Question

A company's board of directors votes to declare a cash dividend of $.80 per share of common stock. The company has 16,000 shares authorized, 11,000 issued, and 10,500 shares outstanding. The total amount of the cash dividend is:

$11,800.

$12,800.

$8,400.

$17,200.

$8,800.

Answer 1

$8,400

Step-by-step explanation:

The computation of the total amount of the cash dividend is shown below:

= Outstanding number of shares × cash dividend per share

= 10,500 outstanding shares × $0.80

= $8,400

The cash dividend is computed only on outstanding shares i.e issues shares minus treasury shares

So, it will not be computed on authorized shares either on issued shares