Question: Attached below are just the example computation. Shares issued on January 1 = 15,000 Issued Shares on March 31 = 10,000

Attached below are just the example computation. 


Shares issued on January 1     = 15,000

Issued Shares on March 31     = 10,000

Shares brought back June 1 = 1,000

Shares brought back Aug 1 = 7,500

Shres Issued on Oct 31 = 25,000

Profit Attribution to shares = 150,000

Compute the ESP =


Warm-up: Issued shares on Jan 1, 2020 Shares brought back on June

Warm-up: Issued shares on Jan 1, 2020 Shares brought back on June 1, 2020 Issued shares on Aug 31, 2020 PROFIT TO ORDINARY SHARES 1,000 250 3,000 15,000 Jan-01 1,000 sh x 5/12 417 Jun-01 750 sh x 3/12 188 Aug-31 3750 sh x 4/12 1,250 1,855 EPS: 15,000/1,855 = 8.09

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