Q1E (Issuance and Conversion of Bond... [FREE SOLUTION]

Chapter 16: Q1E (page 874)

(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.

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Cash and Discount on bonds payable will be debited and Bonds payable will be credited.
Cash and Discount on bonds payable will be debited and Bonds payable; Paid-in Capital鈥擲tock Warrants will be credited.
Debt Conversion Expense and Bonds Payable will be debited and Discount on Bonds Payable; Common Stock; Paid-in Capital in Excess of Par, and Cash will be credited.

Transactions	Accounts and Explanation	Debit	Credit
(1)	Cash ($20,000,000*0.99%)	19,800,000
	Discount on Bonds Payable ($20,000,000* 0.1%)	200,000
	Bonds Payable		2,000,000
	Being Grand Corp. issued $20,000,000 par value 10% convertible bonds at 99

(2)	Cash ($20,000,000* 0.98%)	19,600,000
	Discount on Bonds Payable ($20,000,000*0.2%)	1,200,000
	Bonds Payable		20,000,000
	Paid-in Capital鈥擲tock Warrants ($20,000,000*4%)		800,000
	Being Hoosier Company issued $20,000,000 par value 10% bonds at 98 and at the time of issuance, the warrants were selling for $4

(3)	Debt Conversion Expense	75,000
	Bonds Payable	10,000,000
	Discount on Bonds Payable		55,000
	Common Stock		1,000,000
	Paid-in Capital in Excess of Par		8,945,000
	Cash		75,000
	Being company records the conversion using the book value method

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