(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.

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  1. Cash and Discount on bonds payable will be debited and Bonds payable will be credited.
  2. Cash and Discount on bonds payable will be debited and Bonds payable; Paid-in Capital—Stock Warrants will be credited.
  3. 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.

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Computation of Value of bonds  

Warrants($20,000,000 X .98)

$19,600,000

Less: Value of warrants (200,000 X $4)

$800,000

Value of bonds

$18,800,000

02

Journal entry

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—Stock 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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