Fundamentals of Corporate Finance
11th Edition
ISBN: 9780077861704
Author: Stephen A. Ross Franco Modigliani Professor of Financial Economics Professor, Randolph W Westerfield Robert R. Dockson Deans Chair in Bus. Admin., Bradford D Jordan Professor
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 17, Problem 9QP
Stock Splits [LO3] In the previous problem, suppose the company instead decides on a four-for-one stock split. The firm’s 75-cent per share cash dividend on the new (postsplit) shares represents an increase of 10 percent over last year’s dividend on the presplit stock. What effect does this have on the equity accounts? What was last year’s dividend per share?
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