JOURNAL ENTRY DROP DOWN OPTIONS:

• No journal entry required
• Cash
• Common stock
• Compensation expense
• Income tax payable
• Paid-in capital - excess of par
• Paid-in capital - stock options

On October 15, 2020, the board of directors of Ensor Materials Corporation approved a stock option plan for key executives. On January 1, 2021, 36 million stock options were granted, exercisable for 36 million shares of Ensor's $1 par common stock. The options are exercisable between January 1, 2024, and December 31, 2026, at 90% of the quoted market price on January 1, 2021, which was $10. The fair value of the 36 million options, estimated by an appropriate option pricing model, is $3 per option. Ensor chooses the option to recognize forfeitures only when they occur. Ten percent ( 3.6 million) of the options were forfeited when an executive resigned in 2022 . All other options were exercised on July 12 , 2025 , when the stock's price jumped unexpectedly to $35 per share. Required: 1. When is Ensor's stock option measurement date? 2. Determine the compensation expense for the stock option plan in 2021. (Ignore taxes.) 3. Prepare the journal entries to reflect the effect of forfeiture of the stock options on Ensor's financial statements for 2022 and 2023. 5. Prepare the journal entry to account for the exercise of the options in 2025 . When is Ensor's stock option measurement date? Determine the compensation expense for the stock option plan in 2021. (Ignore taxes.) (Enter your answer in millions (i.e., 10,000,000 should be entered as 10).) 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).) Journal entry worksheet Record compensation expense on December 31, 2022. Note: Enter debits before credits. Journal entry worksheet Record compensation expense on December 31, 2023. Note: Enter debits before credits. Journal entry worksheet 1 Record the exercise of the options in 2025. Note: Enter debits before credits