Garda World Security Corporation has the following shares, taken from the equity section of its balance sheet dated December 31, 2023. Preferred shares, $4.57 non-cumulative, 54,000 shares authorized and issued* Common shares, 89,000 shares authorized and issued* *All shares were issued during 2021. During its first three years of operations, Garda World Security Corporation declared and paid total dividends as shown in the last column of the following schedule. Required: Part A 1. Calculate the total dividends paid in each year to the preferred and to the common shareholders. Year Preferred Dividend $3,456,000 1,424,000 Common Total Dividend
Garda World Security Corporation has the following shares, taken from the equity section of its balance sheet dated December 31, 2023. Preferred shares, $4.57 non-cumulative, 54,000 shares authorized and issued* Common shares, 89,000 shares authorized and issued* *All shares were issued during 2021. During its first three years of operations, Garda World Security Corporation declared and paid total dividends as shown in the last column of the following schedule. Required: Part A 1. Calculate the total dividends paid in each year to the preferred and to the common shareholders. Year Preferred Dividend $3,456,000 1,424,000 Common Total Dividend
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Garda World Security Corporation has the following shares, taken from the equity section of its balance sheet dated December 31,
2023.
Preferred shares, $4.57 non-cumulative,
54,000 shares authorized and issued*
Common shares,
89,000 shares authorized and issued*
*All shares were issued during 2021.
During its first three years of operations, Garda World Security Corporation declared and paid total dividends as shown in the last
column of the following schedule.
Required:
Part A
1. Calculate the total dividends paid in each year to the preferred and to the common shareholders.
Year
2021
2022
2023
Total for three years
Preferred
Dividend
Common
Dividend
$3,456,000
1,424,000
Total Dividend
$
169,000
409,000
569,000
1,147,000
$
2. Calculate the dividends paid per share to both the preferred and the common shares in 2023. (Round the final answers to 2
decimal places.)
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