Long Term Liabilities and Bonds Payable Flashcards
Long-term liabilities
Probable future expenditures associated with current obligations that are not payable w/in current operating cycle/reporting year
Bond indenture
Document describing the contract between issuer (borrower) and bondholders (lenders)
Face/Par value
Total dollar amount of bond and basis on which periodic interest is paid
Stated (nominal/coupon) interest rate
Interest to be paid to the investors
Specified in bond contract
Market (effective) interest rate
Rate of interest actually earned by the bondholder and is the rate of return for comparable contracts on date the bonds are issued
Discount
Market rate > stated rate => discount
Bond sells for less than the face amount to make up for the lower return being provided
Premium
Market rate < stated rate => premium
Bond sells for more than the face amount due to higher return offered
Debentures
Unsecured bonds
Mortgage bonds
Bonds that are secured by real property
Collateral trust bonds
Secured bonds
Convertible bonds
Convertible into common stock of the debtor at the option of the bondholder
Nondetachable warrants (convertible bonds)
Bond itself must be converted into capital stock
Detachable warrants (convertible bonds)
Bond is not surrendered upon conversion, only the warrants plus cash representing the exercise price of the warrants
Warrants can be bought/sold separately from bond
Participating bonds
Bonds that not only have a stated rate of interest but participate in income if certain earnings levels are obtained
Term bonds
Bonds that have a single fixed maturity date
Serial bonds
Pre-numbered bonds that the issuer may call and redeem a portion by serial number
Income bonds
Bonds that only pay interest if certain income objectives met
Zero coupon bonds
Deep discount bonds
Bonds sold with no stated interest but rather at a discount and redeemed at the face value w/out periodic interest payments
Commodity-backed bonds
Bonds that are redeemable either in cash or stated volume of commodity, whichever greater
Bonds payable overview
- In denominations of $1,000
- Price always quoted in 100’s (% of par value)
- Coupon rate = the stated interest rate on bond
- Bond interest (check amount) = coupon rate x face
- Principal payoff always the full face amount
- Premium/discount = result of buyer and seller “adjusting” the coupon rate to the prevailing market rate of interest
How is the price of the bond calculated?
Sum of the PV of future principal payment + PV of future periodic interest payments
Use market rate of interest
What is the recorded price of a bond?
Value of the bond at its current cash equivalent
FV of bond =
PV of future interest payments (at mkt rate) + PV of principal (at mkt rate)
When is a bond issued at a discount?
When the stated rate is less than the market rate at issue date
J/E for issuance of bond
Borrower:
Dr. Cash
Dr./Cr. Discount/Premium on bond payable
Cr. Bond payable
Investor:
Dr. Investment in bonds
Cr. Cash
When is a bond issued at a premium?
When the stated rate is greater than the market rate at issue date
What does the bond discount represent?
Additional interest to be paid to investors at the bond maturity
What does the bond premium represent?
Interest paid in advance to the issuer by bondholders who then receive a return of this premium in the form of larger periodic interest payments
Bond issuance costs
Transactions costs incurred when bonds are issued
i.e. legal fees, accounting fees, underwriting commissions, and printing