Burnquist Corp. issued 4,000, $1,000 face value bonds at 102. Each bond was issued with two detachable stock warrants. After issuance the bonds were selling in the market at 97 and the warrants had a fair market value of $25. Prepare the journal entry for the issuance of these securities
Solution:
Journal Entry | ||
Particulars | Debit | Credit |
Cash Dr (4000*$1000*102%) | $40,80,000 | |
Discount on Bonds Payable Dr | $1,20,000 | |
To Bonds payable (4000*$1000) | $40,00,000 | |
To Paid in Capital- Stock warrants (as computed Note 1) | $2,00,000 |
Note 1:
Computation of Cash Allocation to warrants | |
Market Value Of bond payable (4000*$1000*97%) | $38,80,000 |
Market Value of Warrants (4000*2*$25) | $2,00,000 |
Total Market Value | $40,80,000 |
Cash Allocated to warrants [($4,080,000/$4,080,000)*$200,000] | $2,00,000 |
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