Locomotive Co. decided to raise new equity using a rights offering and on 15 June announced that
Question:
Locomotive Co. decided to raise new equity using a rights offering and on 15 June announced that it would issue one right for each share owned to existing shareholders. The company currently has 1,800,000 shares outstanding, which are priced at $45 per share. The subscription price is $30 and it will take four rights and the subscription price to purchase one share. On 30 June the 1,800,000 rights were issued. The rights expire on 31 July. During the ex-rights period (after 29 June), the value of one right is $3 and the share price is $42. By 31 July, 1,750,000 rights had been exercised and 50,000 rights expired.
Required:
Provide the journal entry to record the issue of the rights on 30 June.
Provide the journal entry to record the transactions to the end of July for the exercise of the rights and the expiration of rights.
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Intermediate Accounting Volume 2
ISBN: 9781260881240
8th Edition
Authors: Thomas H. Beechy, Joan E. Conrod, Elizabeth Farrell, Ingrid McLeod-Dick, Kayla Tomulka, Romi-Lee Sevel