On November 1, 2017, Whispering Company adopted a stock-option plan that granted options to key executives...

On November 1, 2017, Whispering Company adopted a stock-option plan that granted options to key executives to purchase 27,300 shares of the company’s $10 par value common stock. The options were granted on January 2, 2018, and were exercisable 2 years after the date of grant if the grantee was still an employee of the company. The options expired 6 years from date of grant. The option price was set at $30, and the fair value option-pricing model determines the total compensation expense to be $409,500.

All of the options were exercised during the year 2020: 18,200 on January 3 when the market price was $68, and 9,100 on May 1 when the market price was $78 a share.

Prepare journal entries relating to the stock option plan for the years 2018, 2019, and 2020. Assume that the employee performs services equally in 2018 and 2019. (Credit account titles are automatically indented when amount is entered. Do not indent manually. If no entry is required, select "No Entry" for the account titles and enter 0 for the amounts. Round intermediate calculations to 5 decimal places, e.g. 1.24687 and final answers to 0 decimal places, e.g. 5,125.)

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Date	Account Titles and Explanation	Debit	Credit
01-02-2018	No entry

31-12-2018	Compensation expense ($409,500/2)	$2,04,750
	Paid-in-capital - Stock Options		$2,04,750
	(To record recognition of Compensation expense for 2018)


31-12-2019	Compensation expense ($409,500/2)	$2,04,750
	Paid-in-capital - Stock Options		$2,04,750
	(To record recognition of Compensation expense for 2019)

03-01-2020	Cash (18200 * $30)	$5,46,000
	Paid-in-capital - Stock Options (($409500 *(18200/27300)	$2,73,000
	Common stock (18200 * $10)		$1,82,000
	Paid-in-capital in Excess of par		$6,37,000
	(To record exercise of stock option)

01-05-2020	Cash (9100 * $30)	$2,73,000
	Paid-in-capital - Stock Options (($409500 *(9100/27300)	$1,36,500
	Common stock (9100 * $10)		$ 91,000
	Paid-in-capital in Excess of par		$3,18,500
	(To record exercise of stock option)

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