At the beginning of 2012, Cooper Corporation had 280,000 shares of $10 par common stock outstanding. During the year, it engaged in the following transactions related to its common stock:
March 1 Issued 45,000 shares of stock at $22 per share.
June 1 Issued a 15% stock dividend.
July 1 Issued 10,000 shares of stock at $27 per share.
Aug 31 Issued a two-for-one stock split on outstanding shares, reducing the par value to $5 per share.
Oct 31 Reacquired 95,000 shares as treasury stock at a cost of $30 per share.
Nov 30 Reissued 45,000 treasury shares at a price of $33 per share.
Required:
Determine the following:
1. weighted average number of shares outstanding for computing the current earnings per share.
2. number of common shares outstanding at December 31, 2012.