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Chapter 16: Q5E (page 876)

(Conversion of Bonds) The December 31, 2017, balance sheet of Kepler Corp. is as follows.10% callable, convertible bonds payable (semiannual interest dates April 30 and October 31; convertible into 6 shares of \(25 par value common stock per \)1,000 of bond principal; maturity date April 30, 2023) \(500,000Discount on bonds payable 10,240 \)489,760On March 5, 2018, Kepler Corp. called all of the bonds as of April 30 for the principal plus interest through April 30. By April 30, all bondholders had exercised their conversion to common stock as of the interest payment date. Consequently, on April 30, Kepler Corp. paid the semiannual interest and issued shares of common stock for the bonds. The discount is amortized on a straight-line basis. Kepler uses book value method.

Prepare the entry(the ies) to record the interest expense and conversion on April 30, 2018. Reversing entries were made on January 1, 2018. (Round to the nearest dollar.)

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To record interest expense, Interest Expense will be debited by $25,640 and discount on bonds payable will be debited by $640, and cash will be credited by $25,000.

To record conversion, bonds payable will be debited by $500,000 and discount on bonds payable will be credited by $9,600, common stock by $75,000, and paid in capital in excess of par by $415,400.

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01

Journal entry to record interest expense

Date

Accounts and Explanations

Debit

Credit

Interest Expense

$25,640

Discount on Bonds Payable ($10,240 ÷ 64 = $160); ($160 X 4)

$640

Cash (5% X $500,000)

$25,000

Being the interest expense recorded

02

Journal entry to record conversion

Date

Transactions

Debit

Credit

Bonds payable

$500,000

Discount on Bonds Payable ($10,240 -$640)

$9,600

Common stock ((500000 / 100) x 6 x $25)

$75,000

Paid-in capital in excess of par (bal. fig.)

$415,400

Being bonds payable converted into common stock

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E16-30 (L06) (Stock-Appreciation Rights) Capulet Company establishes a stock-appreciation rights program that entitles its new president Ben Davis to receive cash for the difference between the market price of the stock and a pre-established price of \(30 (also market price) on December 31, 2013, on 30,000 SARs. The date of grant is December 31, 2013, and the required employment (service) period is 4 years. President Davis exercises all of the SARs in 2019. The fair value of the SARs is estimated to be \)6 per SAR on December 31, 2014; \(9 on December 31, 2015; \)15 on December 31, 2016; \(6 on December 31, 2017; and \)18 on December 31, 2018.

Instructions

(a) Prepare a 5-year (2014–2018) schedule of compensation expense pertaining to the 30,000 SARs granted president Davis.

(b) Prepare the journal entry for compensation expense in 2014, 2017, and 2018 relative to the 30,000 SARs.

(EPS with Stock Dividend and Discontinued Operations) Christina Corporation is preparing the comparative financial statements to be included in the annual report to stockholders. Christina employs a fiscal year ending May 31.

Income from operations before income taxes for Christina was \(1,400,000 and \)660,000, respectively, for fiscal years ended May 31, 2018 and 2017. Christina experienced a loss from discontinued operations of \(400,000 on March 3, 2018. A 40% combined income tax rate pertains to any and all of Christina Corporation’s profits, gains, and losses.

Christina’s capital structure consists of preferred stock and common stock. The company has not issued any convertible securities or warrants and there are no outstanding stock options.

Christina issued 40,000 shares of \)100 par value, 6% cumulative preferred stock in 2014. All of this stock is outstanding, and no preferred dividends are in arrears.

There were 1,000,000 shares of \(1 par common stock outstanding on June 1, 2016. On September 1, 2016, Christina sold an additional 400,000 shares of the common stock at \)17 per share. Christina distributed a 20% stock dividend on the common shares outstanding on December 1, 2017. These were the only common stock transactions during the past 2 fiscal years.

Instructions

(a) Determine the weighted-average number of common shares that would be used in computing earnings per share on the current comparative income statement for:

(1) The year ended May 31, 2017.

(2) The year ended May 31, 2018.

(b) Starting with income from operations before income taxes, prepare a comparative income statement for the years ended May 31, 2018 and 2017. The statement will be part of Christina Corporation’s annual report to stockholders and should include appropriate earnings per share presentation.

(c) The capital structure of a corporation is the result of its past financing decisions. Furthermore, the earnings per share data presented on a corporation’s financial statements is dependent upon the capital structure.

(1) Explain why Christina Corporation is considered to have a simple capital structure.

(2) Describe how earnings per share data would be presented for a corporation that has a complex capital structure.

(Conversion of Bonds) On January 1, 2016, when its \(30 par value common stock was selling for \)80 per share, Plato Corp. issued \(10,000,000 of 8% convertible debentures due in 20 years. The conversion option allowed the holder of each \)1,000 bond to convert the bond into five shares of the corporation’s common stock. The debentures were issued for \(10,800,000.The present value of the bond payments at the time of issuance was \)8,500,000, and the corporation believes the difference between the present value and the amount paid is attributable to the conversion feature. On January 1, 2017, the corporation’s \(30 par value common stock was split 2 for 1, and the conversion rate for the bonds was adjusted accordingly. On January 1, 2018, when the corporation’s \)15 par value common stock was selling for $135 per share, holders of 30% of the convertible debentures exercisedtheir conversion options. The corporation uses the straight-line method for amortizing anybond discounts or premiums.

a) Prepare in general journal form the entry to record the original issuance of the convertible debentures.

(b) Prepare in general journal form the entry to record the exercise of the conversion option, using the book value method.

Show supporting computations in good form.

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