Reference no: EM132841740

Question - On January 1, 2020, Holiday Inc. offered a stock option incentive plan to a top executive. The plan provided the executive 300 stock options for Holiday Inc. $1 par value, common stock at an option price of $15 per share through the expiration date of January 1, 2026. The fair value of the options based upon an option-pricing model on January 1, 2020, is $9,000. The market price at year-end of Holiday Inc. stock is $15 per share on January 1, 2020, and $18 on December 31, 2020. The requisite service period is 3 years. The options were exercised on March 1, 2023, when the market price of the stock was $20 per share.

Referring to this information; the employees did not exercise the stock options due to stock price remaining below $15 after the vesting period. Record the journal entry for January 1, 2026, for the expiration of the stock options.