Polk Issues Common Stock to Acquire All the Assets of the Sam

Multiple Choice

Polk issues common stock to acquire all the assets of the Sam Company on January 1, 20X5. There is a contingent share agreement, which states that if the income of the Sam Division exceeds a certain level during 20X5 and 20X6, additional shares will be issued on January 1, 20X7. The impact of issuing the additional shares is to

A) increase the price assigned to fixed assets.
B) have no effect on asset values, but to reassign the amounts assigned to equity accounts.
C) reduce retained earnings.
D) record additional goodwill.