On December 31, 2020, Lemon Company issued 20,000 shares of its common stock with a fair value of $50 per share for all of the outstanding common shares of May Company. Stock issuance costs of $4,000 and direct costs of $1,000 were paid. In addition, Lemon promised to pay an additional $2,200 to the former owners if May's earnings exceeded a certain amount during the next year. The fair value of the potential obligation is estimated at $2,000. Compute the investment to be recorded at the date of acquisition.