In: Accounting
Presented below is information related to Starr
Company.
| 1. | Net Income [including a discontinued operations gain (net of tax) of $112,000] | $318,500 | ||||
| 2. | Capital Structure | |||||
| a. | Cumulative 5% preferred stock, $100 par, 6,100 shares issued and outstanding | $610,000 | ||||
| b. | $10 par common stock, 74,000 shares outstanding on January 1. On April 1, 40,000 shares were issued for cash. On October 1, 16,000 shares were purchased and retired. | $1,000,000 | ||||
| c. | On January 2 of the current year, Starr purchased Oslo Corporation. One of the terms of the purchase was that if Oslo net income for the following year is $236,000 or more, 60,000 additional shares would be issued to Oslo stockholders next year. Oslo’s net income for the current year was $2,600,000. | |||||
| 3. | Other Information | |||||
| a. | Average market price per share of common stock during entire year | 
 $30  | 
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| b. | 
 Income tax rate 30%  | 
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Compute weighted average shares outstanding.
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 Weighted average shares outstanding  | 
Compute earnings per share for the current year. (Round
answers to 2 decimal places, e.g. 52.75.)
| Basic earnings per share | $ | |
| Diluted earnings per share |