TThe Atlantic Refinery Corp. (ARC) is a public company headquartered in St. Johns, Newfoundland. On...

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TThe Atlantic Refinery Corp. (ARC) is a public company headquartered in St. Johns, Newfoundland. On 31 December 20X5, the post-closing trial balance included the following accounts (in thousands of Canadian dollars):

Debit Credit
Investment in Mongolian subsidiary $ 70,700
Provision for future site restoration $ 33,500
Common shares 167,500
Translation differential from Mongolian subsidiary 11,900
Convertible bonds 84,300
Equity portion of convertible bonds 5,000
Contributed surpluspremium on common shares issued 34,300
Goodwill (from purchase of Mongolian subsidiary) 17,700
Investment in shares of upstream affiliate 35,400
Retained earnings 522,400
Trademarks 6,600

The following transactions and events occurred during 20X6:

  1. Net income amounted to $47 million.
  2. The value of trademarks was written off after ARC lost a patent protection lawsuit.
  3. An additional $1.3 million of convertible bonds was transferred from the debt portion to the equity portion.
  4. An accounting policy was changed due to a new IFRS taking effect in 20X6 the effect of retrospective restatement was to reduce prior years earnings by an aggregate amount of $45 million.
  5. The future liability for site restoration was increased by $5 million.
  6. Common shares with a stated value of $16 million were repurchased on the open market for $23 million and cancelled. The issue price of the shares amounted to $20 million, of which $4 million had been credited to contributed surplus.
  7. A new class of preferred shares was issued to a major public sector pension plan for $76 million to finance future development.
  8. Dividends totalling $29 million were issued during the year. Of that amount, $4 million were declared on 24 December 20X6, payable to shareholders of record on January 15, 20X7.
  9. The translated amount of ARCs investment in Mongolian subsidiary declined by $3 million due to a rise in the value of the Canadian dollar.

Required: Prepare a statement of changes in equity for Atlantic Refinery Corp. for the year ended 31 December 20X6.

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