Listed below are the transactions that affected the shareholders' equity of BLT Corporation during the period 2010-2012. At December 31, 2009, the corporation's accounts included:

Common stock, 315 million shares at $1 par..... $ 315,000,000

Paid-in capital - excess of par............. 1,890,000

Retained earnings.................. 2,910,000

a. November 2, 2010, the board of directors declared a cash dividend of $0.80 per share on its common shares, payable to shareholders of record November 16, to be paid December 2.

b. On March 2, 2011, the board of directors declared a property dividend consisting of corporate bonds of Blair County that BLT was holding as an investment. The bonds had a fair market value of $4.8 million, but were purchased two years previously for $3.9 million. Because they were intended to be held to maturity, the bonds had not been previously written up. The property dividend was payable to shareholders of record March 14, to be distributed April 6.

c. On July 13, 2011, the corporation declared and distributed a 5% common stock dividend (when the market value of the common stock was $21 per share).

d. On November 2, 2011, the board of directors declared a cash dividend of $0.80 per share on its common shares, payable to shareholders of record November 16, to be paid December 2.

e. On January 16, 2012, the board of directors declared and distributed 50% stock dividend when the market value of the common stock was $23 per share.

f. On November 2, 2012, the board of directors declared a cash dividend of $0.65 per share on its common shares, payable to shareholders of record November 16, to be paid December 2.

Required:

1. Prepare the journal entries that BLT recorded during the three-year period for these transactions. SHOW ALL WORK

(Bench-mark figures below)

Decreases to Retained Earnings

2010............252,000,000

2011............600,150,000

2012............487,856,000

Chapter 15'Preferred and Common CashDividends:

Year 1 6,000,000 Year 2 Year 3 7,000,000 Noncumulative & nonparticipating 7,000,000 Cumulative and nonparticipating 6,000,000 7,000,000 Cumulative and participating 6,000,000 10,000,000 10,000.000