dividend payments are treated the same as finance charges.
Capital structure and finance costs
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Test your understanding 6
Cracker, a limited liability entity, has share capital as follows:
Ordinary share capital (50c shares) $200,000
8% Irredeemable preference share capital $50,000
Cracker pays an interim dividend (i.e. a dividend declared part way
through the financial year) of 12.5c per share to its ordinary shareholders
and pays the preference shareholders their dividend, although this is not
mandatory. Before the year end Cracker proposes a final dividend of
36.5c per share to its ordinary shareholders.
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