Distribute dividend between preferred and common shareholders. (LO 2). Holly Brown Architectural Company has 5,000 shares of 8%, $70 par, cumulative preferred stock outstanding and 7,500 shares of $2.50 par value common stock outstanding. The company began operations on July 1, 2009. The cash dividends declared and paid during each of the first three years of Holly on Brown's operations are shown. Calculate the amounts that went to the preferred and the common shareholders(SHs) each year