Evaluate the earnings per share


Task: Reel Envy Corporation

The Controller of Reel Envy (registered trademark) Corporation has given you the responsibility of calculating the earnings per share figures for the year ended 12-31-08. The information provided to you discloses the following:

1. Common stock at 1-1-08, stated value $2, authorized 5,000,000 shares; effective 10-1-08, stated value $1, authorized 10,000,000 shares.

- Balance, 1-1-08, issued and outstanding 500,000 shares
- 10-1-08, 500,000 shares issued in a 2 for 1 split
- 12-1-08, 480,000 shares issued at $52 per share
- 12-31-08, 750,000 shares issued to acquire Gold Reel Corporation in a business combination. Gold Reel had 1,500,000 shares outstanding for the entire year of 1908.

2. Treasury stock transactions:

3-31-08 purchased 50,000 shares at $110 per share
7-1-08 sold 50,000 shares at $115 per share.

3. Stock purchase warrants, Series A - initially each warrant was exchangeable with $100 for one common share; effective 10-1-08, each warrant became exchangeable for two common shares at $50 per share:

1-1-08, 55,000 warrants issued at $10 each.

4. Stock purchase warrants, Series B - initially each warrant was exchangeable with $125 for one common share; effective 10-1-08, each warrant became exchangeable for two common shares:

9-1-08, 40,000 warrants issued at $12 each.

5. First mortgage bonds, 8%, due 2030, nonconvertible, priced to yield 7.5% at date of issue:
Balance 1-1-08, authorized, issued and outstanding at a face value of $2,000,000.

6. Convertible debentures, 6%, due 2020, initially each $1,000 bond was convertible into 8 common shares; effective 10-1-08, the conversion rate became 16 shares per bond:

1-1-08, $2,000,000 bonds were authorized and issued at face value.

7. $4 cumulative convertible preferred stock, each share convertible into two shares of common, $40 par, 2,000,000 shares authorized:
10-1-08, 1,000,000 shares issued at $100 per share.

8. Stock options were granted to officers and key employees to purchase 110,000 shares of common stock at $48 per share, exercisable 1-1-10:

10-1-08 granted options to purchase 110,000 shares.

9. Summary of market prices and bank rates:

Price or Rate on a Date    Yearly Average
1-1-08    4-1-08    7-1-08    10-1-08    12-31-08    12-31-08
Common Stock    100    110    115    52    60    55*
Preferred Stock    100    95    97
First Mortgage Bends    100.5    98    96    95    93    96
Convert Debentures    100    100    95    93    92    95
Series A    10    12    15    14    11    12
Series B    12    10    10.5
Aa Bond Rate    8    8.2    9.5    10    9.3
*Adjusted for stock split

Required:

Calculate the earnings per share assuming a net income of $3,500,700 for Reel Envy Corporation and $1,512,000 for Gold Reel Corporation. The effective tax rate for both corporations is 30%. Dividends paid to preferred stockholders in 2008 amounted to $250,000.

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