Calculate the annual cash dividends required to be paid for each of the following preferred stock issues:

Required:
a. $2.25 cumulative preferred, no par value; 600,000 shares authorized, 525,000 shares issued. (The treasury stock caption of the stockholders’ equity section of the balance sheet indicates that 70,500 shares of this preferred stock issue are owned by the company.)
b. 6%, $50 par value preferred, 300,000 shares authorized, 255,000 shares issued, and 206,600 shares outstanding.
c. 8.1% cumulative preferred, $100 stated value, $104 liquidating value; 60,000 shares authorized, 43,200 shares issued, 37,600 shares outstanding.