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Dividends Per Share Oceanic Company has 10,000 shares of cumulative preferred 1%

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Question

Dividends Per Share

Oceanic Company has 10,000 shares of cumulative preferred 1% stock, $50 par and 50,000 shares of $20 par common stock. The following amounts were distributed as dividends:

Year 1

$10,000

Year 2

2,500

Year 3

15,000

Determine the dividends per share for preferred and common stock for each year. Round all answers to two decimal places. If an answer is zero, enter '0'.

Preferred Stock

(dividend per share)

Common Stock

(dividend per share)

Year 1

$

$

Year 2

$

$

Year 3

$

$

Year 1

$10,000

Year 2

2,500

Year 3

15,000

Explanation / Answer

                                                                                                                                                           (All figures in $)

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YEAR         Dividend distributed       Dividend on Pref. stock     Distributed to pref. stock    Dividend on common stock

Year 1                    10,000                            5,000                              5,000                         5,000                  

Year 2                      2,500                            5,000                              2,500                          --

Year 3                    15,000   ( 2500+5000) =7,500                              7,500                          7,500            _______

3                             7,500                         10,000                                                        0.75________________

DIVIDEND PER SHARE ON COMMON STOCK:

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YEAR                    COMMON STOCK DIVIDEND ($)         NO. OF SHARES     DIVIDEND PER SHARE ($)

Year 2                                --                                                     50,000                           0

Year 3                               7,500                                               50,000                          0.15________________