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Far.118 Sharholders-Equity
Far.118 Sharholders-Equity
LECTURE
Corporation – an artificial being created by operation of Nature of Equity Instruments
law, having the right of succession, and the powers, Equity instruments fall under the broad category of financial
attributes, and properties expressly authorized by law or instrument.
incident to its existence.
Authorized Shares, Issued Shares and Outstanding
Presentation in the Statement of Financial Position
Shares
Contributed (Paid-in) Capital
Issued Shares – number of shares that the corporation
Accumulated profits (retained earnings)
has issued to its shareholders as of a specific date.
Accumulated other comprehensive income
Outstanding Shares – shares issued and are still in the
o Accumulated revaluation surplus
hands of the shareholders as of specific date.
o Accumulated unrealized gains/losses on
Treasury Shares – shares issued to shareholders and have
financial assets at FVTOCI
been reacquired.
o Accumulated foreign currency translation
adjustments gains and losses
Issuance of Share Capital
o Accumulated actuarial gains and losses on
For cash – the proceeds should be credited to the
defined benefit plan
share capital equal to par or stated value with
Other items
excess being reflected as share premium
o Share capital subscriptions receivable
Other than cash – order of priority a) fair value
o Treasury shares
of the property or services received b) fair value of
Contributed Capital the share capital issued
Paid in capital, represents the amount invested or Share capital sold on subscription – At the time
contributed by owners. of subscription, subscription receivable account is
Composed of share capital and share premium debited for the full stated value of the subscribed
shares with any excess reflected as share premium.
Legal Capital
Shares issued with other securities – the lump
Represents the par value of all share capital issued and
sum price is allocated among the classes of
subscribed.
securities based on their relative fair value
a. Share capital
b. Subscribed share capital
Share Issue Cost and Stock Assessments
If without par, The transaction costs are accounted for as a
a. Share capital deduction from equity (net of any related income
b. Subscribed share capital tax benefit), by a charge to APIC (share premium)
c. Share premium pertaining to that issue.
Ordinary Shares and Preference Shares In rare situations that a corporation assesses its
Basic Rights of Ordinary Shareholders shareholders an additional amount above their
1. The right to share proportionately in profits and original contribution, the amount received is
losses; credited to a share premium account appropriately
2. The right to share proportionately in management described as arising from assessments.
(voting right);
3. The right to share proportionately in corporate Reacquisition of Share Capital
assets upon liquidation; and Shares Reacquired for Immediate
4. The right to share proportionately in any new issues Retirement
of share capital of the same class The share capital account is debited equal to the
par value of the shares retired; share premium is
Most Common Features Attached to Preference Shares debited equivalent to the amount of the credit at
1. Cumulative
the date the shares were originally issued; and cash
2. Participating is credited equal to the total retirement price.
3. Convertible
4. Callable
5. Redeemable
General fair value measurement principle. In Performance conditions. IFRS 2 makes a distinction
principle, transactions in which goods or services are between the handling of market based performance
received as consideration for equity instruments of the conditions from non-market performance conditions. Market
entity should be measured at the fair value of the goods or conditions are those related to the market price of an
services received. Only if the fair value of the goods or entity's equity, such as achieving a specified share price or
services cannot be measured reliably would the fair value of a specified target based on a comparison of the entity's
the equity instruments granted be used. share price with an index of share prices of other entities.
Market based performance conditions are included in the
Measuring employee share options. For transactions grant-date fair value measurement (similarly, non-vesting
with employees and others providing similar services, the conditions are taken into account in the measurement).
entity is required to measure the fair value of the equity However, the fair value of the equity instruments is not
instruments granted, because it is typically not possible to adjusted to take into consideration non-market based
performance features - these are instead taken into account
REVIEW QUESTIONS
1. Which of the following is a characteristic of a 7. A holder of preference share can
corporation? a. Purchase treasury shares at any time at the
a. Unlimited liability of the owner stockholder’s option
b. Right of succession b. Purchase additional shares offered in order to
c. Limited life maintain the same fractional interest in the
d. Exempt from taxation corporation
c. Turn in the preference shares for a specified
2. What does the par value of share capital represent? cash price at a specified date or during a
a. Liquidation value of the share capital specified period
b. Book value of the share capital d. Convert the preference shares for ordinary
c. Legal nominal value assigned to the share share
capital
d. Amount received by the corporation when the 8. How would a share split affect each of the
share was originally issued following?
Assets Total SHE Addition
3. Ownership of shares in the ordinary share capital of al paid
a corporation entitled the holders of the following in
rights: capital
I. To elect the board of directors of the a. Increase Increase No effect
corporation b. No effect No effect No effect
II. To share in the profits of the corporation c. No effect No effect Increase
III. To purchase new shares when they are d. Decrease Decrease Decrease
offered for sale
9. Treasury shares is appropriately presented on the
IV. To participate in the daily operations of the
SFP as a?
corporation
a. Financial asset at fair value
a. I, II, III and IV b. Deduction at cost from total SHE
b. II, III and IV c. Deduction at cost from total contingent
c. I, III and IV liabilities
d. I, II, and III d. Deduction at part from total SHE
4. The entry to record the issuance of ordinary shares 10. Gains or losses on the purchase and resale of
for fully paid subscription is treasury share are reflected in
a. A memorandum entry a. Contributed capital
b. Dr: Ordinary share subscribed b. Contributed capital accounts and RE
Cr: Ordinary share capital c. P/L, contributed capital and RE
Cr: Share premium - ordinary share d. P/L and OCI
c. Dr: Ordinary share subscribed 11. At the date of the financial statements, ordinary
Cr: Subscription receivable shares issued would exceed ordinary shares
d. Dr: Ordinary share subscribed outstanding as a result of the
Cr: Ordinary share capital a. Declaration of a share split
b. Declaration of a bonus issue
5. Which feature of preference share makes it more of c. Purchase of T/S
a liability than an equity account? d. Payment in full of subscribed shares
a. Callable
b. Convertible 12. On Feb 1, authorized ordinary share capital was
c. Participating sold on subscription basis at a price in excess of par
d. Redeemable value, and 20% of the subscription price was
collected. On May 1, the remaining 80% of the
6. Which of the following transaction costs relating to subscription price was collected. Additional paid in
issue of the share capital shall be charged to P/L? capital would increase on
a. SEC registration fees for issue of new shares Feb 1 May 1
b. Underwriting costs a. No Yes
c. Stock exchange listing fees b. No No
d. Documentary stamp tax in public offering of c. Yes No
share d. Yes Yes
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