On January 1, 2013, Morgan Corporation granted stock options to officers and key employees for the purchase of 50,000 shares of the company's $10 par common stock at $25 per share as additional compensation for services to be rendered over the next three years. The market price of common stock was $31 per share at the date of grant. The options are exercisable during a five-year period beginning January 1, 2016 by grantees still employed by Morgan. The Black-Scholes option pricing model determines total compensation expense to be $360,000. The journal entry to record the compensation expense related to these options for 2013 would include a credit to the Paid-in Capital - Stock Options account for:
a) $120,000
b) $180,000
c) $300,000
d) $360,000