Massive Corp. is authorized to issue unlimited $0.90 no-par preferred shares and unlimited no-par common...

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Massive Corp. is authorized to issue unlimited $0.90 no-par preferred shares and unlimited no-par common shares. There are 12,000 preferred and 36,000 common shares outstanding. In a five-year period, annual dividends paid were $2,000, $5,000, $72,000, $6,000, and $144,000, respectively.
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Calculate the amount of dividends that would be paid to each share class for each year under the following separate cases. Where applicable, the matching dividend per common share is $1.00.
Case A Preferred shares are cumulative and non-participating.
Case B Preferred shares are non-cumulative and non-participating.
Case C Preferred shares are non-cumulative and fully participating. Participation is based on the relative number of shares outstanding.
Case D Preferred shares are non-cumulative and partially participating up to an additional $0.90 per share. Participation is based on relative annual total base dividends. (Round allocation percentages values to nearest whole percent.)

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