On December 31, 2020, Ainsworth, Inc., had 600 million shares of common stock outstanding. Twenty million shares of 8%, $100 par value cumulative, nonconvertible
Required:
1. Determine Ainsworth’s net loss per share for the year ended December 31, 2021.
2. Determine the per share amount of income or loss from continuing operations for the year ended December 31, 2021.
3. Prepare an EPS presentation that would be appropriate to appear on Ainsworth’s 2021 and 2020 comparative income statements. Assume EPS was reported in 2020 as $0.75, based on net income (no discontinued operations) of $450 million and a weighted-average number of common shares of 600 million.
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