Answer:
The 105,000 shares should Jones report as common shares outstanding at December 31
Explanation:
The computation of the common shares outstanding is shown below:
= (Number of shares + Number of shares × dividend rate) × stock split ratio
= (50,000 shares + 50,000 shares × 5%) × 2
= (50,000 shares + 2,500 shares) × 2
= 52,500 shares × 2
= 105,000 shares
As we have to compute only outstanding shares so no par value would be considered in the computation part. Hence, it is ignored