Question

On December 31, 2017, Berclair Inc. had 540 million shares of common stock and 4 million shares of 9%, $100 par value cumulative preferred stock issued and outstanding. On March 1, 2018, Berclair purchased 24 million shares of its common stock as treasury stock. Berclair issued a 5% common stock dividend on July 1, 2018. Four million treasury shares were sold on October 1. Net income for the year ended December 31, 2018, was $900 million. The income tax rate is 40%.

Also outstanding at December 31 were incentive stock options granted to key executives on September 13, 2013. The options are exercisable as of September 13, 2017, for 30 million common shares at an exercise price of $56 per share. During 2018, the market price of the common shares averaged $70 per share.

In 2014, $62.5 million of 8% bonds, convertible into 6 million common shares, were issued at face value.

Required:

Compute Berclair’s basic and diluted earnings per share for the year ended December 31, 2018. (Enter your answers in millions (i.e., 10,000,000 should be entered as 10).)

*Last person told me the diluted is 1.56 but that is WRONG. I need the correct answer, PLEASE*

Answer 1

Basic EPS
To determine the weighted average common shares outstanding
SHARES ISSUED (in millions)	Time outstanding	Total
540	12/12 (Jan 1 - December 31st)(540*12/12)*1.05	567
-24	10/12 (March 1 - December 31st) (24*10/12)*1.05	-21
	Retroactive adjustment for 5% dividend)	546
4	3/12 October 1 - December 31 (4*3/12)	1
		547
To compute the preferred dividend:
	36	Million
Basic EPS	(Net Income 900 - 36million)/547million
	1.579
	1.58	Rounded
b
	treasury shares:
	30m*56 exercise price	1680
	$1680/Market price 70$	24
	= 24 Million Shares
	incremental shares that result from the stock options would be:
	= 30m-24m = 6 Million shares
	The stock options were outstanding throughout the entire year, so we do notweight this amount
	Convertible Securities, Bonds
	Interest not paid, net of tax
	[(8% x $62.5) x 60%] = 3
	$3/6 = 0.5
	EPS without assumed conversion
	(900-36)/545+6)
	864/551
	1.5681
	or 1.57
	If Converted Method.
	(900-36+3)/547+6+6
	867/559 = 1.55