On January 1, 2021, Marigold Inc. granted stock options to officers and key
employees for the purchase of 18,000 shares of the company's $10 par common
stock at $24 per share. The options were exercisable within a 5-year period beginning
January 1, 2023, by grantees still in the employ of the company, and expiring
December 31, 2027. The service period for this award is 2 years. Assume that the fair
value option-pricing model determines total compensation expense to be $351,600.
On April 1, 2022, 1,800 options were terminated when the employees resigned from
the company. The market price of the common stock was $34 per share on this date.
On March 31, 2023, 10,800 options were exercised when the market price of the
common stock was $39 per share.
Prepare journal entries to record issuance of the stock options, termination of the
stock options, exercise of the stock options, and charges to compensation expense,
for the years ended December 31, 2021, 2022, and 2023.
P16-9
Riverbed Corporation has outstanding 2,200 $1,000 bonds, each convertible
into 60 shares of $10 par value common stock. The bonds are converted on
December 31, 2020, when the unamortized discount is $21,500 and the market price
of the stock is $21 per share.
Record the conversion using the book value approach.