Neco 2022 Financial Accounting Question 9

Practice objective / multiple choice question 9 from the 2022 Neco Financial Accounting examination.

Neco 2022 Financial Accounting Objective / Multiple Choice Hard Difficulty
Question 9 NECO • 2022 • FINANCIAL_ACCOUNTING • objective

XYZ Ltd has 50,000 ordinary shares of ₦2 each and 5,000 8 % cumulative preference shares of ₦5 each. The profit after tax for the year is ₦1,200,000. Preference dividends are in arrears for two years. The company declares a 10 % bonus issue to ordinary shareholders and pays a final dividend of ₦3 per ordinary share. Compute the earnings per ordinary share (EPS) after the bonus issue, giving your answer to two decimal places.

Answer Options

A. 23.88
Correct Answer B. 21.71
C. 21.78
D. 24.00
Correct Answer
B
Correct Option:
21.71

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This is Neco 2022 Financial Accounting Question 9. It is one of the objective questions from the 2022 Neco Financial Accounting examination.

Difficulty level: Hard .

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