The equity section of Santano Group showed the following: share premium 6,101, share capitalordinary 925, share capitalpreference

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The equity section of Santano Group showed the following: share premium €6,101, share capital—ordinary €925, share capital—preference €58, retained earnings €7,420, and treasury shares €2,828. (All amounts are in millions.)

The preference shares have 577,740 shares authorized, with a par value of €100 and an annual €3.50 per share cumulative dividend preference. At December 31, 577,649 preference shares are issued and 546,024 shares are outstanding. There are 1.8 billion shares of €1 par value ordinary shares authorized, of which 924.6 million are issued and 844.8 million are outstanding at December 31.

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a. Compute the book value per share of ordinary shares, assuming there are no preference dividends in arrears. (Round to two decimals.)

b. Compute the book value per share of ordinary shares, assuming there is one year of preference dividends in arrears. (Round to two decimals.)

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Financial Accounting With International Financial Reporting Standards

ISBN: 9781119787051

5th Edition

Authors: Jerry J. Weygandt, Paul D. Kimmel, Donald E. Kieso

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