Historical Financial Statements: Appendix A WS

Select a publicly traded company that pays dividends

Research:

· Find your chosen dividend-paying company within the Mergent database.

· Follow the instructions in the video above to retrieve and format the 3 most recent years of historical financial statements (income statements, balance sheets, and statements of cash flows).

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Construct Appendix A:

· Retrieve the 3 most recent years of historical financial statements (income statements, balance sheets, and statements of cash flows) for your chosen company using Mergent. Then using a program like Excel, and based on the instructions in the  BUS401 | Retrieving Financial Statements Using Mergent (Links to an external site.) video.

· Format the income statement.

· Format the balance sheet.

· Format the statement of cash flows.

· Save this Excel file as a PDF and title it “Appendix A.”

· Must contain the formatted income statement, balance sheet, and statement of cash flows for a company that has paid dividends for the last 4 to 5 years.