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Dividends on Preferred and Common Stock

Love Theatre Inc. owns and operates movie theaters throughoutNew Mexico and Utah. Love Theatre has declared the following annualdividends over a six-year period ending December 31 of each year:Year 1, $30,000; Year 2, $37,500; Year 3, $60,000; Year 4,$180,000; Year 5, $225,000; and Year 6, $270,000. During the entireperiod, the outstanding stock of the company was composed of25,000 shares of 3% preferred stock, $100 par, and100,000 shares of common stock, $25 par.

To calculate dividends, you need to understand thefollowing:

1) Preferred dividends are always paid before Common dividends.Whatever is left over after paying preferred stockholders goes tocommon stockholders.

2) Preferred dividends per share are calculated by multiplyingthe par value of the stock (per share) by the percentage shown onthe stock. For example, 5% Preferred, $100 par value would be paidannual dividends of $5 per share. (Sometimes preferred stock isshown with a dollar amount instead of a percentage. In this case,the dollar amount is the amount of annual dividend per share. Forexample, $3 Preferred, $100 par value would be paid annualdividends of $3 per share.)

3) The par value of common stock never enters into thecalculation of common dividends. Common stockholders simply receivewhatever dividends are left over after the preferred dividends arepaid (if there is anything left over). Common dividends aredistributed evenly to each share. For example, if there is $10,000left over after paying preferred dividends, and there are 100,000shares of common stock outstanding, each share of common stockwould receive $.10 in dividends.

4) Dividends are never paid on shares of treasury stock (stockthe company has purchased back from common stockholders).

Instructions:

1. Determine the total dividends and theper-share dividends declared on each class of stock for each of thesix years. If required, round your answers to the nearest cent. Ifthe amount is zero, please enter "0".

PreferredDividends (25,000 shares) CommonDividends (100,000 shares)
Year TotalDividends Total Per Share Total Per Share
Year 1 $ 30,000 $ $ $ $
Year 2 37,500
Year 3 60,000
Year 4 180,000
Year 5 225,000
Year 6 270,000

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Patrina Schowalter
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28 Sep 2019

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