Which of the Following Statements Is False

question 35

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements is false?

• A) Once a company goes public, it must satisfy all of the requirements of public companies.
• B) Organizations such as the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the securities exchanges (including the New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq), and Congress (through the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002) adopted new standards that focused on more thorough financial disclosure, greater accountability, and more stringent requirements for the board of directors.
• C) The major advantage of undertaking an IPO is also one of the major disadvantages of an IPO: When investors diversify their holdings, the equity holders of the corporation become more concentrated.
• D) Several high profile corporate scandals during the early part of the twenty-first century prompted tougher regulations designed to address corporate abuses.

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Definitions:

Retrospective Adjustment

An adjustment applied to the financial statements of prior periods to correct an error or to reflect a change in accounting policy as if that policy had always been applied.

Share Options

Rights granted by a company to its employees or executives to purchase shares of the company's stock at a predetermined price.

Exercise Price

The predetermined price at which an option can be exercised, typically to buy or sell an underlying financial asset.

AASB 133

Refers to the Australian Accounting Standards Board standard on Earnings per Share, outlining how to calculate and present earnings per share in financial statements.