Reference no: EM132889715
Problem - Weighted Average Shares At the beginning of 2019, Hardin Company had 220,000 shares of $10 par common stock outstanding. During the year, it engaged in the following transactions related to its common stock:
Mar. 1 Issued 45,000 shares of stock at $22 per share
June 1 Issued a 15% stock dividend.
July 1 Issued 10,000 shares of stock at $27 per share.
Aug. 31 Issued a 2-for-1 stock split on outstanding shares, reducing the par value to $5 per share.
Oct. 31 Reacquired 95,000 shares as treasury stock at a cost of $30 per share.
Nov. 30 Reissued 45,000 treasury shares at a price of $33 per share.
Required - Determine the following:
1. weighted average number of shares outstanding for computing the current earnings per share
2. number of common shares outstanding at December 31, 2019.