The following information pertains to Enzo Company: - Dividends on its 50,000 shares of 10%, P100 par value cumulative preference shares have not been declared or paid for 5 years. - Treasury shares was acquired at a cost of P1,000,000 during the year. Half of the treasury shares were issued for P600,000. - The board of directors appropriated P3,000,000 of the company’s retained earnings for plant expansion. - Enzo restricted P4,000,000 of its cash as a bond sinking fund for future retirement of bonds. Contractual provisions also required Enzo to appropriate the same amount of retained earnings. What amount of retained earnings should be appropriated as a result of these items?

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The following information pertains to Enzo Company:

- Dividends on its 50,000 shares of 10%, P100 par value cumulative preference shares have not been declared or paid for 5 years.

- Treasury shares was acquired at a cost of P1,000,000 during the year. Half of the treasury shares were issued for P600,000.

- The board of directors appropriated P3,000,000 of the company’s retained earnings for plant expansion.

- Enzo restricted P4,000,000 of its cash as a bond sinking fund for future retirement of bonds. Contractual provisions also required Enzo to appropriate the same amount of retained earnings.

What amount of retained earnings should be appropriated as a result of these items?

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