The following list of balances appeared, amongst others, in the books of Peterson (Pty) Ltd on 31 December 2023: ROrdinary share capital (shares issued at R2 each).........................................750 000Proceeds of 100 000 ordinary shares issued on 31 October 2023..................200 000 The following decisions were made by the directors on 31 December 2023 and must still be recorded in the books of Peterson (Pty) Ltd:Capitalization shares must be issued to the ordinary shareholders registered in the share register on 31 December 2023 in the ratio of one ordinary share at R1,50 for every five ordinary shares held.REQUIRED:The value of shares to be capitalised is?
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The following list of balances appeared, amongst others, in the books of Peterson (Pty) Ltd on 31 December 2023: ROrdinary share capital (shares issued at R2 each).........................................750 000Proceeds of 100 000 ordinary shares issued on 31 October 2023..................200 000 The following decisions were made by the directors on 31 December 2023 and must still be recorded in the books of Peterson (Pty) Ltd:Capitalization shares must be issued to the ordinary shareholders registered in the share register on 31 December 2023 in the ratio of one ordinary share at R1,50 for every five ordinary shares held.REQUIRED:The value of shares to be capitalised is?
Solution
To calculate the value of shares to be capitalised, we first need to determine the number of ordinary shares held by shareholders on 31 December 2023.
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We know that the ordinary share capital is R750,000 and each share was issued at R2. Therefore, the number of ordinary shares is R750,000 / R2 = 375,000 shares.
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We also know that 100,000 ordinary shares were issued on 31 October 2023 for R200,000. This means that the total number of ordinary shares on 31 December 2023 is 375,000 + 100,000 = 475,000 shares.
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The directors decided to issue capitalisation shares in the ratio of one ordinary share at R1.50 for every five ordinary shares held. Therefore, the number of capitalisation shares to be issued is 475,000 / 5 = 95,000 shares.
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The value of these capitalisation shares is therefore 95,000 shares * R1.50 = R142,500.
So, the value of shares to be capitalised is R142,500.
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