REQUIRED: Prepare all journal entries on Pam's books to record the acquisition. Journal entries to record an acquisition with direct costs and fair value/book value differences On January 1, Pop Corporation pays $400,000 cash and also issues 36,000 shares of $10 par common stock with a market value of $660,000 for all the outstanding common shares of Son Corporation. In addition, Pop pays $60,000 for registering and issuing the 36,000 shares and $140,000 for the other direct costs of the business combination, in which Son Corporation is dissolved. Summary balance sheet information for the companies immediately before the merger is as follows (in thousands): REQUIRED: Prepare all journal entries on Pop's books to account for the acquisition