Dilutive Securities and Earnings per Share
PROBLEMS
Pr. 16-144—Convertible bonds and stock warrants.
For each of the unrelated transactions described below, present the entry(ies) required to record
the bond transactions.
1. On August 1, 2021, Lane Corporation called its 10% convertible bonds for conversion. The
$8,000,000 par bonds were converted into 320,000 shares of $20 par common stock. On
August 1, there was $800,000 of unamortized premium applicable to the bonds. The fair value
of the common stock was $20 per share. Ignore all interest payments.
2. Packard, Inc. decides to issue convertible bonds instead of common stock. The company
issues 10% convertible bonds, par $4,000,000, at 97. The investment banker indicates that if
the bonds had not been convertible they would have sold at 94.
3. Gomez Company issues $9,000,000 of bonds with a coupon rate of 8%. To help the sale,
detachable stock warrants are issued at the rate of ten warrants for each $1,000 bond sold. It
is estimated that the value of the bonds without the warrants is $8,883,000 and the value of
the warrants is $567,000. The bonds with the warrants sold at 101.
Pr. 16-145—Earnings per share.
Colson Corp. had $800,000 net income in 2021. On January 1, 2021 there were 200,000 shares
of common stock outstanding. On April 1, 20,000 shares were issued and on September 1,
Colson bought 30,000 shares of treasury stock. There are 30,000 options to buy common stock
at $40 a share outstanding. The market price of the common stock averaged $50 during 2021.
The tax rate is 40%.
During 2021, there were 40,000 shares of convertible preferred stock outstanding. The preferred
is $100 par, pays $3.50 a year dividend, and is convertible into three shares of common stock.
Colson issued $2,000,000 of 8% convertible bonds at face value during 2020. Each $1,000 bond
is convertible into 30 shares of common stock.