Income Statement for CharmCorp: Selling, General

question 1

Multiple Choice

Income Statement for CharmCorp: Selling, general,
Earnings before interest
Consider the above Income Statement for CharmCorp. All values are in millions of dollars. If CharmCorp. has 4 million shares outstanding, and its managers and employees have stock options for 2 million shares, what is its diluted EPS in 2008?

• A) $0.83
• B) $1.33
• C) $1.67
• D) $2.00

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