On January 1, 2019, Pepin Company adopts a compensatory share option plan for its 50 executives. The plan allows each executive to purchase 200 shares of its $2 par common stock for $30 per share after completing a 3-year service period. Pepin estimates the value of each option to be $14 on the grant date, and the company expects that 15% of the options will be forfeited and uses this rate in its compensation cost calculations in 2019. At the end of 2021, Pepin determined that the actual turnover was 7 executives for the entire service period. On January 6, 2022, 8 executives exercise their options. Required: 1. Prepare a schedule of Pepin’s compensation computations for its compensatory share option plan for 2019 through 2021. 2. Prepare Pepin’s journal entries for 2019 through 2022 in regard to this plan.

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On January 1, 2019, Pepin Company adopts a compensatory share option plan for its 50 executives. The plan allows each executive to purchase 200 shares of its $2 par common stock for $30 per share after completing a 3-year service period. Pepin estimates the value of each option to be $14 on the grant date, and the company expects that 15% of the options will be forfeited and uses this rate in its compensation cost calculations in 2019. At the end of 2021, Pepin determined that the actual turnover was 7 executives for the entire service period. On January 6, 2022, 8 executives exercise their options.
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1. Prepare a schedule of Pepin’s compensation computations for its compensatory share option plan for 2019 through 2021.
2. Prepare Pepin’s journal entries for 2019 through 2022 in regard to this plan.

 

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