Answer:
Dividend paid = (5%× 10,000 × $10) = $5000.
Explanation:
<em>Preference shares entitles the holders to participate in a fixed dividend out of the profit made by the company. The divide is always a fixed percentage of the nominal value of the preference shares</em>
It can be cumulative and non-accumulate.
Cumulative <em>simply implies that should the company misses the payment of dividend in a particular year such unpaid dividend would be carried carried forward and paid in arrears in the following year/</em>
Non-cumulative i<em>s the exact opposite of the case . Here, unpaid dividends are not paid in arrears in fact such are forfeited for life.</em>
Dividend in Year 1
Dividend paid in Year 1 was $ 4000 but ought to be $5,000 (5%× 10,000 × $10). An arrear of $1000
Dividend in Year 2
Dividend paid = (5%× 10,000 × $10) = $5000.
Note that the unpaid dividend of $1,000 in year 1 is lost forever