On that date when the market price of oliver was 21 per


Question - Gibbs Corporation owned 20,000 shares of Oliver Corporation's $5 par value common stock. These shares were purchased in 2009 for $180,000. On September 15, 2013, Gibbs declared a property dividend of one share of Oliver for every ten shares of Gibbs held by a stockholder. On that date, when the market price of Oliver was $21 per share, there were 180,000 shares of Gibbs outstanding. What NET reduction in retained earnings would result from this property dividend?

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