1. On 1/1/17, the stockholders adopted a stock option plan for top executives whereby each might receive...
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2. On 2/1/17, options were granted to each of five executives to purchase 18,000 shares. The options were non-transferable and the executive had to remain an employee of the company to exercise the option. The options expire on 2/1/19. It is assumed that the options were for services performed equally in 2017 and 2018. The Black-Scholes option-pricing model determines total compensation expense to be $1,860,000.
3. At 2/1/19, four executives exercised their options. The fifth executive chose not to exercise his options, which therefore were forfeited.
Prepare the necessary entries from 1/1/17-2/1/19 for the following events using the fair value method.
Intermediate Accounting principles and analysis
ISBN: 978-0471737933
2nd Edition
Authors: Terry d. Warfield, jerry j. weygandt, Donald e. kieso