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Question

Bramble Company adopted a stock-option plan on November 30, 2016, that provided that 69,000 shares of $5 par value stock be designated as available for the granting of options to officers of the corporation at a price of $8 a share. The market price was $11 a share on November 30, 2017.

On January 2, 2017, options to purchase 26,500 shares were granted to president Tom Winter-14,000 for services to be rendered in 2017 and 12,500 for services to be rendered in 2018. Also on that date, options to purchase 13,500 shares were granted to vice president Michelle Bennett-6,750 for services to be rendered in 2017 and 6,750 for services to be rendered in 2018.

The market price of the stock was $13 a share on January 2, 2017. The options were exercisable for a period of one year following the year in which the services were rendered. The fair value of the options on the grant date was $5 per option.

In 2018, neither the president nor the vice president exercised their options because the market price of the stock was below the exercise price. The market price of the stock was $8 a share on December 31, 2018, when the options for 2017 services lapsed.

On December 31, 2019, both president Winter and vice president Bennett exercised their options for 12,500 and 6,750 shares, respectively, when the market price was $17 a share.

Prepare the necessary journal entries in 2016 when the stock-option plan was adopted, in 2017 when options were granted, in 2018 when options lapsed, and in 2019 when options were exercised. (Credit account titles are automatically indented when amount is entered. Do not indent manually. If no entry is required, select "No Entry" for the account titles and enter 0 for the amounts.)