On January 1, 2024, Vijay Communications granted restricted stock units (RSUs) representing 30 million of its $1 par common shares to executives, subject to forfeiture if employment is terminated within three years. After the recipients of the RSUs satisfy the vesting requirement, the company will distribute the shares. • The common shares had a market price of $15 per share on the grant date. • At the date of grant, Vijay anticipated that 5% of the recipients would leave the firm prior to vesting. On January 1, 2025, 4% of the RSUs are forfeited due to executive turnover. Vijay chooses the option to account for forfeitures when they actually occur. Required: 1. to 3. Prepare the appropriate journal entries to record compensation expense on December 31, 2024, December 31, 2025, and December 31, 2026.

On November 1, 2020, Sarasota Company adopted a stock-option plan that granted options to key executives to purchase 37,500 shares of the company’s $10 par value common stock. The options were granted on January 2, 2021, and were exercisable 2 years after the date of grant if the grantee was still an employee of the company. The options expired 6 years from date of grant. The option price was set at $40, and the fair value option-pricing model determines the total compensation expense to be $562,500.All of the options were exercised during the year 2023: 25,000 on January 3 when the market price was $66, and 12,500 on May 1 when the market price was $75 a share.Prepare journal entries relating to the stock option plan for the years 2021, 2022, and 2023. Assume that the employee performs services equally in 2022 and 2023. (

Darius Inc. granted 200,000 stock options to its employees.  The options expire 10 years after the grant date of January 1, 2021.  The share price was $23 when the options were issued.  Employees who are still with the company five years after the grant date may exercise the options to purchase shares at $45 per share.  A consultant has estimated the value of each option on the grant date to be $2.50 per option. How much compensation expense should Darius Inc. record in 2021?   Question 5 options:   $460,000   $500,000   $880,000   $100,000

Barron Company granted 8 million of its no par common shares to executives, subject to forfeiture if employment is terminated within three years. The common shares have a market price of $3 per share on January 1, 2021, the grant date. When calculating diluted EPS at December 31, 2022, what will be the net increase in the denominator of the EPS fraction if the market price of the common shares averaged $4 per share during 2022?   A. 6 million B. 2.67 million C. 2 million D. 8 million

On December 31, 2016, Wesley Inc. granted 4,000 share appreciation rights (SARs) to its employees. When exercised, each SAR paid out the current market price of the common shares less $34 (the market price of the common shares on the date of the SAR grant). The vesting period ended on December 30, 2018, and the exercise period ended on December 31, 2019. Information on Wesley Inc.'s plan is as follows: Average cash paid out on exercise Number of SARs exercised Year end Dec 31, 2016 Dec 31, 2017 Dec 31, 2018 Dec 31, 2019 Fair value per SAR $ 8 15 22 Estimated number of SARs vesting 90% 93% 92% (actual) $18 14 2,100 1,580 Required: Prepare all journal entries for the years ended December 31, 2017, through December 31, 2019, inclusive.

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On January 1, 2024, Fanny Services granted 24 million of its $1 par common shares to executives, subject to forfeiture if employment is terminated within four years. The common shares have a market price of $10 per share on the grant date. Ignoring taxes, what is the effect of the award of restricted stock units on 2024 earnings? O $0 million. O $60 million. O $24 million. O $240 million.

Isadore Bell Company granted 8 million of its no par common shares to executives, subject to forfeiture if employment is terminated within three years. The common shares have a market price of $3 per share on January 1, 2021, the grant date. When calculating diluted EPS at December 31, 2022, what will be the net increase in the denominator of the EPS fraction if the market price of the common shares averaged $4 per share during 2022?

On July 1, 2024, Flounder Company adopted a stock option plan that granted options to key executives to purchase 112,000 shares of the company's $1 par value common stock. The options were granted on January 1, 2025, and were exercisable 3 years after the date of grant if the grantee was still an employee of the company. The options expired 4 years from date of grant. The option price was set at $69, and the fair value option pricing model determines the total compensation expense to be $660,000. All of the options were exercised February 1, 2028, when the market price was $77 a share. Prepare journal entries relating to the stock option plan for the years 2024 through 2028. Assume that the employee performs services equally in 2025, 2026 and 2027. (Credit account titles are automatically indented when amount is entered. Do not incent manually. If no entry is required, select "No Entry" for the account titles and enter 0 for the amounts. List all debit entries before credit entries.…