Walters Audio Visual Inc. offers an incentive stock option plan to its regional managers. On January 1, 2021, options were granted for 40 million $1 par common shares. The exercise price is the market price on the grant date—$8 per share. Options cannot be exercised prior to January 1, 2023, and expire December 31, 2027. The fair value of the 40 million options, estimated by an appropriate option pricing model, is $1 per option. Prepare the appropriate journal entry to record the exercise of 75% of the options on March 12, 2023, when the market price is $9 per share and the entry on December 31, 2027, when the remaining options that have vested expire without being exercised. Record expiration of options.

On January 1, 2020, 50 executives were given a performance-based share option plan that would award them with a maximum of 300 shares of $10 par common stock for $20 a share. On the grant date, the fair value of an option was $16.50. The number of options that will vest depends on the size of the annual average increase in sales over the next three years according to the following table: Annual Average Increase in Sales No. of Shares Greater than 5% 50 Greater than 10% 150 Greater than 15% 300 On the grant date, the company estimates the annual average sales increase will be 14%. ​ Refer to Exhibit 15-6. The estimated total compensation cost will be a. $123,750. b. $27,500. c. $55,000. d. $247,500.

IBM stock is currently trading at $100 per share. An investor purchases one Put option contra on IBM with a $100 strike and at a price of $3.00 per contract. Each options contract represer an interest in 100 underlying shares of stock. For each of the following scenarios determine i 7. the option is in the money, at the money, or out of the money. Show your work. A. When the option expires, IBM is trading at $98 B. When the option expires, IBM is trading at $90  C. When the option expires, IBM is trading at $97

Walters Audio Visual, Inc., offers a stock option plan to its regional managers. On January 1, 2021, 40 million options were granted for 40 million $1 par common shares. The exercise price is the market price on the grant date, $8 per share. Options cannot be exercised prior to January 1, 2023, and expire December 31, 2027. The fair value of the options, estimated by an appropriate option pricing model, is $2 per option. Because the plan does not qualify as an incentive plan, Walters will receive a tax deduction upon exercise of the options equal to the excess of the market price at exercise over the exercise price. The income tax rate is 25%.   4. Record the exercise of the options and their tax effect if all of the options are exercised on March 20, 2026, when the market price is $12 per share.5. Assume the option plan qualifies as an incentive plan. Prepare the appropriate journal entries to record compensation expense and its tax effect on December 31, 2021.6. Assuming the option…