(Computation of Basic and Diluted EPS) Charles Austin of the cont r oller ’s o f fice of

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(Computation of Basic and Diluted EPS) Charles Austin of the cont r oller ’s o f fice of Thompson Corporation was given the assignment of determining the basic and diluted earnings per share values for the year ending December 31, 2015. Austin has compiled the information listed below.

1. The company is authorized to issue 8,000,000 shares of $10 par value common stock. As of

December 31, 2014, 2,000,000 sha r es had been issued and we r e outstanding.

2. The per share market prices of the common stock on selected dates were as follows.

Price per Share

July 1, 2014

$20.00

January 1, 2015

21.00

April 1, 2015

25.00

July 1, 2015

11.00

August 1, 2015

10.50

November 1, 2015

9.00

December 31, 2015

10.00

3. A total of 700,000 shares of an authorized 1,200,000 shares of convertible preferred stock had been issued on July 1, 2014. The stock was issued at its par value of $25, and it has a cumulative dividend of $3 per share. The stock is convertible into common stock at the rate of one share of convertible preferred for one share of common. The rate of conversion is to be automatically adjusted for stock splits and stock dividends. Dividends are paid quarterly on September 30, December 31, March 31, and June 30.

4. Thompson Corporation is subject to a 40% income tax rate.

5. The afte r -tax net income for the year ended December 31, 2015, was $ 1 1,550,000.

The following specific activities took place during 2015.

1. January 1—A 5% common stock dividend was issued. The dividend had been declared on

December 1, 2014, to all stockholders of r eco r d on December 29, 2014.

2. April 1—A total of 400,000 shares of the $3 convertible preferred stock was converted into common stock. The company issued new common stock and retired the preferred stock. This was the only conversion of the preferred stock during 2015.

3. July 1—A 2-for-1 split of the common stock became effective on this date. The board of directors had authorized the split on June 1.

4. August 1—A total of 300,000 sha r es of common stock we r e issued to acqui r e a factory building.

5. November 1—A total of 24,000 sha r es of common stock we r e pu r chased on the open market at

$9 per sha r e. These sha r es we r e to be held as t r easury stock and we r e still in the t r easury as of

December 31, 2015.

6. Common stock cash dividends—Cash dividends to common stockholders we r e decla r ed and paid

as follows.

April 15—$0.30 per share

October 15—$0.20 per share

7. Preferred stock cash dividends—Cash dividends to preferred stockholders were declared and paid as scheduled.

Instructions

(a ) Determin e th e numbe r o f sha r e s use d t o comput e basi c earning s pe r sha r e fo r th e yea r ended

De cember 31, 2015.

(b) Determine the number of sha r es used to compute diluted earnings per sha r e for the year ended

December 31, 2015.

(c) Compute the adjusted net income to be used as the numerator in the basic earnings per sha r e calcu-

lation for the year ended December 31, 2015.

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