The 2011 annual report for Philip Morris Companies, Inc., disclosed that 4 billion shares of common stock

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The 2011 annual report for Philip Morris Companies, Inc., disclosed that 4 billion shares of common stock have been authorized. At the end of 2010, a total of 2,109,316,331 shares had been issued and the number of shares in treasury stock was 307,532,841. During the current year, no additional shares were issued, but additional shares were purchased for treasury stock and shares were sold from treasury stock. The net change was an increase of 75,874,824 shares of treasury stock. Determine the number of shares outstanding at the end of the current year.

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Common stock is an equity component that represents the worth of stock owned by the shareholders of the company. The common stock represents the par value of the shares outstanding at a balance sheet date. Public companies can trade their stocks on...
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Financial Accounting

ISBN: 978-0078025556

8th edition

Authors: Robert Libby, Patricia Libby, Daniel Short

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