Manto Realty Ltd

Accounting Aug 18, 2020

Manto Realty Ltd. is a land developer with a calendar year end. When Manto needs capital to buy land, it often issues common shares, and once cash is obtained on large land sales, shares are often repurchased. Profit for the year ended December 31, 2021 was $890,000. Manto’s board of directors declared and paid the annual dividend to its preferred shareholders.

Manto Realty Ltd. reported the following information related to its shareholders’ equity on January 1, 2021.

$2-cumulative preferred shares, unlimited number of shares authorized, 150,000 shares issued		$4,400,000
Common shares, unlimited number of shares authorized, 550,000 shares issued		3,322,000
Contributed surplus—reacquisition of common shares		21,000
Retained earnings		5,254,000

Common share issuances and reacquisitions were as follows for 2021.

Feb. 1		Issued 20,400 shares
May 31		Reacquired 15,600 shares
July 31		Issued 32,400 shares
Nov. 1		Issued 7,200 shares
Dec. 1		Reacquired 22,800 shares

Calculate the weighted average number of common shares for 2021. (Round each calculation to the nearest whole share.)

Calculate the earnings per share for Manto Realty Ltd. (Round answer to 2 decimal places, e.g. 52.76.)

Assume instead that the preferred shares are noncumulative and that there were no dividends paid during the year.

Calculate the earnings per share for Manto Realty Ltd. (Round answer to 2 decimal places, e.g. 52.76.)