Stockholders’ Equity Paid-In Capital Unit 11 Stockholders’ Equity Paid-In Capital
Corporations Advantages Disadvantages Stockholders are not personally liable Transferability of ownership Professional management Continuity of existence Double taxation Great regulation Cost of formation Separation of ownership and management
Corporations Publically Held Privately Held Corporations that sell shares of stock (ownership) on the open market IE: AT&T, Petsmart, Rite Aid, Paychex Corporations that (closely held) do NOT sell shares on the open market and typically are large family businesses ( IE: Wegmans, Hallmark, Ingram Industries, MARS, Enterprise Rent-A-Car, Hobby Lobby
Rights of Stockholders Voting rights (Directors and key company issues) Participate in any dividends If company is liquidates, to receive a portion of the company’s assets
Types of Stock Common Preferred Voting Rights Rights to dividends Residual claim if company is liquidated 1st rights to dividends Cumulative dividends rights 1st rights to assets if company is liquidated No voting rights
Cumulative Preferred Stock Noncumulative Dividends in arrears (dividends that have NOT been paid out) must be paid before dividends may be paid on common stock. Undeclared dividends from current and prior years do not have to be paid in future years.
Capital Paid-In Capital Earned Capital Money collected from the sale of stock. Par Value (arbitrary amount assigned to each share) of stock is typically very small Issuance of stock above par value represents ADDITIONAL PAID-IN CAPITAL (APIC) Money earned from business operations (Retained Earnings).
Shares Shares Authorized Shares Issued and Outstanding TOTAL amount of shares the company can legally issued on the open market Amount of shares presently held by shareholders
Page 8 Stockholders’ Equity WS1 Common Stock: Authorized and issued 10,000 shares of $10 par value stock $100,000 Additional Paid-In Capital 30,000 Total Paid-In Capital 130,000 Retained Earnings 75,000 Total Stockholder's Equity 205,000 Retained earnings refers to the portion of net income of a corporation that is retained by the corporation rather than distributed to shareholders Practice: Page 8 Stockholders’ Equity WS1