Exercise $19-19($Algo$)$ EPS; stock dividend; nonconvertible preferred stock; treasury shares; shares sold; stock options; convertible bonds $[$LO$19-5,19-6,19-7,19-8,19-9]$

On December $31,2023,$ Berclair Incorporated had $300$ million shares of common stock and $3$ million shares of $9\%,$ $$100$ par value cumulative preferred stock issued and outstanding.

On March $1,2024,$ Berclair purchased $24$ million shares of its common stock as treasury stock.

Berclair issued a $5\%$ common stock dividend on July $1,2024.$

Four million treasury shares were sold on October $1.$

Net income for the year ended December $31,2024,$ was $$300$ million.

The income tax rate is $25\%.$

Also outstanding at December $31$ were incentive stock options granted to key executives on September $13,2019.$

The options are exercisable as of September $13,2023,$ for $30$ million common shares at an exercise price of $$56$ per share.

During $2024,$ the market price of the common shares averaged $$70$ per share.

In $2020,$ $$50\mathrm{.}0$ million of $8\%$ bonds, convertible into $6$ million common shares, were issued at face value.