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Answer
Particulars. Year1. Year2. Year3 Year4
Preferred Stock (divident per share) 0.29 0.47 1.49 0.75
Common stock (divident per share). 0.0 0.0 0.74 2.52
Calculation
given that company has 30000 Cumulative preferance shares 3% with par $25
Cumulative preference shares means Cumulative preferred stock is a type of preferred stock with a provision that stipulates that if any dividend payments have been missed in the past, the dividends owed must be paid out to cumulative preferred shareholders first.
Company required to pay divident for preference shareholders each year =30000×25×3%=22500
Year1.
= Divident paid /number of shares =8700/30000. =0.29
Divident needed to pay to preference shareholders=22500-8700. =13800
Year2. =Divident paid/number of shares. =14100/30000
= 0.47
Divident needed to pay to preference shareholders =13800+22500-14100.
=22200
Year3. Divident paid/number of shares =(22200+22500)/30000. = 1.49
Divident needed to pay. = 0
Year4. Divident paid/number of shares.
= 22500/30000
= 0.75
Common stock (divident per share)
Year1 Divident paid to common stockholders/number of shares. =0/38000
=0
Year2. Divident paid to common stockholders/number of shares. =0/38000
=0
Year3. Divident paid to common stockholders/number of shares
Divident paid to common stockholders= total divident paid - divident paid to preference shareholders =72820 - 44700 =28120
=28120/38000
=0.74
Year4 divident paid to common stockholders/number of shares
=118260-22500
=95760 paid to common stockholders
=95760/38000
=2.52
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