Gce Model Questions Vol1 2022 Financial Accounting Question 38

Practice objective / multiple choice question 38 from the 2022 Gce Model Questions Vol1 Financial Accounting examination.

Gce Model Questions Vol1 2022 Financial Accounting Objective / Multiple Choice Hard Difficulty
Question 38 GCE_MODEL_QUESTIONS_VOL1 • 2022 • FINANCIAL_ACCOUNTING • objective

A company has 100,000 ordinary shares of £1 each fully paid. At year‑end profit after tax is £250,000. During the year the following share transactions occurred: on 1 April a 5 % bonus issue; on 1 July the company bought back 2,000 shares at £6 each; on 1 October a rights issue of 3,000 shares at £5 each (premium £4) which was fully subscribed. Compute the earnings per share for the year, rounding to two decimal places.

Answer Options

A. 2.55
Correct Answer B. 2.42
C. 2.35
D. 2.30
Correct Answer
B
Correct Option:
2.42

About This Question

This is Gce Model Questions Vol1 2022 Financial Accounting Question 38. It is one of the objective questions from the 2022 Gce Model Questions Vol1 Financial Accounting examination.

Difficulty level: Hard .

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