Answer:
The answer is 324,050 shares
Explanation:
Stock dividends adds to the total number of shares outstanding while treasury stock(buy-back) reduces the total number of outstanding shares.
Beta issued a stock dividend of 4percent. Meaning the outstanding shares will increase by 4percent.
1.04 x 320,000 shares
=332,800 shares is the total number of outstanding shares before treasury stock.
Treasury stock issued on September 30, 2018. This means we have 3months(October 1 - December 31st, 2018).
So we have 3/12 x 35,000 shares
= 8,750 shares
Therefore, the appropriate number of shares to be used in the basic earnings per share computation for 2018:
=332,000 shares - 8,750 shares
= 324,050 shares
