The preferred stock has 557,740 shares authorized, with a par value of $100 and an annual $3.75 per share cumulative dividend preference. On Jan 1, 557,649 shares of preferred are issued and 546,024 shares are outstanding. There were also 1.8 billion shares of $1 par value common stock authorized, of which 924.6 million are issued and 844.8 million are outstanding. There was also $1M outstanding dividend liability on preferred stock. Required:
During the year, if $5M of dividend were declared by the board, the amount distributed to preferred stockholders is $