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Harbour Co. has $200,000 of no par value 4% cumulative preferred shares, and 12,000 shares of no par value common shares outstanding. In its first three years of operation, the company paid cash dividends as follows: Year 1: $8,000; Year 2: $18,000; and Year 3: $24,000.
-The amount of dividends received by the common shareholders in year 3 was:

• A)$8,000
• B)$12,000
• C)$16,000
• D)$20,000

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Definitions:

Trading Range

The range within which a security or a market index fluctuates over a specified period.

EPS

Earnings Per Share, a financial ratio that measures the amount of profit attributed to each outstanding share of a company's common stock, indicating the company's profitability.

Dividends

Distributions issued to shareholders by a company, typically sourced from the organization's earnings.

Repurchase

Also known as a buyback, it is a company's decision to buy its own shares from the marketplace, potentially raising the value of remaining shares.