Blossom Corporation is preparing earnings per share data for 2017. The net income for the year ended December 31, 2017, was $409,000 and there were 58,500 common shares outstanding during the entire year. Blossom has the following two convertible securities outstanding:

9% convertible bonds (each $1,000 bond is convertible into 25 common shares) $106,000

3% convertible $100 par value preferred shares (each share is convertible into 2 common shares) $51,000

Both convertible securities were issued at face value in 2014. There were no conversions during 2017, and Blossoms income tax rate is 23%. The preferred shares are cumulative. For simplicity, ignore the requirement to record the debt and equity components of the bonds separately.

A.) Calculate Blossoms basic earnings per share for 2017.

B.) Calculate Blossoms diluted earnings per share for 2017.

C.) Recalculate Blossoms basic and diluted earnings per share for 2017, assuming instead that the preferred shares pay a 14% dividend.

- Basic EPS - Diluted EPS