On January 1,2023, Kent Company granted 10 executives a performance-based stock option plan that allowed...

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On January 1,2023, Kent Company granted 10 executives a performance-based stock option plan that allowed each of them to buy a maximum of 3,000 shares of the company's $5 par value common stock at an exercise price of $15 a share. On the grant date, the fair value per option was $8. The shares will be awarded based on the increase in sales over a three-year service period as follows:
Sales Increase
At Least No, of Shares
3%,1,000
6%,2,000
9%,3,000
On Dec. 31,2023, the company estimated sales would increase by 5% during the service period and that 9 employees would get vested. On Dec. 31,2024, the company estimated that 8 employees would get vested, and sales would increase by 9.5%. At the end of the three-year period (Dec.31,2025), options actual vested for the remaining 7 executives and sales actually increased only by 7%. On this date, the fair value per option changed to $8.50.
On June 18,2026,6 executives each exercised 2,000 options to buy the company' common stock at $15 per share when the stock is selling for $26 per share.
Required:
A. Compute compensation expense for each of the three-year service period;
B. Prepare the journal entries for this compensatory option plan for 2023,2024,2025, and 2026.
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