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Exercise 18-10

The shareholders’ equity of WBL Industries includes the items shown


below. The board of directors of WBL declared cash dividends of $8
million, $20 million, and $150 million in its first three years of
operation-2013, 2014 and 2015, respectively.
($ in millions)
Common stock $100
PIC in excess of par-C/S 980
Preferred stock, 8% 200
PIC in excess of par-P/S 555

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Exercise 18-10 (continued)


Determine the amount of dividends to be paid to preferred and common
shareholders in each of the three years, assuming that the preferred stock is
cumulative and nonparticipating.
Cumulative means that the preferred shareholders are entitled to their dividend,
which is 8% of par, or $16 million, before the common shareholders receive
anything and in any year where the full amount of preferred dividends are
anything,
not paid, the amount not paid is due preferred shareholders in subsequent
years before the common shareholders receive anything.
Preferred Common Total
2013 $ 8,000,000* -0- $ 8,000,000
2014 $20,000,000** -0- $ 20,000,000
2015 $20,000,000*** $130,000,000 $150,000,000
Of the $16,000,000,
*Of $16 000 000 P/S receive $8,000,000;
$8 000 000; the remaining $8,000,000
$8 000 000 is in
arrears.
**The P/S receive the current dividend of $16,000,000 plus $4,000,000 of the
$8,000,000 in arrears from 2013. $4,000,000 remains in arrears.
*** The P/S receive the current dividend of $16,000,000, plus the $4,000,000
in arrears for the total of $20,000,000. The common shareholders receive the
rest.
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