(Warrants Issued with Bonds and Convertible Bonds) Incurring long-term

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(Warrants Issued with Bonds and Convertible Bonds) Incurring long-term debt with an arrangement whereby lenders receive an option to buy common stock during all or a portion of the time the debt is outstanding is a frequent corporate financing practice. In some situations the result is achieved through the issuance of convertible bonds; in others, the debt instruments and the warrants to buy stock are separate.(a) (1) Describe the differences that exist in current accounting for original proceeds of the issuance of convertible bonds and of debt instruments with separate warrants to purchase common stock.(2) Discuss the underlying rationale for the differences described in (a) 1 above.(3) Summarize the arguments that have been presented in favor of accounting for convertible bonds in the same manner as accounting for debt with separate warrants.(b) At the start of the year Huish Company issued $18,000,000 of 12% bonds along with warrants to buy 1,200,000 shares of its $10 par value common stock at $18 per share. The bonds mature over the next 10 years, starting one year from date of issuance, with annual maturities of $1,800,000.At the time, Huish had 9,600,000 shares of common stock outstanding, and the market price was $23 per share. The company received $20,040,000 for the bonds and the warrants. For Huish Company, 12% was a relatively low borrowing rate. If offered alone, at this time, the bonds would have been issued at a 22% discount. Prepare the journal entry (or entries) for the issuance of the bonds and warrants for the cash consideration received.(AICPA adapted)
Convertible debt and debt with stock warrants are similar in that: (1) both allow the issuer to issue debt at a lower interest cost than would generally be available for nonconvertible debt; (2) both allow the holders to purchase the issuers stock at less than market value if the stock appreciates sufficiently in the future; (3) both provide the holder the protection of a debt security if the value of the stock does not appreciate; and (4) both are complex securities which contain elements of debt and equity at the time of issue. Convertible debt and debt with stock warrants are different in that: (1) if the market price of the stock increases sufficiently, the issuer can force conversion of convertible debt into common stock by calling the issue for redemption, but the issuer cannot force exercise of the warrants; 2) convertible debt may be essentially equity capital, whereas debt with stock warrants is debt with the additional right to acquire equity; and (3) the conversion option and the convertible debt are inseparable and, in the absence of separate transferability, do not have separate values established in the market; whereas debt with detachable stock warrants can be separated into debt and the right to purchase stock, each having separate values established by the transactions in the market

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