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On November 1, 2017, Concord Company adopted a stock-option plan that granted options to key executives to purchase 39,000 shares of the company’s $9 par value common stock. The options were granted on January 2, 2018, 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 $30, and the fair value option-pricing model determines the total compensation expense to be $585,000. All of the options were exercised during the year 2020: 26,000 on January 3 when the market price was $69, and 13,000 on May 1 when the market price was $80 a share.
Prepare journal entries relating to the stock option plan for the years 2018, 2019, and 2020. Assume that the employee performs services equally in 2018 and 2019
SOLUTION
Date | Accounts title and Explanation | Debit ($) | Credit ($) |
1/2/2018 | No Entry | ||
12/31/2018 | Compensation Expense | 292,500 | |
Paid-in Capital-Stock Options | 292,500 | ||
[To record compensation expense for 2018 (1/2 * $585,000)] | |||
12/31/2019 | Compensation Expense | 292,500 | |
Paid-in Capital-Stock Options | 292,500 | ||
[To record compensation expense for 2019 (1/2 * $585,000)] | |||
1/3/2020 | Cash (26,000 * $30) | 780,000 | |
Paid-in Capital-Stock Options ($585,000 * 26,000/39,000) | 390,000 | ||
Common Stock (26,000 * $9) | 234,000 | ||
Paid-in Capital in Excess of Par | 936,000 | ||
(To record issuance of 26,000 shares of $9 par value stock upon exercise of options at option price of $30) | |||
5/1/2020 | Cash (13,000 * $30) | 390,000 | |
Paid-in Capital-Stock Options ($585,000 * 13,000/39,000) | 195,000 | ||
Common Stock (13,000 * $9) | 117,000 | ||
Paid-in Capital in Excess of Par | 468,000 | ||
(To record issuance of 13,000 shares of $9 par value stock upon exercise of options at option price of $30) |