Question: Avnext Industries issues 10-year convertible notes at par for $10,000 on December 31, 2014. The notes mature in 10 years and are convertible into 400 shares of Avnext common stock at any time after January 1, 2019. Interest is paid annually at the end of each year at an interest rate of 2% of the principal amount (i.e., $200 per year). If investors exercise the conversion feature, Avnext either can deliver shares of common stock or make a cash payment equal to the market value of those shares. In the absence of the conversion feature, investors would have demanded a 6% return on an Avnext loan of similar terms.
Required: [A] Using the bifurcation approach required by U.S. GAAP in this setting:
1. What are the fair values of the debt and equity components of Av next's convertible notes? Round to the nearest dollar.
2. What journal entry would Av next make to record the issuance of the convertible notes?
3. How much interest expense would Av next recognize in 2015? In 2016?
4. What would be the carrying value of the convertible notes as of December 31, 2016?
5. Suppose investors opt to exercise the conversion feature on January 1, 2020, when Av next common stock is trading at $30 per share. What is the cash settlement amount, and how much of this amount should be assigned to repurchasing the debt versus settlement of the conversion (equity) option? Round to the nearest dollar and assume that Av next's borrowing cost at the conversion date is 5%.
6. What journal entry would Av next make to record cash-settlement conversion of the notes on January 1, 2020?
[B] Using U.S. GAAP for traditional convertible debt instruments:
1. What journal entry would Av next make to record issuance of the convertible notes?
2. How much interest expense would Av next recognize in 2015? In 2016?
3. What would be the carrying value of the convertible notes as of December 31, 2016?
4. Suppose investors opt to exercise the conversion feature on January 1, 2020, when Av next common stock is trading at $30 per share. What journal entry would Avnext make to record cash-settlement conversion of the notes on January 1, 2020? Round to the nearest dollar and assume that Av next's borrowing cost at the conversion date is 5%.