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DJ Co. is a calendar-year firm with 120 million common shares
outstanding throughout 2013. As part of its executive compensation
plan, at January 1, 2012, the company had issued 12 million
executive stock options permitting executives to buy 12 million
shares of stock for $10 each within the next eight years, but not
prior to January 1, 2015. The fair value of the options was
estimated on the grant date to be $3 per option. The stock options
qualify for tax purposes as an incentive plan. The company's net
income was $480 million in 2013. Its income tax rate is 40%. The
average market price of the stock during 2013 was $12 per
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2. DJ Co. is a calendar-year firm with 120 million common shares outstanding throughout 2013. As part of its executive compensation plan, at January 1, 2012,