Dividends

Andrews Company has $80,000 available to pay dividends. It has 2,000 shares of 10%, $100 par, preferred stock and 30,000 shares of $10 par common stock outstanding. The preferred stock is selling for $125 per share, and the common stock is selling for $20 per share.

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1. Determine the amount of dividends to be paid to each class of shareholder for each of the following independent assumptions. If an amount box required no entry, leave it blank. a. Preferred stock is nonparticipating and noncumulative.

	Preferred	Common
Preferred dividend	$
Remainder		$
Total	$	$

b. Preferred stock is nonparticipating and cumulative. Preferred dividends are 2 years in arrears at the beginning of the year.

	Preferred	Common
Dividends in arrears	$	$f
Current preferred dividend
Remainder
Total	$	$

c. Preferred stock is fully participating and cumulative. Preferred dividends are 1 year in arrears at the beginning of the year.

	Preferred	Common
Dividends in arrears	$	$
Current preferred dividends
Common proportional share
Remainder
Total	$	$

2. For 1(a), compute the dividend yield on the preferred stock and the common stock.

	Dividend yield
Preferred stock	%
Common stock	%