The Matsuta Corporation has 10,000 preference shares of 100 nominal value, 7 per cent cumulative outstanding, and

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The Matsuta Corporation has 10,000 preference shares of 100 nominal value, 7 per cent cumulative outstanding, and 50,000 ordinary shares of 1 nominal value outstanding. In its first four years of operation, the board of directors of Matsuta Corporation paid cash dividends as follows: \(20 \times 1\), none; \(20 \times 2,120,000 ; 20 \times 3,140,000 ; 20 \times 4,140,000\)

Determine the dividends per share and total cash dividends paid to the preference and ordinary shareholders during each of the four years.

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Financial Accounting A Global Approach

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Authors: Sidney J. Gray, Belverd E. Needles

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