1. Determine the total dividends and the per-share dividends declared on each class of stock for each of the six years. There were no dividends in arrears at the beginning of Year 1. Summarize the data in tabular form. If required, round your answers to two decimal places. If the amount is zero, please enter "0".

Explanation:

1. determine are the total dividend and the per-share dividends declared on each class of stock for each of the six years as follow:

Particulars  Preferred DividendsCommon Dividends

YearTotal DividendsTotalPer ShareTotalPer Share

Year 1  $80,000         80000    0.32           0            0

Year 2  $90,000                90000    0.36           0            0

Year 3  $150,000        130000    0.52         20000    0.04

Year 4  $150,000        100000     0.4         50000     0.1

Year 5  $160,000        100000     0.4         60000     0.12

Year 6  $180,000        100000     0.4         80000     0.16

Total (a)  810000                600000     2.4         210000     0.42

Average (a/6 years)               0.4    0.07

2. Average annual dividend for preferred share is $0.40 per share and average annual dividend for common share is $0.07 per share.

3. The average annual percentage return on initial shareholders for preferred shareholder and common shareholders are 0.4% ($0.07/$17.50 x 100) and 1.6% ( $0.40/$25 x 100).

in 2001, dell computer became the world’s largest personal computer vendor, continuing to

gain market share and post profits in an industry struggling with slumping sales and billions of

dollars in losses. dell sells 90% of its pcs directly to the final customer, largely bypassing the

reseller channel that accounts for most of the world’s pc sales. this direct customer relationship

is the key to dell’s business model, and provides distinct advantages over the indirect sales

model. dell’s direct relationship with the customer allows it to tailor its offerings to customer

needs, offer add-on products and services, and use the internet to offer a variety of customer

services. in addition, dell’s pcs are built to customers’ specifications upon receipt of an order,

giving dell additional advantages over indirect pc vendors who must try to forecast demand and

ship products based on those forecasts. dell’s direct sales and build-to-order model has achieved

superior performance in the pc industry in terms of inventory turnover, reduced overhead, cash

conversion, and return on investment (kraemer, et al., 2000).

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