On December 31, 2020, Berclair Inc. had 200 million shares of common stock and 3 million shares of 9%, $100 par value cumulative preferred stock issued and outstanding. On March 1, 2021, Berclair purchased 24 million shares of its common stock as treasury stock. Berclair issued a 5% common stock dividend on July 1, 2021. Four million treasury shares were sold on October 1. Net income for the year ended December 31, 2021, was $150 million. Also outstanding at December 31 were 30 million incentive stock options granted to key executives on September 13, 2016. The options were exercisable as of September 13, 2020, for 30 million common shares at an exercise price of $56 per share. During 2021, the market price of the common shares averaged $70 per share. Required: Compute Berclair's basic and diluted earnings per share for the year ended December 31, 2021. (Enter your answers in millions (i. e., 10,000,000 should be entered as 10). Do not round intermediate calculations.)

Earnings Per share = $0.83

Diluted Earnings per share = $0.71

Explanation:

Basic Earnings per share is how much each common stock share earns in profits and Diluted Earnings includes the options and bonds in its calculations for outstanding shares

formulas

Earnings Per share = (net income - Preferred stock dividends)/ outstanding number of shares

                              = $150/180

                              = $0.83

Diluted Earnings per share = (net income - Preferred stock dividends)/ outstanding number of shares

                                             = $150/210

                                             = $0.71

Outstanding number of shares  in millions

opening                                                       200

minus treasury stock                                 - 24

issued stock                                                 4

Basic outstanding shares                       = 180 shares

plus  share Options                                    30

Diluted shares                                           210

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