The Stockholders\' Equity category of Greenbaum Company\'s balance sheet as of D

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The Stockholders' Equity category of Greenbaum Company's balance sheet as of December 31, 2016, appeared as follows: Preferred stock, $100 par, 896, 1,000 shares issued and outstanding Common stock, $10 par, 20,000 shares issued and outstanding Additional paid-in capital Total contributed capital Retained earnings Total stockholders' equity $ 100,000 S 200,000 $ 250,000 $550,000 $ 450,000 $ 1,000,000 The notes to the financial statements indicate that dividends were not declared or paid for 2014 or 2015 Greenbaum wants to declare a dividend of $59,000 for 2016. Determine the total and the per-share amounts that should be declared to the preferred and common stockholders under the following assumptions 1 The preferred stock is noncumulative, nonparticipating 2 The preferred stock is cumulative, nonparticipating

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Annual preferred dividends = 100000*8% = 8000 1 Total: Preferred 8000 Common 51000 =59000-8000 Per share: Preferred 8 =8000/1000 Common 2.55 =51000/20000 2 Total: Preferred 24000 =8000*3 Common 35000 =59000-24000 Per share: Preferred 24 =24000/1000 Common 1.75 =35000/20000

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