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A-LevelAccountingPreparation of financial statements9706/12 · Oct/Nov 2009 · Q161 Mark

An extract from a company's balance sheet shows the following. $000 issued ordinary shares of $0.25 each 600 share premium account 150 retained profits 300 The company makes a rights issue of one new ordinary share for each three held, at a price of $0.30 per share. All shares were taken up. What does the new balance sheet show?

Aissued ordinary share capital $000 600 share premium $000 120
Bissued ordinary share capital $000 800 share premium $000 150
Cissued ordinary share capital $000 800 share premium $000 190
Dissued ordinary share capital $000 800 share premium $000 600

✓ Correct answer

C: issued ordinary share capital $000 800 share premium $000 190

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Preparation of financial statements, A-Level Accounting (syllabus 9706). Multiple choice, 1 mark.
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A-Level Accounting, Oct/Nov 2009 Paper 1 Variant 2, question 16.

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