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Chapter 16: 2Q (page 873)
Briefly explain why corporations issue convertible securities.
Corporations issue convertibles for two principal reasons. One is to raise equity capital without surrendering more ownership control than needed and secondly, to give convertibles is to get debt financing at less expensive rates.
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(Issuance and Conversion of Bonds) For each of the unrelated transactions described below, present the entry(ies) required to record each transaction.
1. Grand Corp. issued \(20,000,000 par value 10% convertible bonds at 99. If the bonds had not been convertible, the company鈥檚 investment banker estimates they would have been sold at 95.
2. Hoosier Company issued \)20,000,000 par value 10% bonds at 98. One detachable stock purchase warrant was issued with each \(100 par value bond. At the time of issuance, the warrants were selling for \)4.
3. Suppose Sepracor, Inc. called its convertible debt in 2017. Assume the following related to the transaction. The 11%, \(10,000,000 par value bonds were converted into 1,000,000 shares of \)1 par value common stock on July 1, 2017. On July 1, there was \(55,000 of unamortized discount applicable to the bonds, and the company paid an additional \)75,000 to the bondholders to induce conversion of all the bonds. The company records the conversion using the book value method.
What are the arguments for giving separate accounting recognition to the conversion feature of debentures?
(EPS: Simple Capital Structure) On January 1, 2017, Lennon Industries had stock outstanding as follows.
6% Cumulative preferred stock, \(100 par value,
issued and outstanding 10,000 shares \)1,000,000
Common stock, \(10 par value, issued and
outstanding 200,000 shares 2,000,000
To acquire the net assets of three smaller companies, Lennon authorized the issuance of an additional 160,000 common shares. The acquisitions took place as shown below.
Date of Acquisition Shares Issued
Company A April 1, 2017 50,000
Company B July 1, 2017 80,000
Company C October 1, 2017 30,000
On May 14, 2017, Lennon realized a \)90,000 (before taxes) gain on discontinued operations.On December 31, 2017, Lennon recorded income of $300,000 from continuing operations.
Instructions
Assuming a 50% tax rate, compute the earnings per share data that should appear on the financial statements of Lennon Industries as of December 31, 2017.
On January 1, 2017, Barwood Corporation granted 5,000 options to executives. Each option entitles the holder to purchase one share ofBarwood鈥檚 \(5 par value common stock at \)50 per share at any time during the next 5 years. The market price of the stock is \(65 per share on the date of grant. The fair value of the options at the grant date is \)150,000. The period of benefit is 2 years. Prepare Barwood鈥檚 journal entries for January 1, 2017, and December 31, 2017 and 2018.
EXCEL (Entries for Conversion, Amortization, and Interest of Bonds) Volker Inc. issued \(2,500,000 of convertible 10-year bonds on July 1, 2017. The bonds provide for 12% interest payable semiannually on January 1 and July 1. The discount in connection with the issue was \)54,000, which is being amortized monthly on a straight-line basis. The bonds are convertible after one year into 8 shares of Volker Inc.鈥檚 \(100 par value common stock for each \)1,000 of bonds. On August 1, 2018, $250,000 of bonds were turned in for conversion into common stock. Interest has been accrued monthly and paid as due. At the time of conversion, any accrued interest on bonds being converted is paid in cash.
Instructions
Prepare the journal entries to record the conversion, amortization, and interest in connection with the bonds as of the following
dates. (Round to the nearest dollar.)
(a) August 1, 2018. (Assume the book value method is used.)
(b) August 31, 2018.
(c) December 31, 2018, including closing entries for end-of-year.
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