A corporation with common stock outstanding declares a nontaxable dividend payable in rights to subscribe to common stock on Jun

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A corporation with common stock outstanding declares a nontaxable dividend payable in rights to subscribe to common stock on Jun

e 30 of the current year. Each right entitles the holder to purchase one share of stock for $90. One right is issued for every share of stock owned. Nexsen owns 100 shares of stock purchased ten years ago for $4,500. At the time of the distribution of the rights, the market value of the common stock is $135 per share, and the market value of the rights is $18 per right. Nexsen receives 100 rights. On September 30, he exercises 75 of the rights and sells the remaining 25 rights for $22 per right. If required, round your answers to two decimal places.
If Nexsen does not allocate his original stock basis to the rights, his basis of the new stock is $__________ . The holding period of the new stock begins on the date . The sale of the rights produces capital gain of $________

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