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Weighted Average Shares At the beginning of Year 4, Hardin Company had 220,000...

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Weighted Average Shares
At the beginning of Year 4, Hardin Company had 220,000 shares of $10 par common stock outstanding. During the year, it engaged in the following transactions related to its common stock:
Mar. 1 Issued 45,000 shares of stock at $22 per share.
June 1 Issued a 15% stock dividend.
July 1 Issued 10,000 shares of stock at $27 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 95,000 shares as treasury stock at a cost of $30 per share.
Nov. 30 Reissued 45,000 treasury shares at a price of $33 per share.
Required:
1. Determine the weighted average number 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.
fill in the blank 1
599,917
shares
2. Determine the number of common shares outstanding at December 31, Year 4.
fill in the blank 2
599,400
shares

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