Karen Austin Inc. has issued three types of debt on January 1, 2017, the start of the company’s fiscal year.

  1. \(10 million, 10-year, 15% unsecured bonds, interest payable quarterly. Bonds were priced to yield 12%.
  2. \)25 million par of 10-year, zero-coupon bonds at a price to yield 12% per year.
  3. $20 million, 10-year, 10% mortgage bonds, interest payable annually to yield 12%.

Instructions

Prepare a schedule that identifies the following items for each bond: (1) maturity value, (2) number of interest periods over life of bond, (3) stated rate per each interest period, (4) effective-interest rate per each interest period, (5) payment amount per period, and (6) present value of bonds at date of issue.

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Particulars

15% Unsecured

Bonds

(a)

Zero-coupon

Bonds

(b)

10% Mortgage

Bonds

(c)

Present value

$11,733,639

$8,049,250

$17,739,840

Step by step solution

01

Meanings of Bonds

Bonds refer to a type of investment security where an investor provides money or loan to the company for a particular period and, in return, gets the fixed interest rate (coupon) and the principal amount at the maturity date.

02

Preparing a Schedule for 15% unsecured bonds, zero-coupon bonds, and 10% mortgage bonds.

Sr. no.

Particular

15% Unsecured

Bonds

Zero-coupon

Bonds

10% Mortgage

Bonds

1

Maturity value

$10,000,000

$25,000,000

$20,000,000

2

Number of interests

periods

40

10

10

3

Stated rate per period

(15%4) 3.75 %

0

10%

4

Effective rate per period

(12%4) 3%

12%

12%

5

Payment amount per period

$375,000

0

$2,000,000

6

Present value

$11,733,639

$8,049,250

$17,739,840

Working notes:

Calculation of payments amount per bond for 15% unsecured bond.

Paymentsamountperperiod=Maturityvalue×Bondrate×Interestpayablequaterly=$10,000,000×15%×14=$375,000

Calculation of payments amount per bond for 10% mortgage bond.

Paymentsamountperperiod=Maturityvalue×Bondrate=$20,000,000×10%=$2,000,000

Calculation of Present value for 15% unsecured bond

Present value of an annuity of $375,000 discounted at 3% per period for 40 periods ($375,000×23.11477)

$8,668,039

Present value of $10,000,000 discounted at 3% per period for 40 periods at 3% per periods for 40 periods ($10,000,000×0.30656)

3,065,600

$11,733,639

Calculation of Present value for a zero-coupon bond

Present value of $25,000,000 discounted at 12% per period for 10 periods at 12% for 10 periods data-custom-editor="chemistry" ($25,000,000×0.32197)

$8,049,250

Calculation of Present value for a 10% mortgage bond

Present value of an annuity of $2,000,000 discounted at 12% per for 10 periods ($2,000,000×5.65022)

$11,300,440

Present value of $20,000,000 discounted at 12% per period for 10 years ($20,000,000×0.32197)

6,439,400

$17,739,840

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