more classes of securities for a single payment.
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10
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2 ways to account for lump-sum

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  • Proportional: allocate lump sum on a proportional basis of fair values.
  • Incremental method: allocate first securities with known fair value, rest to the class without fair value.
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11
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Shares issued in non-cash transactions

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  • ## shares issued in exchange for services or property other than cash.
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12
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What are the benefits/incentives for coporations to purchase their outstanding shares back?

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  • To provide tax-efficient distributions of excess cash to shareholders.
  • To increase earnings per share and return on equity.
  • To provide shares for employee compensation contracts or to meet potential merger needs.
  • To better fight hostile takeover attempts or to reduce the number of shareholders.
  • To make a market in the shares.
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13
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What happens after re-acquiring?

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either:
- Shares are retired, OR
- Shares are held in “treasury” account -> treasury shares

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14
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Facts on treasury shares

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Treasury shares are not an asset!
- Reduction in assets and equitity
- No voting rights
- Basically the same as unissued ordinary shares.
Treasury shares may be re-issued.

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15
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Treasury shares: cost method

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idea: account for the cost of buying back the shares.

Debit : “treasury shares (bs) account
Credit : “Cash (bs) account

Report “treasury shares” account as a deduction from equity on the balance sheet. (contra-equity account).

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16
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What happens when a company sells treasury shares?

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3 scenarios :
- At cost:
debit “cash” + credit “treasury shares”

  • Above cost:
    debit “cash” + credit “treasury shares & Share premium-treasur “
  • Below cost:
    debit “cash & share-premium-treasury”
    credit “treasury shares”

Important!!!! Below cost is only possible if there is enough credit in the “Share Premium-Treasury” . Otherwise: debit any additional excess of cost over selling price to the “Retained earnings”.

17
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What does retiring shares mean?

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Decision results in :
- cancellation of the treasury shares and
- a reduction in the number of shares of issued shares.

18
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What does cancelation mean?

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19
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What does cancelation mean?

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  • Retired treasury shares have the status of authorized and unissued shares
  • Company does not need approval from its shareholders to issue new shares and capital based on retired treasury shares.
20
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Give 4 types of dividends

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  1. Cash dividends
  2. property dividends
  3. liquidating dividends
  4. Share dividends
21
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Few companies pay dividends in amounts equal to their legally available retained earnings. WHY?

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  • Maintain agreements with creditors (debt covenants)
  • To finance growth or expansion
  • To smooth out dividend payments
  • To build up a cushion against possible losses
22
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Cash dividends: what are the 3 steps

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  1. declare
  2. record (do nothing)
  3. payment
23
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Cash dividends : date of declaration

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debit retained earnings
credit dividend payable

24
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Cash dividends : date of payment

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debit dividends payable
credit cash

25
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Property dividends : date of declaration

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debit :
- equity investment
- retained earnings
credit:
- unrealized holdings gain/loss - income
- property dividends payable

26
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Property dividends: date of payment

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debit:
- property dividends payable
credit:
-equity investments

27
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What is the key difference between liquidating dividends and cash/property dividends?

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  • Liquidating dividends not based on retained earnings.
  • Instead, they reduce share premium/share capital accounts.
28
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Liquidating dividends : date of declaration

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debit:
- retained earnings (0.5x)
- share premium (0.5x)
credit:
- dividends paybale x

29
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Liquidating dividends : date of payment

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debit:
- dividends payable
credit:
- cash

30
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Share dividends : declaration date

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debit:
- retained earnings
credit
-share dividend distributable (EQ)

31
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Share dividends : date of payment

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debit
- share dividend distributable
credit:
- share capital

32
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What happens with a share splits

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  • Firm does not distribute earnings via dividends -> retaining earnings increases -> share price increases.
  • consequence: shares are less accessible to investors due to high share price.
  • no journal entry needed.
33
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Formula lump-sum

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factor = FV * nbr of shares / total lumpsum

34
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Record the adjustment of the carrying value of the portfolio.

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debit:
- investment - trading securities
Credit:
- unrealized gain (loss) income.