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EPS and Bonus

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  • This topic has 5 replies, 2 voices, and was last updated 10 years ago by MikeLittle.
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  • October 7, 2015 at 3:35 am #275280
    mansoor
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    i did one question which had a starting number of shares, then an ordinary issue was made during the year and then a bonus issue was made immediately after this ordinary issue.

    and the number of bonus shares was computed using the WEIGHTED AVGs and not the actual shares.

    so i said ok…

    then i do the next question, where there is a starting number of shares and during the year only a bonus issue is made.

    so i used the weight avg to compute the bonus shares but that was wrong. the answer had the actual bonus shares computed normally.

    why is there a difference in computing bonus shares?

    October 7, 2015 at 8:38 am #275322
    MikeLittle
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    I don’t know – where was the question from? Is it from opentuition material?

    October 7, 2015 at 10:32 am #275340
    mansoor
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    these are actually 2 mcq from bpp:

    1. waffle had share cap of 7.5m in 50c equity shares at 1 oct x6. on 1 jan x7 it made an issue of 4 million shares at full market price immediately followed by a 1 for 3 bonus issue

    answer:

    b/f 7.5m/.5————- 15m
    4m x 9/12 ————– 3m
    bonus (18/3)———— 6m

    but did it as follows:

    b/f ———– 15m
    issue ——– 4m
    —————- 19m
    bonus ——– 6.3m
    —————- 25.3m

    then the next question is as follows:

    P had 4m shares throughout ye 31 mar x7. on 30 sep x7 it made a 1 for 4 bonus.

    the calculation for this is simply:

    b/f —— 4m
    bonus—-1m
    ====================

    the difference between the 2 is an ordinary issue of new shares before a bonus in the first question.

    why are we not applying time fractions in the second question? like i did below:

    4m x 6/12 = 2m
    bonus (2m/4) = .5m

    October 7, 2015 at 11:37 am #275352
    MikeLittle
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    In my tabular layout (D. N. P. F. W.) the answer to question 1 would be:

    1.10.x6 15,000,000 3/12 4/3 5,000,000
    1. 1.x7 19,000,000 9/12 14,250,000
    1. 1.x7 6,333,333 9/12 4,750,000

    giving a WANES of 24,000,000

    For question 2, it’s as follows:

    1. 4.x7 4,000,000 6/12 5/4 2,500,000
    1.10.x7 5,000,000 6/12 2,500,000

    giving a WANES of 5,000,000

    Does that make any sense to you?

    October 7, 2015 at 2:49 pm #275421
    mansoor
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    got it!! thanks!!

    October 7, 2015 at 2:58 pm #275425
    MikeLittle
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    You’re welcome

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