Question

On December 31, 2017, Ainsworth, Inc., had 540 million shares of common stock outstanding. Twenty four million shares of 5%, $100 par value cumulative, nonconvertible preferred stock were sold on January 2, 2018. On April 30, 2018, Ainsworth purchased 30 million shares of its common stock as treasury stock. Twelve million treasury shares were sold on August 31. Ainsworth issued a 5% common stock dividend on June 12, 2018. No cash dividends were declared in 2018. For the year ended December 31, 2018, Ainsworth reported a net loss of $160 million, including an after-tax loss from discontinued operations of $440 million.

Required:
1. Compute Ainsworth's net loss per share for the year ended December 31, 2018.
2. Compute the per share amount of income or loss from continuing operations for the year ended December 31, 2018.
3. Prepare an EPS presentation that would be appropriate to appear on Ainsworth's 2018 and 2017 comparative income statements. Assume EPS was reported in 2017 as $0.85, based on net income (no discontinued operations) of $459 million and a weighted-average number of common shares of 540 million..

REQUIRED 1&2

Compute Ainsworth's net loss per share for the year ended December 31, 2018 and the per share amount of income or loss from continuing operations for the year ended December 31, 2018. (Round your intermediate calculations to 2 decimal places.Negative amounts should be indicated by a minus sign. Enter your answers in millions (i.e., 10,000,000 should be entered as 10).)

	Numerator / Denominator = Net Loss Per Share 1. / = Numerator / Denominator Income/Loss from Continuing Operations Per Share 2. / =

REQUIRED 3

Prepare an EPS presentation that would be appropriate to appear on Ainsworth's 2018 and 2017 comparative income statements. Assume EPS was reported in 2017 as $0.85, based on net income (no discontinued operations) of $459 million and a weighted-average number of common shares of 540 million. (Round your answers to 2 decimal places. Loss amounts should be indicated with a minus sign.)

	AINSWORTH, INC. 2018 and 2017 Comparative Income Statement 2018 2017 Earnings (Loss) Per Common Share: Income from continuing operations Loss from discontinued operations Net income (loss)

Answer 1

1. Computation of Net Loss per share for the year Ended Dec 2018
Calculation of Total Loss
Reported Net Loss	-160
Add: Cummu Preferred Dividend (24X$100X5%)	-120
Total Loss	-280

2. Calculation of Weighted Average Number of Share
Common Stock Outstanding	540	Add 5%		567
Treasury Stock	-30	Add5%	*8/12	-21.00
Issuance	12		*4/12	4
Weighted Average No. of Share				550.00

Numerator/Denominator=Net Loss Per Share

-280/550=-0.51

2. Compute per share Income or Loss from Continuing Operation
Calculation of Net Income
Reported Net Loss	-160
Add: Loss from Discontinued Operation	440
Income fromContinuing Operation	280
Add: Cummu Preferred Dividend (24X$100X5%)	-120
Net Income	160

Numerator/Denominator=Income/Loss from Continuing Operation Per Share

160/550=-0.291

Comparitive Income Statement
	2018	2017
Earnign (Loss) Per Share
Income from Continuing Operation	0.291	0.81	($459/(540+(540*5%)
Loss from Discontinued Operation	-0.801
Net Income(Loss)	-0.51