Question

Weighted Average Shares

At the beginning of 2011, Hardin Company had 240,000 shares of $10 par common stock outstanding. During the year, it engaged in the following transactions related to its common stock:

March	1	Issued 50,000 shares of stock at $24 per share.
June	1	Issued a 15% stock dividend.
July	1	Issued 13,000 shares of stock at $29 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 97,000 shares as treasury stock at a cost of $32 per share.
Nov.	30	Reissued 43,000 treasury shares at a price of $35 per share.

1. Determine the weighted average number of shares outstanding for computing the current earnings per share. Round your interim computations and final answer for the number of shares to nearest whole number.
2. Determine the number of common shares outstanding at December 31, 2011.

The following partially completed schedule will help you to organize the information for this exercise.

240,000	x	1.15	x	2	=	552,000	x	2/12	=	92,000
290,000	x	1.15	x	2	=		x	2/12
333,500
346,500
693,000
596,000
?
Total										?

Answer 1