Weighted Average Shares

At the beginning of $2019,$ Hardin Company had $270,000$ shares of $$10$ par common stock outstanding. During the year, it engaged in the following transactions related to its common stock:

March $1$ Issued $43,000$ shares of stock at $$25$ per share.

June $1$ Issued a $10\%$ stock dividend.

July $1$ Issued $16,000$ shares of stock at $$30$ per share.

Aug. $31$ Issued a $2-$for$-1$ stock split on outstanding shares, reducing the par value to $$5$ per share.

Oct. $31$ Reacquired $80,000$ shares as treasury stock at a cost of $$33$ per share.

Nov. $30$ Reissued $44,000$ treasury shares at a price of $$36$ per share.

Required:

Determine the weighted average $$umber of shares outstanding for computing the current earnings per share. Round your interim computations and final answer for the number of shares to nearest whole number.

$x$ shares

Determine the number of common shares outstanding at December $31,2019.$

$x$ shares

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