Question

Grouper Corporation is a regional company which is an SEC registrant. The corporation’s securities are thinly traded on NASDAQ. Grouper Corp. has issued 20,000 units. Each unit consists of a $1,000 par, 12% subordinated debenture and 20 shares of $10 par common stock. The units were sold to outside investors for cash at $1,760 per unit. Prior to this sale, the 2-week ask price of common stock was $80 per share. Twelve percent is a reasonable market yield for the debentures, and therefore the par value of the bonds is equal to the fair value. (a) Prepare the journal entry to record Grouper’s transaction, under the following conditions. (Round answers to 0 decimal places, e.g. $38,487. 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.) (1) Employing the incremental method. (2) Employing the proportional method, assuming the recent price quote on the common stock reflects fair value. No. Account Titles and Explanation Debit Credit 1. 2.

Answer 1

Solution

No.	Account titles	Debit	Credit
1.	Cash(1760×20000)	$35,200,000
	Bonds payable(1000×20000)		$20,000,000
	Common stock (20000*20*10)		$4,000,000
	Paid in capital in excess of par-Common stock		$11,200,000
2.	Cash	$35,200,000
	Bond Discount [20,000,000 - (20000*1760*(1000/2600))	$6,461,539
	Bonds payable[20000*1000]		$20,000,000
	Common stock		$4,000,000
	Paid in capital in excess of par-Common stock [(20000*1760*(1600/2600)) - 4,000,000]		$17,661,539

Total fair value=$1000+($80×20)=$2600