When calculating dividend coverage for ordinary share capital, it is necessary to deduct any dividend paid on irredeemable preference shares from the net profit earned
during the accounting period in order to arrive at the earnings attributable to ordinary share holders.
During an accounting period, a company may enter into transactions which are denominated in a foreign currency.
To fix this, the parent company will now have to add to its own books a capital gain, because the initial capital of USD 225 of the subsidiary company, which represents an investment from the point of view of the parent company, has risen in value from CAD 270 to CAD 281.25
during the accounting period, due to the rise in the value of the U.S. dollar from CAD 1.20 to CAD 1.25.
Dividends and interest earned
during an accounting period (such as a year) on a fund's portfolio, less operating expenses, divided by number of shares outstanding.