On August 15, 2017, Jarvis Company issued 50,000 options on the shares of RBC (Royal Bank Corporation).
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On August 15, 2017, Jarvis Company issued 50,000 options on the shares of RBC (Royal Bank Corporation). Each option gives the option holder the right to buy one share of RBC at $60 per share until March 16, 2018. Jarvis received $25,000 for issuing these options. At the company’s year-end of December 31, 2017, the options contracts traded on the Montreal Exchange at $.40 per contract. On March 16, 2018, RBC shares closed at $58 per share, none of the options were exercised, so the options had to be removed and any gain or loss earned thus far reported.
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Record all journal entries related to these call options.
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Contemporary Business Mathematics with Canadian Applications
ISBN: 978-0134141084
11th edition
Authors: S. A. Hummelbrunner, Kelly Halliday, Ali R. Hassanlou, K. Suzanne Coombs
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