Jagger Company (“the Company”) owned 32,000 shares of Bowie…
Jagger Company (“the Company”) owned 32,000 shares of Bowie Corporation. The shares were purchased in 2022 for $512,000 and are carried on the Company’s books at historical cost. On January 20, 2023, the Company declared a property dividend that consisted of one share of Bowie Corporation for every ten shares held by the Company’s shareholders. On the date of declaration, each share of Bowie Corporation was trading for $23 per share and the Company had 230,000 shares of its own stock outstanding. What is the net impact on total stockholders’ equity on the date of declaration?
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