Blue Hamster Manufacturing Inc.$\text{'}$s income statement reports data for its first year of operation. The firm's CEO would like sales to increase by $25\%$ next year.

Blue Hamster is able to achieve this level of increased sales, but its interest costs increase from $10\%$ to $15\%$ of earnings before interest and taxes $($EBIT$).$

The company's operating costs $($excluding depreciation and amortization$)$ remain at $65\%$ of net sales, and its depreciation and amortization expenses remain constant from year to year.

The company's tax rate remains constant at $40\%$ of its pre$-$tax income or earnings before taxes $($EBT$).$

In Year $2,$ Blue Hamster expects to pay $$200,000$ and $$1,824,525$ of preferred and common stock dividends, respectively.

Complete the Year $2$ income statement data for Blue Hamster, then answer the questions that follow. Be sure to round each dollar value to the nearest whole dollar.

Blue Hamster Manufacturing Inc. Income Statement

For Year Ending December $31$

$\backslash$table$[[,$Year $1,$Year $2($Forecasted$)],[$Net sales,$$30,000,000,],[$Less: Operating costs, except depreciation and amortization,$19,500,000,],[$Less: Depreciation and amortization expenses,$1,200,000,],[$Operating income $($or EBIT$),$$$9,300,000,],[$Less: Interest expense,$930,000,],[$Pre$-$tax income $($or EBT$),8,370,000,],[$Less: Taxes $(40\%),3,348,000,],[$Earnings after taxes,$$5,022,000,],[$Less: Preferred stock dividends,$200,000,],[$Earnings available to common shareholders,$4,822,000,],[$Less: Common stock dividends,$1,506,600,],[$Contribution to retained earnings,$$3,315,400,]]$

Given the results of the previous income statement calculations, complete the following statements:

In Year $2,$ if Blue Hamster has $5,000$ shares of preferred stock issued and outstanding, then each preferred share should exnect to receive