Question

Prior, Inc. has decided to raise additional capital by issuing $175,000 face value of bonds with a coupon rate of 10%. In discussions with investment bankers, it was determined that to help the sale of bonds, detachable stock warrants should be issued at a rate of one warrant for each $100 bond sold. The value of the bonds without the warrants is considered to be $136,000, and the value of the warrants in the market is $24,000. The bonds sold in the market at issuance for $150,000.
a) What entry should be made at the time of the issuance of the bonds and warrants?

b) If the warrants were nondetachable, would the entries be different? Discuss.

Answer 1

Answer:

cash                 150,000 debit

discount on BP 47,500 debit

    bonds payable          175,000 credit

    warrants                      22,500 credit

If the warrants were undetachabel they wouln't be able to be transfer in a secondary market thus, they will not be traded the accounting will only the 150,000 as bonds an dthe diffrence with the 175,000 as discount.

cash                 150,000 debit

discount on BP 25,000 debit

       bonds payables      175,000 credit

Explanation:

136,000  bonds  136,000/160,000 = 0.85

 24,000 warrant 24,000 /160,000 = 0.15

160,000

bonds 150,000 x 0.85 = 127,500

discount on bonds: 175,000 - 127,500 = 47,500

warrants 150,000 x 0.15 = 22,500