Griffin National Bank raised capital through the sale of $250 million face value of six percent coupon
Question:
Griffin National Bank raised capital through the sale of $250 million face value of six percent coupon rate, five-year bonds. The bonds paid interest quarterly and were sold at a time when equivalent risk-rated bonds carried a yield rate of eight percent.
a. Calculate the proceeds that Griffin National Bank received from the sale of the bonds.
b. Journalize the bond issuance.
c. Calculate the interest expense on the bonds for interest payments #1 and #2 in the first year that the bonds are outstanding.
d. Journalize interest payments #1 and #2.
e. Calculate the book value of the bonds after interest payment #2.
f. Show the financial statement presentation (after the first two interest payments) of the bonds payable account and the associated contra-liability account.