Reference no: EM133025502
Question - Cardinals Inc. has the following shares outstanding:
40,000, $0.80, no par value preferred shares $400,000
60,000 no par value common shares $600,000
All shares were sold for $ 10 each.
No dividends have been declared since December 31, 2017. It is now December 31, 2020, and the board of directors wants to distribute $ 204,000 in dividends.
Required - Calculate how much the preferred and common shareholders will receive under each of the following assumptions:
a) The preferred is cumulative and participating to 12% total.
b) The preferred is cumulative and participating to $1.00 per share.