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value: 1.00 points The shareholders\' equity of Kramer Industries includes the d

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Question

value: 1.00 points The shareholders' equity of Kramer Industries includes the data shown below. During 2017, cash dividends of $120 million were declared. Dividends were not declared in 2015 or 2016 Common stock Paid-in capital-excess of par, common Preferred stock, 10%, nonparticipating Paid-in capital-excess of par, preferred S 260 780 130 325 Determine the amount of dividends payable to preferred shareholders and to common shareholders under each of the following two assumptions regarding the characteristics of the preferred stock. (Enter your answers in millions (i.e., 10,000,000 should be entered as 10).) Assumption A Assumption B The preferred stock is noncumulative The preferred stock is cumulative $ in millions) Preferred Common Assumption A Assumption B

Explanation / Answer

Distribution of dividend :

Preferred Common Assumption A 130*10%= 13 120-13 = 107 Assumption B 130*10%*3 = 39 120-39 = 81