Saturn corporation has 13,000 shares of 14%, $ 81 par noncumulative preferred stock outstanding and 26,000 shares of nominuspar common stock outstanding. at the end of the current year, the corporation declares a dividend of $ 197,000. how is the dividend allocated between preferred and common stockholders?

Garrett is an executive vice president at samm hardware. he researches a proposal by a larger company, maximum hardware, to combine the two companies. by analyzing past performance, conducting focus groups, and interviewing maximum employees, garrett concludes that maximum has poor profit margins, sells shoddy merchandise, and treats customers poorly. what actions should garrett and samm hardware take? a. turn down the acquisition offer and prepare to resist a hostile takeover. b. attempt a friendly merger and use managerial hubris to improve results at maximum. c. welcome the acquisition and use knowledge transfer to impart sam hardware's management practices. d. do nothing; the two companies cannot combine without samm hardware's explicit consent.