analyzing, identifying, and explaining the effects of a stock split on march 1 of the current year, xie company has 450,000 shares of $20 par value common stock that are issued and outstanding. its balance sheet shows the following account balances relating to common stock. common stock $9,000,000 paid-in capital in excess of par value 3,450,000 on march 2, xie company splits its common stock 2-for-1 and reduces the par value to $10 per share. required a. how many shares of common stock are issued and outstanding immediately after the stock split?