Starr Corporations December 31, 2007 Balance Sheet showed the following:

8% preferred stock, $20 par value, cumulative, 20,000 shares

authorized; 10,000 shares issued $200,000

Common stock, $10 par value, 2,000,000 shares authorized;

1,300,000 shares issued, 1,280,000 shares outstanding 13,000,000

Paid-in capital in excess of par value preferred stock 40,000

Paid-in capital in excess of par value common stock 18,000,000

Retained earnings 5,100,000

Treasury stock (20,000 shares) 420,000

Starr declared and paid a $50,000 cash dividend on December 15, 2007. If the companys dividends in arrears prior to that date were $16,000, Starrs common stockholders received

	A.	$18,000.
	B.	$38,000.
	C.	$22,000.
	D.	no dividend.