Pecan acquires Southern in an acquisition reported as a merger. The acquisition results in $50 million in goodwill. The acquisition cost includes an earnings contingency, valued at $1 million at the date of acquisition.

Within the measurement period, additional information on Southerns expected future performance at the date of acquisition reveals that the earnout actually had a fair value of $200,000 at the date of acquisition.

The entry to record the new information includes a credit of $800,000 to:

a.Intangible assets

b.Goodwill

c.Gain on acquisition

d.Earnings contingency liability