Required: 1. Determine the total compensation cost pertaining to the incentive stock option plan. 2. to 5. Prepare the appropriate journal entries to record compensation expense on December 31, 2024 and 2025. Prepare the appropriate journal entry to record the exercise of 75% of the options on March 12, 2026, when the market price is $9 per share and the entry on December 31, 2030, when the remaining options that have vested expire without being exercised

Required: 1. Determine the total compensation cost pertaining to the incentive stock option plan. 2. to 5. Prepare the appropriate journal entries to record compensation expense on December 31, 2024 and 2025. Prepare the appropriate journal entry to record the exercise of 75% of the options on March 12, 2026, when the market price is $9 per share and the entry on December 31, 2030, when the remaining options that have vested expire without being exercised

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Under its executive stock option plan, N Corporation granted options on January 1, 2021, that permit executives to purchase 15 million of the company's $1 par common shares within the next eight years, but not before December 31, 2023 (the vesting date). The exercise price is the market price of the shares on the date of grant, $18 per share. The fair value of the options to buy each share, estimated by an appropriate option pricing model on the date of grant, is $4 per option. No forfeitures are anticipated. Ignoring taxes, what is the effect on reported earnings in the year after the options are granted to executives? O $0 O $20 million O $60 million O $90 million
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LCI Cable Company grants 1 million performance stock options to key executives at January 1, 2021. The options entitle executives to receive 1 million of LCI $1 par common shares, subject to the achievement of specific financial goals over the next four years. Attainment of these goals is considered probable initially and throughout the service period. The options have a current fair value of $12 per option.Required:1. Prepare the appropriate entry when the options are awarded on January 1, 2021.2. Prepare the appropriate entries on December 31 of each year 2021–2024.3. Suppose at the beginning of 2023, LCI decided it is not probable that the performance objectives will be met. Prepare the appropriate entries on December 31 of 2023 and 2024.
The following table lists the options on Amazon shares in January 2018 when Amazon stock was selling for $1,210. Exercise Price $1,210 1,310 1,410 Expiration Date July 2018 Call Price $161.90 104.10 62.65 a. Call option with exercise price of $1,210 b. Put option with exercise price of $1,210 C. Call option with exercise price of $1,310 d. Put option with exercise price of $1,310 e. Call option with exercise price of $1,410 f. Put option with exercise price of $1,410 Use the data in the table to calculate the payoff and the profits for investments in each of the following July maturity options, assuming that the stock price on the expiration date is $1,305. (Negative amounts should be indicated by a minus sign. Round your "Profit" answers to 2 decimal places.) Put Price $53.56 96.10 156.15 Payoff Profit
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