Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

For the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013

  1. Cameco Corporation
  2. Significant accounting policies
  3. Accounting standards
  4. Determination of fair values
  5. Use of estimates and judgments
  6. Discontinued operation
  7. Accounts receivable
  8. Inventories
  9. Property, plant and equipment
  10. Goodwill and intangible assets
  11. Long-term receivables, investments and other
  12. Equity-accounted investees
  13. Accounts payable and accrued liabilities
  14. Short-term debt
  15. Long-term debt
  16. Other liabilities
  1. Provisions
  2. Share capital
  3. Employee benefit expense
  4. Finance costs
  5. Other income (expense)
  6. Income taxes
  7. Per share amounts
  8. Statements of cash flows
  9. Share-based compensation plans
  10. Pension and other post-retirement benefits
  11. Financial instruments and related risk management
  12. Capital management
  13. Segmented information
  14. Group entities
  15. Joint operations
  16. Related parties

18. Share capital

Authorized share capital:

  • Unlimited number of first preferred shares
  • Unlimited number of second preferred shares
  • Unlimited number of voting common shares, no stated par value, and
  • One Class B share

  • A. Common shares

Number issued (number of shares) 2015 2014
Beginning of year 395,792,522 395,477,230
Issued:    
Stock option plan [note 25] — 315,292
Total 395,792,522 395,792,522

All issued shares are fully paid.

  • B. Class B share

One Class B share issued during 1988 and assigned $1 of share capital entitles the shareholder to vote separately as a class in respect of any proposal to locate the head office of Cameco to a place not in the province of Saskatchewan.

  • C. Dividends

Dividends on Cameco Corporation common shares are declared in Canadian dollars. For the year ended December 31, 2015, the dividend declared per share was $0.40 (December 31, 2014 – $0.40).