Chapter 15: Financial Instruments: Complex Debt and Equity

Assignment 15-3

Case 1

Financial Instrument: Liability. The company can avoid a cash payout but the price of shares is not pre-determined. This is a liability, not a residual equity interest.

Case 2

Financial Instrument: Equity. Both principal and interest may be satisfied with common shares and the price is pre-determined, transferring price risk to the investor.

Case 3

Financial Instrument: Liability: Term preferred shares involve a requirement for the company to pay out cash for principal at maturity. The dividend is also a liability (must be paid in cash) and must be accrued over time.

Case 4

Financial Instrument: Liability. The company has a legal obligation to pay annual interest, so it (present value of interest payments) is clearly a liability. The principal portion may be converted to equity if the company wishes, but the price is not set and price risk is not transferred to the investor. This is a liability, not a residual equity interest.

Case 5

Financial Instrument: Equity. The company cannot be forced to pay out cash.

Case 6

Financial Instrument: Liability. The terms of the shares are such that any prudent Board of Directors would arrange to retire the shares prior to the dividend and retirement price escalation. This represents a probable future cash outflow: a liability.

Case 7

Financial Instrument: Compound: Part liability (interest) and part equity (principal). The company has a legal obligation to pay annual interest, so the present value of interest payments is a liability. The principal portion may be converted to equity at a set price if the company wishes, and thus the price risk has passed to the lender. The company cannot be forced to pay out cash: this is a residual equity interest.

Assignment 15-7

Requirement 1

Cash...... 5,325,000

Discount on bonds payable (2)...... 760,000

Bonds payable...... 5,000,000

Contributed capital: common stock

conversion rights (1)...... 1,085,000

(1) $5,325,000 – $4,240,000

(2) $5,000,000 – $4,240,000

The conversion rights are valued at the difference between the actual proceeds and the amount that would have been received had the bond not been convertible.

Requirement 2

Present value:

Principal $5,000(P/F,10%,15 yrs) (.23939) $1,197

Interest 400(P/A,10%,15 yrs) (7.60608) 3,042

Price $4,239 (rounded to $4,240)

Requirement 3

Interest expense ($4,240,000 × .10) $424,000

Requirement 4

Less interest expense would be recorded if the bond were initially valued with a premium. Annual premium amortization would reduce interest expense to an amount lower than the cash paid, versus discount amortization, which increases interest expense over cash paid.

Another way to express this is to point out that issuance at a premium means a yield rate higher than the stated rate, while issuance at a discount means that the yield rate is lower than the stated rate.

Assignment 15-19

Requirement 1

20X3

Compensation expense ($3 x 25,000 x 1/3 x 83%) 20,750

Long-term compensation liability 20,750

20X4

Compensation expense ($12 x 25,000 x 2/3 x 80%) - $20,750 139,250

Long-term compensation liability 139,250

20X5

Compensation expense (($19-$10) x 25,000 x 22/30 ) - $160,000 5,000

Long-term compensation liability 5,000

20X5 - payment

Long-term compensation liability (($19-$10) x 25,000 x 22/30 ) 165,000

Cash 165,000

Requirement 2

The actual turnover in 20X4 was four people, bringing the 20X3 and 20X4 turnover to five people. An estimate of five people leaving, as was used at the end of 20X3, was low and leaves no room for departures in 20X5. The estimate used at the end of 20X4 assumed that one more manager would leave in 20X5 and this, too, was optimistic, since three left.

Requirement 3

If the managers could take cash or shares on settlement, then a compound instrument is reflected in the financial statements. The value of the option is estimated when the plan is initiated, and is accrued over the vesting period, trued up to the retention rate. The liability portion is also recorded over the vesting period, as shown above, with estimates corrected annually for fair value and retention.

Assignment 15-31

Requirement 1

a)Contributed capital: employee share options outstanding.64,000*

Cash [(16,000/2) × $27.50]...... 220,000

Common shares, no-par, 8,000 shares...... 284,000

*160,000 × (16,000 ÷ 40,000) = $64,000

b)Land...... 75,000

Contributed capital: common share rights

outstanding...... 75,000

Note: Transaction valued at the value of land received.

c)Common shares, no-par (1), 40,000 shares...... 1,440,000

Retained earnings...... 440,000

Cash ($47 × 40,000)...... 1,880,000

(1)$32,940,000 + $284 ÷ (915 + 8) = $36 × 40,000

d)Treasury shares (10,000 × $44)...... 440,000

Cash...... 440,000

e)Dividends, common 857,000 (1) × $1...... 857,000

Dividends, preferred 60,000 x $8...... 480,000

Cash...... 1,337,000

(1)915,000 + 8,000 – 40,000 – 26,000 treasury shares

f)Preferred shares, 24,000 shares (1)...... 2,424,000

Common shares, 64,000 shares (24,000 × 8/3).... 2,424,000

(1)$6,060,000/ 60,000 = $101 × 24,000

g)Interest expense ($4,997,000 x 7.8%)...... 389,766

Interest liability- 8% bond...... 389,766

Interest liability – 8% bond ($10,000,000 x 8%)..... 800,000

Cash...... 800,000

h)Contributed capital: common share warrants...... 660,000

Cash (60,000 × $32.50)...... 1,950,000

Common shares, no-par, 60,000 shares (1)...... 2,390,000

Contributed capital: lapse of warrants...... 220,000

(1)$1,950,000 + $440,000

i)Employee stock option expense ($720,000 x ¼ x 90%)………….162,000

Contributed capital: employee shareoptions outstanding 162,000

j)Preferred shares (10,000 × $101 (see f))...... 1,010,000

Contributed capital on preferred share retirement (balance) 55,000

Retained earnings...... 5,000

Cash (10,000 × $107)...... 1,070,000

k)Cash (20,000 x $32)...... 640,000

Retained earnings, loss on sale of treasury shares ..... 92,400

Treasury shares (1)...... 732,400

(1)$512,000 + $440,000 ÷ (16,000 + 10,000) = $36.62 × 20,000

l)Stock dividends, common (1)...... 3,003,000

Common shares, no-par, 96,000 shares × $30.... 2,880,000

Contributed capital: common share fractional

share rights (4,100 × $30)...... 123,000

(1)915,000 + 8,000 – 40,000 + 64,000 + 60,000 – 6,000 treasury shares

= 1,001,000 × 10% = 100,100 shares × $30

Requirement 2

Interest liability – 8% bond ($4,997,000 +$389,766 - $800,000)$ 4,586,766

Share equity - 8% bonds 5,102,000

Convertible $8, no-par preferred shares

($6,060,000 – $2,424,000 – $1,010,000) 2,626,000

Class A no-par common shares

($32,940,000 + $284,000 – $1,440,000 + $2,424,000

+ $2,390,000 + $2,880,000) 39,478,000

Employee share options outstanding 258,000

($160,000 – $64,000 + $162,000)

Common share options (non-employee) 75,000

Contributed capital: common share fractional share rights 123,000

Contributed capital: lapse of warrants 220,000

Retained earnings

($116,300,000 + $6,200,000 (includes newly recorded expenses)

– $440,000 – $857,000 – $480,000 - $5,000 – $92,400 – $3,003,000) 117,622,600

Treasury shares ($512,000 + $440,000 – $732,400) (219,600)