Reference no: EM133060731

Question - On November 1, 2020, Oriole Company adopted a stock-option plan that granted options to key executives to purchase 21,300 shares of the company's $10 par value common stock. The options were granted on January 2, 2021, and were exercisable 2 years after the date of grant if the grantee was still an employee of the company. The options expired 6 years from date of grant. The option price was set at $50, and the fair value option-pricing model determines the total compensation expense to be $319,500.

All of the options were exercised during the year 2023: 14,200 on January 3 when the market price was $68, and 7,100 on May 1 when the market price was $78 a share.

Required - Prepare journal entries relating to the stock option plan for the years 2021, 2022, and 2023. Assume that the employee performs services equally in 2022 and 2023.