For the year ended 12/31/2013, a company reported Net Income of $100,000. On 1/1/2013, the company had 20,000 common shares outstanding and 20,000 preferred shares outstanding. The company issued 8,000 common shares on 9/30/2013; thus common shares outstanding were 28,000 for the last three months of 2013. The company paid $4,000 of preferred dividends and $7,000 of common dividends during 2013.

What is the company’s Basic EPS for 2013?

$5.00

$4.05

$4.00

$2.00

$4.36