Francis Company has 14,400 shares of common stock outstanding at the beginning of 2019. Francis issued 1,800 additional shares on May 1 and 1,200 additional shares on September 30. It also has two convertible securities outstanding at the end of 2019. These are:

Convertible preferred stock: 1,500 shares of 8.5%, $50 par, preferred stock were issued on January 2, 2016, for $60 per share. Each share of preferred stock is convertible into 2 shares of common stock. Current dividends have been declared and paid. To date, no preferred stock has been converted.

Convertible bonds: Bonds with a face value of $150,000 and an interest rate of 5.5% were issued at par in 2018. Each $1,000 bond is convertible into 25 shares of common stock. To date, no bonds have been converted.

Francis earned net income of $72,500 during 2019. The income tax rate is 30%.

Required:

1. Compute the number of shares of common stock that Francis should use in calculating basic earnings per share for 2019.

15,900 shares

2. Calculate basic earnings per share for 2019. If required, round your answer to two decimal places.

$4.16

3. Calculate diluted earnings per share for 2019 and the incremental EPS of the preferred stock and convertible bonds. If required, round your answers to two decimal places.

Diluted earnings per share:

Incremental earnings per share

Bonds:

Preferred:

4a. Assume the same facts as above except that net income included a loss from discontinued operations of $18,000 net of income taxes. Compute basic EPS. If required, round your answer to two decimal places.

4b. Show how the basic EPS you calculated should be reported to shareholders. You do not have to calculate diluted EPS.

income from continuing operations	$
loss from discontinued operations	$
net income	$