Crane Company on January 1, 2015, granted stock options for 50000 shares of its $10 par value common stock to its key employees. The market price of the common stock on that date was $22 per share and the option price was $20. The Black-Scholes option pricing model determines total compensation expense to be $621000. The options are exercisable beginning January 1, 2018, provided those key employees are still in Cranes employ at the time the options are exercised. The options expire on January 1, 2019.

The amount of compensation expense Crane should record for 2017 under the fair value method is

$0.

$207000.

$103500.

$310500.