00:01
So the basic relationship between preferred and common shares is that you must make preferred preferred's whole before common gets anything, right? you can't give one cent to the common shareholders while the preferred shareholders have any claims whatsoever, right? that's why we call them preferred.
00:27
They get first claim.
00:29
So we are thinking about now how much the preferred stock is owed, right? so what is the annual dividend to preferred? so if the annual dividend to preferred, we know that there are 120 ,000 shares at a stated value of five.
00:56
So this gives us 600 ,000 state value.
01:00
Right.
01:01
Now, these things are supposed to pay at 6%.
01:04
Right.
01:05
So at 6%, which means i'm multiplying by 0 .06, we can figure out how much of a dividend these things are entitled to.
01:17
So this gives me $36 ,000 per year, right? that's how much the preferred shareholders need to get paid to satisfy the terms of their agreement and make them whole before you start paying out the common stock.
01:38
So now we need to do three things.
01:42
One, we need to pay preferreds...