Determine the diluted earnings per share


Penguin Ice Inc. was formed on June 30, 2003, through the merger of Penguin Corp. and Ice Inc. Penguin Ice
issued a total of 2,500,000 shares of common stock to owners of the merged companies. The new company had
the following transactions during 2006.
On April 1, 2006, the company issued an additional 500,000 shares of stock for cash.
On July 1, 2006, Penguin Ice issued $1 million of 15-year, 6% convertible bonds at par. Each $1,000 bond
converts to 25 shares of common at any interest date. None of the bonds have been converted to date.
Penguin Ice is preparing its annual report for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2006, and will report after-tax
net income of $13,600,000. The tax rate is 40%.
Instructions
Determine the following for 2006.
(a) The number of shares to be used for calculating:
(1) Basic earnings per share.
(2) Diluted earnings per share.
(b) The earnings figures to be used for calculating:
(1) Basic earnings per share.
(2) Diluted earnings per share

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