Excerpts from the Statement of Financial Position for Baldwin Corporation

Excerpts from the Statement of Financial Position for Baldwin Corporation as of September 30, Year 5, are presented below.
$\begin{array}{ll}\text { Cash } & \$ 950,000 \\\text { Accounts receivable (net) } & 1,675,000 \\\text { Inventories } & 2.806 .000 \\\text { Total current assets } & \$ 5.431 .000\\\\\text { Accounts payable } & \$ 1,004,000 \\\text { Accrued liabilities } & 785,000\\\text { Total current liabilities }&\$1,789,000\end{array}$ The Board of directors of Baldwin Corporation met on October 4, Year 5, and declared regular quarterly cash dividends amounting to $750,000 ($0.60 per share) .The dividend is payable on October 25, Year 5, to all shareholders of record as of October 12, Year 5.
Assume that the only transactions to affect Baldwin Corporation during October Year 5 are the dividend transactions and that the closing entries have been made.
(CMA adapted, Dec 89 #17) Refer to the Baldwin Corporation example.If the dividend declared by Baldwin Corporation had been a ten percent stock dividend instead of a cash dividend, Baldwin's total shareholders' equity would have been

A) decreased by the dividend declaration and increased by the dividend distribution.
B) unchanged by the dividend declaration and increased by the dividend distribution.
C) increased by the dividend declaration and unchanged by the dividend distribution.
D) unchanged by either the dividend declaration or the dividend distribution.
E) none of the above