Question: Brooks Inc. recently purchased Donovan Corp., a large midwestern home painting corporation. One of the terms of the merger was that if Donovans income for

Brooks Inc. recently purchased Donovan Corp., a large midwestern home painting corporation. One of the terms of the merger was that if Donovan’s income for 2013 was $110,000 or more, 10,000 additional shares would be issued to Donovan’s stockholders in 2014. Donovan’s income for 2012 was $125,000.

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  (a) Would the contingent shares have to be considered in Brooks’s 2012 earnings per share computations?
  (b) Assume the same facts, except that the 10,000 shares are contingent on Donovan’s achieving a net income of $130,000 in 2013. Would the contingent shares have to be considered in Brooks’s earnings per share computations for 2012?

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