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Sturdley Corporation has 20,000 shares of $100 par value, 7% cumulative preferred stock outstanding and 100,000 of its $1 par value common stock outstanding. In their first four years of operation they paid the following cash dividends:
2016 -0-
2017 $240,000
2018 $280,000
2019 $180,000
Determine the total cash dividends paid during the four years with preferred stock as cumulative and then calculate it again with the preferred stock as non-cumulative.
Par Value per Preferred Share |
Dividend rate |
Dividend per Preferred Share |
No. of Preferred Shares |
Preferred Dividend |
|
Annual Preferred Dividend: |
$ 100.00 |
7.00% |
$ 7.000 |
20,000 |
$ 140,000.00 |
Total Cash Dividend paid |
Paid to Preferred |
Paid to Common |
Dividends in Arrears at Year end |
||
2016 |
$ - |
$ - |
$ - |
$ 140,000.00 |
|
2017 |
$ 240,000.00 |
$ 240,000.00 |
$ - |
$ 40,000.00 |
|
2018 |
$ 280,000.00 |
$ 180,000.00 |
$ 100,000.00 |
$ - |
|
2019 |
$ 180,000.00 |
$ 140,000.00 |
$ 40,000.00 |
$ - |
|
TOTAL |
$ 700,000.00 |
$ 560,000.00 |
$ 140,000.00 |
$ - |
Par Value per Preferred Share |
Dividend rate |
Dividend per Preferred Share |
No. of Preferred Shares |
Preferred Dividend |
|
Annual Preferred Dividend: |
$ 100.00 |
7.00% |
$ 7.000 |
20,000 |
$ 140,000.00 |
Total Cash Dividend paid |
Paid to Preferred |
Paid to Common |
Dividends in Arrears at Year end |
||
Year 1 |
$ - |
$ - |
$ - |
$ 140,000.00 |
|
Year 2 |
$ 240,000.00 |
$ 140,000.00 |
$ 100,000.00 |
$ 140,000.00 |
|
Year 3 |
$ 280,000.00 |
$ 140,000.00 |
$ 140,000.00 |
$ - |
|
Year 4 |
$ 180,000.00 |
$ 140,000.00 |
$ 40,000.00 |
$ - |
|
TOTAL |
$ 700,000.00 |
$ 420,000.00 |
$ 280,000.00 |
$ - |