Walters Audio Visual, Inc., offers a stock option plan to its regional managers.
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Walters Audio Visual, Inc., offers a stock option plan to its regional managers. On January 1, 2016, options were granted for 25 million $1 par common shares. The exercise price is the market price on the grant date, $6 per share. Options cannot be exercised prior to January 1, 2018, and expire December 31, 2022. The fair value of the options, estimated by an appropriate option pricing model, is $2 per option. Because the plan does not qualify as an incentive plan, Walters will receive a tax deduction upon exercise of the options equal to the excess of the market price at exercise over the exercise price. The income tax rate is 40%.
Determine the total compensation cost pertaining to the stock option plan. (Enter your answer in millions (i.e., 10,000,000 should be entered as 10).)
Prepare the necessary journal entries. (If no entry is required for a transaction/event, select "No journal entry required" in the first account field. Enter your answers in millions (i.e., 10,000,000 should be entered as 10).)
Assume the option plan qualifies as an incentive plan if all of the options are exercised on March 20, 2021, when the market price is $9 per share. Prepare the necessary journal entries. (If no entry is required for a transaction/event, select "No journal entry required" in the first account field. Enter your answers in millions (i.e., 10,000,000 should be entered as 10).)
Walters Audio Visual, Inc., offers a stock option plan to its regional managers. On January 1, 2016, options were granted for 25 million $1 par common shares. The exercise price is the market price on the grant date, $6 per share. Options cannot be exercised prior to January 1, 2018, and expire December 31, 2022. The fair value of the options, estimated by an appropriate option pricing model, is $2 per option. Because the plan does not qualify as an incentive plan, Walters will receive a tax deduction upon exercise of the options equal to the excess of the market price at exercise over the exercise price. The income tax rate is 40%.
Explanation / Answer
1. Total compensation cost pertaining to the stock option plan= share * (exercise price - fair value) less tax deduction
= 25 million * ( 6 - 2 ) - 100million*40%
= 60 million
2. journal entries
ON DATE OF GRANT
"No journal entry required"
AT YEAR END
employee compensation expense dr. 50 Million
employee stock option 50 million
profit and loss account dr. 30 million
enployee compensation 30 million
employee compensation expense dr. 50 Million
employee stock option 50 million
profit and loss account dr. 30 million
enployee compensation 30 million
Exercise of option
bank dr. 125
ESO 125
ESO dr. 225
common share 25
Security premium 200
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