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Chapter 16: 10Q (page 874)
Briefly explain the accounting requirement for stock compensation plans under GAAP.
Under US GAAP, stock-based compensation d(SBC) is perceived as a non-cash expense on the income statement. SBC cost is an operating cost (very much like wages) and is designated to the applicable working details.
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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 \(20,000,000 par value 10% convertible bonds at 99. If the bonds had not been convertible, the company’s investment banker estimates they would have been sold at 95.
2. Hoosier Company issued \)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.
Explain how convertible securities are determined to be potentially dilutive common shares and how those convertible securities that are not considered to be potentially dilutive common shares enter into the determination of earnings per share data.
Cordero Corporation has an employee stock-purchase plan which permits all full-time employees to purchase 10 shares of common stock on the third anniversary of their employment and an additional 15 shares on each subsequent anniversary date. The purchase price is set at the market price on the date purchased and no commission is charged. Discuss whether this plan would be considered compensatory.
At December 31, 2017, Reid Company had 600,000 shares of common stock issued and outstanding, 400,000 of which had been issued and outstanding throughout the year and 200,000 of which were issued on October 1, 2017. Net income for 2017 was \(2,000,000, and dividends declared on preferred stock were \)400,000. Compute Reid’s earnings per common share. (Round to the nearest penny.)
(Issuance, Exercise, and Termination of Stock Options) On January 1, 2016, Nichols Corporation granted 10,000 options to key executives. Each option allows the executive to purchase one share of Nichols’ \(5 par value common stock at a price of \)20 per share. The options were exercisable within a 2-year period beginning January 1, 2018, if the grantee is still employed by the company at the time of the exercise. On the grant date, Nichols’ stock was trading at \(25 per share, and a fairvalue option-pricing model determines total compensation to be \)400,000.On May 1, 2018, 8,000 options were exercised when the market price of Nichols’ stock was $30 per share. The remaining options lapsed in 2020 because executives decided not to exercise their options.
Instructions
Prepare the necessary journal entries related to the stock option plan for the years 2016 through 2020.
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