On January 1, 2020, Prospero Games Inc. granted stock options to managers and key employees under which the managers and employees could purchase shares of the company for $35.  Prospero set aside 40,000 shares for this purpose.  The options are exercisable within a four-year period beginning January 1, 2022 by employees still with the company, and the options expire on December 31, 2025. The estimated value of the options on January 1, 2020 is $4.50 per share.  On January 10, 2022, 16,000 of the options were exercised when the stock price was $44.  On December 17, 2022, an additional 10,000 of the options were exercised when the stock price was $48. No further stock options were exercised. Required: Prepare all the journal entries required between January 1, 2020 and December 31, 2025.

Prepare any necessary journal entries for Red Robin's stock-based compensation plan for 2022. Red Robin granted 67,200 employee stock options on January 1, 2021. The options give the employees the right to acquire 67,200 shares of Red Robin's common stock for an exercise price of $21.65 per share. The market price on the date of grant was $21.65. The required vesting period is 2 years, so the options vest on December 31 of the current year (2022). The options have a 7-year expiration period. Additional information is below: Fair Value Actual Forfeitures Estimated Forfeiture Rate 12/31/2021 $5.65 Total compensation expense at fair value Percentage of Options Expected to vest Expected total compensation expense Cumulative rate of amortization Cumulative compensation expense Expense recognized in prior years Current year compensation expense 5% 12/31/2022 $6.25 850 4% 12/31/2021 389,760 95% 370,272 50% 185,136 185,136 12/31/2022 389,760 96% 374,170 100% 374,170 185,136 189,034

On March 1, 2022, Hudson Corp. purchased a put option on shares of ICA stock. The contract was for 100 shares at a strike price of $130 per share, with an expiration date of May 31, 2022. The option contract premium (the amount paid to enter the contract at signing) was $40. On March 31, a market appraisal estimated the time value of the option to be $30. Hudson settled the option contract on May 10. Prices of ICA stock during the option period are provided below. Price of ICA stocks March 1 $130 March 31 $120 May 10 $125 At what amount would Hudson report as the value of the put option in its March 31, 2022 balance sheet? Put Option account balance as of March 31, 2022 4,000

Man of War Company adopted a stock-option plan on April 30, 2019, that provided that 500,000 shares of $10 par value stock be designated as available for the granting of options to officers of the corporation at a price of $26 a share. The market price was $20 a share on April 30, 2019.On January 2, 2020, options to purchase 40,000 shares were granted to president—15,000 for services to be rendered in 2020 and 25,000 for services to be rendered in 2021. Also on that date, options to purchase 26,000 shares were granted to chief financial officer—10,000 for services to be rendered in 2020 and 16,000 for services to be rendered in 2021. The market price of the stock was $23 a share on January 2, 2020. The options were exercisable for a period of one year following the year in which the services were rendered. The fair value of the options on the grant date was $3.20 per option. In 2021, neither the president nor the chief financial officer exercised their options because the market price…

On January 1, 2021, M Company granted 95,000 stock options to certain executives. The options are exercisable no sooner than December 31, 2023, and expire on January 1, 2027. Each option can be exercised to acquire one share of $1 par common stock for $13. An option-pricing model estimates the fair value of the options to be $4 on the date of grant. What amount should M recognize as compensation expense for 2021? (Round your answer to the nearest dollar amount.)

Fortune Brands granted options on January 1, 2024, that allows the recipient to purchase 15.0 million of the company's $1 par common shares within the next eight years, but not before December 31, 2026 (the vesting date). The exercise price is the market price of the shares on the date of grant, $17 per share. The fair value of the options, estimated by an appropriate option pricing model, is $4 per option. No forfeitures are anticipated. Ignoring taxes, what is the effect on earnings in the year after the options are granted to executives? Note: Round your answer to 1 decimal place. Multiple Choice O $60.0 million $90.0 million $0 $20.0 million

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Modern Corporation granted 95,000 stock options to certain executives on January 1, 2022. The options are exercisable no sooner than December 31, 2024, and expire on January 1, 2028. Each option can be exercised to acquire one share of $1 par common stock for $11. An option-pricing model estimates the fair value of the options to be $5 on the date of grant. How much compensation expense should Modern recognize in 2022 as a result of this stock option grant?

Orange Inc. issued 20,000 nonqualified stock options valued at $20,000 (in total). The options vest over two years-half in 2019 (the year of issue) and half in 2020. One thousand options are exercised in 2020 with a bargain element on each option of $6. What is the 2020 book-tax difference associated with the stock options? Part I: A) $15,000 favorable B) $ 6,000 favorable C) $15,000 unfavorable D) $ 4,000 unfavorable   Part II: What is the permanent difference related to this exercise of 1,000 option?