PQ Ltd. grants 100 stock options to each of its 1,000 employees on 1-4-2015, conditional
upon the employee remaining in the company for 2 years. The fair value of the option is
` 18 on the grant date and the exercise price is ` 55 per share. The other information is
given as under:
(i) Number of employees expected to satisfy service condition are 930 in the 1st year
and 850 in the 2nd year.
(ii) 40 employees left the company in the 1st year of service and 880 employees have
actually completed 2 year vesting period.
You are required to compute ESOP cost to be amortized by PQ Ltd. in the years 2015-
2016 and 2016-2017.
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