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(Issuance, Exercise, and Termination of Stock Options) On January 1, 2018, Titania Inc. granted stock options to officers and key employees for the purchase of 20,000 shares of the company’s \(10 par common stock at \)25 per share. The options were exercisable within a 5-year period beginning January 1, 2020, by grantees still in the employ of the company, and expiring December 31, 2024. The service period for this award is 2 years. Assume that the fair value option-pricing model determines total compensation expense to be \(350,000.On April 1, 2019, 2,000 options were terminated when the employees resigned from the company. The market price of the common stock was \)35 per share on this date.On March 31, 2020, 12,000 options were exercised when the market price of the common stock was $40 per share.

Instructions

Prepare journal entries to record issuance of the stock options, termination of the stock options, exercise of the stock options, and charges to compensation expense, for the years ended December 31, 2018, 2019, and 2020.

Short Answer

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Journal entries are recorded in Step 2.

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Explanations Stock Options

Stock options allows the investors to buy or sell the security, as a right to buy or sell the security at given price and date which are pre-determined in the contract.

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Journal entries

Date

Transactions

Debit

Credit

Jan 1, 2018

No entry

December 31, 2018

Compensation Expense

$175,000

Paid-in Capital—Stock Options

$175,000

To record compensation expense for 2018 ($350,000 x ½)

April 1, 2019

Paid-in Capital—Stock Options

17,500

Compensation Expense

17,500

To record Termination of stock option

($175,000 x 2,000 / 20,000 )

Dec31, 2019

Compensation Expense

157,500

Paid-in Capital—Stock Options

157,500

To record compensation expense of 2019

($350,000 x ½ x 18/20)

Mar 31, 2020

Cash (12,000 x $25)

$300,000

Paid-in Capital—Stock Options (350,000 x 12,000 / 20,000)

$210,000

Common Stock

$120,000

Paid-in Capital in Excess of Par

$390,000

To record exercise of stock option

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