At the beginning of 2023, Albion Ltd grants 2000 share options to each of its 40 most senior executives. The share options have a life of 5 years and will vest at the end of year 3 if the executives remain in service until then. The exercise price is \($50\) and Albion Ltd’s share price is also \($50\) at the grant date. As the company’s share options have characteristics significantly different from those of other traded share options, the use of option-pricing models will not provide a reliable measure of fair value at grant date.
The company’s share price during years 1–3 is shown below.

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Calculate the annual and cumulative remuneration expense to be recognised by Albion Ltd for each of the 3 years.

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Year Share price at year end 1 $53 23 $55 3 $65 Estimated number of executives departing in each year 3 Number of executives remaining at year end 36 Number of share options exercised at year end 0 321 34 0 33 0