At the beginning of the year, the Sean Brewery purchased a 25 percent ownership interest in Mark Pub. The investment cost $12 million. At year-end, Mark Pub declared and paid cash dividends to...

At the beginning of the year, the Sean Brewery purchased a 25 percent ownership interest in Mark Pub. The investment cost $12 million. At year-end, Mark Pub declared and paid cash dividends to shareholders totaling $320,000, after reporting earnings of $2.0 million.

Calculate the book value of Sean’s equity investment in Mark Pub at year-end assuming that Sean Brewery reported a loss of $1.2 million instead of a profit of $2.0 million and still paid its dividend of $320,000.