The 2010 annual report for Fortune Brands, the seller of Pinnacle golf balls and MasterLock padlocks, disclosed

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The 2010 annual report for Fortune Brands, the seller of Pinnacle golf balls and MasterLock padlocks, disclosed that 750 million shares of common stock have been authorized. At the end of 2009, 150 million shares had been issued and the number of shares in treasury stock was 84 million. During 2010, 2 million common shares were reissued from treasury, and 1 million common shares were purchased for treasury stock.
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Determine the number of common shares
(a) Issued,
(b) In treasury, and
(c) Outstanding at the end of 2010?
Common Stock
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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Fundamentals of Financial Accounting

ISBN: 978-0078025372

4th edition

Authors: Fred Phillips, Robert Libby, Patricia Libby

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