Chicago Company reported the following information at the end of the current year:

Common stock ( $5 par value; 47,000 shares outstanding)	$	235,000
Preferred stock, 10% ( $12 par value; 9,600 shares outstanding)		115,200
Retained earnings		289,000

The board of directors is considering the distribution of a cash dividend to the two groups of stockholders. No dividends were declared during the previous two years. Assume the three cases below are independent of each other.

Case A: The preferred stock is noncumulative; the total amount of all dividends is $39,000.

Case B: The preferred stock is cumulative; the total amount of all dividends is $34,560.

Case C: The preferred stock is cumulative; the total amount of all dividends is $91,600 .

Required:

1. Compute the amount of dividends, in total and per share, that would be payable to each class of stockholders for each case. (Round "Dividends per Share" to 2 decimal places.)

Compute the amount of dividends, in total and per share, that would be payable to each class of stockholders for each case. (Round "Dividends per Share" to 2 decimal places.)

Req 1

	Dividends			Dividends per Share
	Preferred	Common	Total	Preferred	Common
Case A
Case B
Case C

Req 2

Assume Chicago Company issued a 30 percent common stock dividend on the outstanding shares when the market value per share was $24. Fill in the table below to show how this stock dividend would compare to Case C. (Leave no cells blank - be certain to enter "0" wherever required.)

	AMOUNT OF DOLLAR INCREASE (DECREASE)
Item	Cash DividendCase C		Stock Dividend
Assets
Liabilities
Stockholders equity