SSG Cycles
manufactures and distributes motorcycle parts and supplies.
Employees are offered a variety of share-based compensation plans.
Under its nonqualified stock option plan, SSG granted options to
key officers on January 1, 2021. The options permit holders to
acquire 24 million of the company’s $1 par common shares for $11
within the next six years, but not before January 1, 2024 (the
vesting date). The market price of the shares on the date of grant
is $13 per share. The fair value of the 24 million options,
estimated by an appropriate option pricing model, is $3.30 per
option.
Required:
1.
Determine the total compensation cost pertaining to the incentive
stock option plan.
2. & 3. Prepare the appropriate journal
entries to record compensation expense on December 31, 2021, 2022,
and 2023. Record the exercise of the options if all of the options
are exercised on May 11, 2025, when the market price is $14 per
share.
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