Question

On October 15, 2017, the board of directors of Ensor Materials Corporation approved a stock option plan for key executives. On January 1, 2018, 32 million stock options were granted, exercisable for 32 million shares of Ensor's $1 par common stock. The options are exercisable between January 1, 2021, and December 31,, 2023, at 80% of the quoted market price on January 1, 2018, which was $30. The fair value of the 32 million options, estimated by an appropriate option pricing model, is $6 per option. Ensor chooses the option to recognize forfeitures only when they occur. Ten percent (3.2 million) of the options were forfeited when an executive resigned in 2019. All other options were exercised on July 12, 2022, when the stock's price jumped unexpectedly to $34 per share. Required: 1. When is Ensor's stock option measurement date? 2. Determine the compensation expense for the stock option plan in 2018. (lgnore taxes.) 3. & 5. Prepare the necessary journal entries. Complete this question by entering your answers in the tabs below. Req 1 and 2 Req 3 and 5 Prepare the necessary journal entries. (If no entry is required for a transaction/event, select "No journal entry required" in the first account field. Enter your answers in millions rounded to 1 decimal place (i.e., 5,500,000 should be entered as 5.5).) View transaction list

Answer 1

1	Stock Option date	January 1, 2018
2	Compensation Expense	64 Million
	($32Million * $6 / 3years)
3
Date	General Journal	Debit	Credit
2019	Compensation Expense	$                38.4
	Paid in Capital - Stock Options		$     38.4
	((32*6*80%*2/3)-64)
2020	Compensation Expense	$                51.2
	Paid in Capital - Stock Options		$     51.2
	((32*6*80%*3/3)-64-38.4)
2021	Cash (28.8*30*80%)	$              691.2
	Paid in Capital - Stock Options (28.8*6)	$              172.8
	Common Stock ((32-3.2)*1)		$     28.8
	Paid in Capital - Excess of par		$   835.2