. Assume the same facts as above except that net income included a loss from discontinued operations of $18,000 net of income taxes. Compute basic EPS. You do not have to calculate diluted EPS for this case. If required, round your answer to two decimal places. Basic earnings per share: b. Show how the basic EPS you calculated should be reported to shareholders. You do not have to calculate diluted EPS

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Convertible Preferred Stock, Convertible Bonds, and EPS

Francis Company has 24,000 shares of common stock outstanding at the beginning of 2019. Francis issued 3,000 additional shares on May 1 and 2,000 additional shares on September 30. It also has two convertible securities outstanding at the end of 2019. These are:

 

  1. Convertible preferred stock: 2,500 shares of 8.5%, $50 par, preferred stock were issued on January 2, 2016, for $60 per share. Each share of preferred stock is convertible into 3 shares of common stock. Current dividends have been declared and paid. To date, no preferred stock has been converted.
  2. Convertible bonds: Bonds with a face value of $250,000 and an interest rate of 5.5% were issued at par in 2018. Each $1,000 bond is convertible into 20 shares of common stock. To date, no bonds have been converted.

Francis earned net income of $72,500 during 2019. The income tax rate is 30%.

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a. Assume the same facts as above except that net income included a loss from discontinued operations of $18,000 net of income taxes. Compute basic EPS. You do not have to calculate diluted EPS for this case. If required, round your answer to two decimal places.
Basic earnings per share:

b. Show how the basic EPS you calculated should be reported to shareholders. You do not have to calculate diluted EPS

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