Cash Dividends Kerry Company has 1,000 shares of $100 par value, 9% preferred stock and 10,000 shares of $10 par value common stock outstanding. The preferred stock is cumulative and nonparticipating.

Dividends were paid in 2004. Since 2004, Kerry has declared and paid dividends as follows:

Required 1. Determine the amount of the dividends to be allocated to preferred and common stockholders for each year, 2006 to 2008.
2. If the preferred stock had been noncumulative, how much would have been allocated to the preferred and common stockholders each year?

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2005 $ 0 2006 10,000 2007 20,000 2008 25,000