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Ignatius Corporation had 14 million shares of common stock outstanding during the current calendar year. It issued 23,000, $1,000, convertible bonds on January 1. Each bond is convertible into 50 shares of common stock. The bonds were issued at face amount and pay interest quarterly at an annual rate of 11%. On June 30, Ignatius issued 230,000 shares of $100 par 6% cumulative preferred stock. Dividends are declared and paid semiannually. Ignatius has an effective tax rate of 40%. Ignatius would report the following EPS data (rounded to 2 decimal places) on its net income of $33 million:

	Basic EPS	Diluted EPS
a.	$2.41	$2.18
b.	$2.31	$2.23
c.	$2.36	$2.18
d.	$2.31	$2.32

Option a

Option b

Option c

Option d