Question

For each of the unrelated transactions described below, present the entries required to record each transaction.

1.		Culver Corp. issued $18,000,000 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.		Larkspur Company issued $18,000,000 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 $5.
3.		Suppose Sepracor, Inc. called its convertible debt in 2017. Assume the following related to the transaction. The 11%, $11,000,000 par value bonds were converted into 1,100,000 shares of $1 par value common stock on July 1, 2017. On July 1, there was $52,000 of unamortized discount applicable to the bonds, and the company paid an additional $68,000 to the bondholders to induce conversion of all the bonds. The company records the conversion using the book value method.

(Credit account titles are automatically indented when amount is entered. Do not indent manually. If no entry is required, select "No Entry" for the account titles and enter 0 for the amounts.)

No.	Account Titles and Explanation	Debit	Credit
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3.

Answer 1

Answer
Date	Account title and Explanation	Debit	Credit
1	Cash	$   1,78,20,000
	Discount on Bonds Payable	$        1,80,000
	Bond Payable		$   1,80,00,000
	(To record issue of bond)
2	Cash(18000000*.98)	$   1,76,40,000
	Discount on Bonds Payable	$      12,60,000
	Bond Payable		$   1,80,00,000
	Paid-in Capital—Stock Warrants(180000*5)		$        9,00,000
	(To record issue of bonds)
3	Debt Conversion Expense	$           68,000
	Bonds Payable	$   1,10,00,000
	Discount on Bonds Payable		$           52,000
	Common Stock		$      10,50,000
	Paid-in Capital in Excess of Par		$      98,98,000
	Cash		$           68,000