ABC Company had 100,000 ordinary shares issued and outstanding at January 1, 2020. During the current year, ABC also had the ordinary share transactions listed below: April 1 Issued 30,000 previously unissued shares May 1 Split the share 2 for 1 June 30 Purchased 10,000 shares for the treasury July 30 Distributed a 20% stock dividend Dec 30 Split the share 3 for 1 What is the weighted average number of shares that should be used for earning per share purposes? (round answer to a whole numbe

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ABC Company had 100,000 ordinary shares issued and outstanding at January 1, 2020. During the current year, ABC also had the ordinary share transactions listed below:

April 1 Issued 30,000 previously unissued shares
May 1 Split the share 2 for 1
June 30 Purchased 10,000 shares for the treasury
July 30 Distributed a 20% stock dividend
Dec 30 Split the share 3 for 1

What is the weighted average number of shares that should be used for earning per share purposes? (round answer to a whole number)

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