In: Accounting
Concord Cosmetic Inc. (ACI), a cosmetic product manufacturer, is a publicly listed company. ACI is preparing earnings per share data for 2020. The following is a summary of the activity for ACI during 2020:
| 634,000 common shares issued and outstanding at December 31, 2019 |
| 94,000 common shares issued for cash on April 1, 2020 |
| Repurchased 58,800 common shares on June 1, 2020 |
| Two-for-one stock split on September 1, 2020 |
Required: weighted average number of shares outstanding for the
year ended December 31, 2020.
| Date Outstanding | Shares outstanding | Fraction of years | Weighted Shares |
| January 1 - March 31 | 634,000 | 3/12 | 158,500 |
| April 1 - May 30 | 728,000 | 2/12 | 121,333 |
| June 1 - August 31 | 669,200 | 3/12 | 167,300 |
| September 1 - December 31 | 1,338,400 | 4/12 | 446,133 |
| Weighted Average number of shares outstanding | 893,267 |