Exercise 12-13 Allocating dividends between common and non-cumulative preferred shares LO5The outstanding share capital of Sheng Inc. includes 43,000 shares of $9.60 non-cumulative preferred and 78,000 common shares, all issued during the first year of operations. During its first four years of operations, the corporation declared and paid the following amounts in dividends: Year TotalDividends Declared2021 $ 0 2022 440,000 2023 1,058,000 2024 440,000 Required:Determine the total dividends paid in each year to each class of shareholders under the assumption that the preferred shares are non-cumulative. Also determine the total dividends paid to each class over the four years. (Leave no cells blank, enter "0" where ever required.)
Question
Exercise 12-13 Allocating dividends between common and non-cumulative preferred shares LO5The outstanding share capital of Sheng Inc. includes 43,000 shares of 0 2022 440,000 2023 1,058,000 2024 440,000 Required:Determine the total dividends paid in each year to each class of shareholders under the assumption that the preferred shares are non-cumulative. Also determine the total dividends paid to each class over the four years. (Leave no cells blank, enter "0" where ever required.)
Solution
To solve this problem, we first need to understand that non-cumulative preferred shares only receive dividends for the current year if they are declared. If dividends are not declared in a given year, these shares do not accumulate the right to receive them in the future.
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Calculate the total dividends that should be paid to preferred shareholders each year: 43,000 shares * 412,800.
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For each year, subtract the total dividends for preferred shares from the total dividends declared to find the dividends for common shares.
Here's the breakdown:
2021:
- Preferred: $0 (no dividends declared)
- Common: $0
2022:
- Preferred: 440,000, preferred shareholders get their full share first)
- Common: 412,800 = $27,200
2023:
- Preferred: $412,800 (same reasoning as above)
- Common: 412,800 = $645,200
2024:
- Preferred: $412,800 (same reasoning as above)
- Common: 412,800 = $27,200
Total dividends paid over the four years:
- Preferred: 1,238,400 (since no dividends were paid in 2021)
- Common: 645,200 + 699,600
So, over the four years, preferred shareholders received 699,600.
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