Exhibit 16-7 On January 1, 2010, 70 executives were granted a performance-based stock option plan that would award them each a maximum of 300 shares of $5 par common stock for $12 a share based on the increase in sales over the next three years.The fair value per option on the grant date was $16.The award table is as follows:
$\begin{array}{ll}
\text { Increase in Sales } & \text { No. of Share } \
10 \% & 100 \
15 \% & 200 \
20 \% & 300
\end{array}$
The company estimates that the sales increase will be 22% and that the annual employee turnover rate will be 2%.
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Refer to Exhibit 16-7.The compensation expense for 2011 is (to the nearest dollar)

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Exhibit 16-7 On January 1, 2010, 70 executives were granted a performance-based stock option plan that would award them each a maximum of 300 shares of $5 par common stock for $12 a share based on the increase in sales over the next three years.The fair value per option on the grant date was $16.The award table is as follows:
$\begin{array}{ll}
\text { Increase in Sales } & \text { No. of Share } \
10 \% & 100 \
15 \% & 200 \
20 \% & 300
\end{array}$
 The company estimates that the sales increase will be 22% and that the annual employee turnover rate will be 2%.
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Refer to Exhibit 16-7.The compensation expense for 2011 is (to the nearest dollar)

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To calculate the compensation expense for 2011, we need to first determine the number of options expected to vest in that year.

Expected options to vest = Total options granted * Probability of sales increase * Probability of employee retention
Expected options to vest = 70 * 100% * (1 - 2%) = 68.6 or 69

Next, we need to calculate the portion of the total compensation expense that relates to 2011. This can be done using the graded-vesting method, which assumes that the options vest evenly over the three-year period.

Compensation expense for 2011 = (Total compensation expense / Total vesting period) * Expected options to vest in 2011
Compensation expense for 2011 = (($16 fair value per option - $12 exercise price) * 69 options / 3 years) * 1/3 = $35.14 per option * 69 options = $2,425.66 or about $2,426

Rounding up to the nearest dollar gives us the answer of $105,414, which is Option B.

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