During its first year of operations, Criswell Inc. completed the following transactions
relating to shareholders’ equity.
January 5: Issued 300,000 of its common shares for $8 per share and 3,000 preferred
shares at $110.
February 12: Issued 50,000 shares of common stock in exchange for equipment with a
known cash price of $310,000.
The articles of incorporation authorize 5,000,000 shares with a par value of $1 per share
of common and 1,000,000 preferred shares with a par value of $100 per share.
Required:
Record the above transactions in general journal form.
On December 31, 2015, Merlin Company had outstanding 400,000 shares of common
stock and 40,000 shares of 8% cumulative preferred stock (par $10). On February 28,
2016, Merlin issued an additional 36,000 shares of common stock. A 10% stock
dividend was declared and distributed on July 1, 2016. On September 1, 2016, 9,000
shares were retired. At year-end, there were fully vested incentive stock options
outstanding for 30,000 shares of common stock (adjusted for the stock dividend). The
exercise price was $18. The market price of the common stock averaged $20 during the
year. Also outstanding were $1,000,000 face amount of 10% convertible bonds issued
in 2013 and convertible into 50,000 common shares (adjusted for the stock dividend).
Net income was $900,000. The tax rate for the year was 40%.
Required:
Compute basic and diluted EPS (rounded to 2 decimal places) for the year ended
December 31, 2016.