Red River Corporation (RRC) reported net after-tax earnings in 2017 of $1,345,00

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Question

Red River Corporation (RRC) reported net after-tax earnings in 2017 of $1,345,000 after an after-tax gain from discontinued operations of $337,800. The tax rate was 30% RRC reports the following information regarding its securities: a) 400,000 $2 no-par non-cumulative preferred shares, issued July 1, 2017. These shares are each convertible into 6 Class A common shares at the option of the investor. The dividend was paid on a quarterly basis. b) There are 125,000 S1.20 no-par cumulative preferred shares outstanding during 2017. These shares were each convertible into 4 Class A common shares at the option of the investor. All preferred shares converted to Class A common shares on December 31, 2017 after the preferred dividend was paid. c) There are S3,000,000 of convertible bonds payable outstanding during 2017, convertible into Class A shares at the rate of 30 shares per $1,000 bond, at the option of the investor. The bond was recorded as a hybrid financial instrument. During the year, interest expense of $281,000 was recorded d) RRC had 2,300,000 Class A common shares outstanding at the beginning of the year. On February 1, the company repurchased and retired 750,000 Class A common shares on the open market. RRC issued 50,000 common shares on December 1 At the beginning of the year, 200,000 options were outstanding, allowing senior management to purchase 200,000 Class A shares for S5 per share. On September 1, 60,000 of these options were exercised when the market value of the common shares was S19 per share which approximated the average common share price for the year. The remaining options are still outstanding and will expire in 2021 All preferred dividends plus common dividends of S1 per share were paid on schedule in 2017. Required: Calculate all required EPS disclosures including F/S presentation of basic and diluted EPS

Explanation / Answer

Period A

No of shares B

No of month C

D (B*C)

Jan

23,00,000

Feb- august

22,25000

1,55,75000

Sept-Nov

22,85000

68,55,000

Dec

23,35,000

2,70,65000

Weighted no of shares 2,70,65000/12

22,55,417

profit after tax =1345000 ( exculuding discouninue business profit)

EPS= 1345000/2255417=.5963$

DILUTED EPS:-

conversion

Diluted share

Diluted income

Preference share

400000*6

2400000

800000

125000*4

500000

150000

bond

3000000/1000*30

90000

281000

Option outstanding

200000-60000

140000

3130000

1231000

diluted EPS=

(1345000+1231000)/(2255417+3130000)

= 2576000 /5385417

DILUTED EPS:- = .478$