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Which Statement Regarding Preferred Stock Is True

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Which statement regarding preferred stock is true?


A) A major disadvantage of financing with preferred stock is that preferred stockholders typically have super-normal voting rights.
B) Preferred stock is normally expected to provide steadier, more reliable income to investors than the same firm's common stock, and as a result, the expected after-tax yield on the preferred is lower than the after-tax expected return on the common.
C) The preemptive right is a provision in all corporate charters that gives preferred stockholders the right to purchase (on a pro rata basis) new issues of preferred stock.
D) One of the disadvantages to a corporation of owning preferred stock is that 70% of the dividends received represent taxable income to the corporate recipient, whereas interest income would be tax free.

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