Gnatius Corporation had 10 million shares of common stock outstanding during the current calendar year. It issued 27,000, $1,000, convertible bonds on January 1. Each bond is convertible into 50 shares of common stock. The bonds were issued at face amount and pay interest semiannually at an annual rate of 12%. On June 30, Ignatius issued 270,000 shares of $100 par 6% cumulative preferred stock. Dividends are declared and paid quarterly. Ignatius has an effective tax rate of 40%. Ignatius would report the following EPS data (rounded to 2 decimal places) on its net income of $37 million: Basic EPS Diluted EPS a. $ 3.78 $ 3.26 b. $ 3.62 $ 3.36 c. $ 3.70 $ 3.26 d. $ 3.62 $ 3.50

Secured loans are protected by collateral security. examples: title loans where the borrower uses the car title as collateral security interest rates are lower and repayments are longer therefore risk is low as a collateral security is given as guarantee to the bank in case of failure to pay the loanunsecured loans are not protected by collateral security but it is given on the creditworthiness of the borrower, trusting that she/he will pay on time. examples; payday loans is a short term loan where the borrower lends money from the bank and pays is back when the borrower receives his/her wages.interest rates are high and repayments are shorter. but the risk is high as no collateral security is given as a guarantee to the bank for payment of the loan