Pool Corporation Inc. sells swimming pool supplies and equipment. It is a publicly traded corporation that...

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Pool Corporation Inc. sells swimming pool supplies and equipment. It is a publicly traded corporation that trades on the NASDAQ exchange. The majority of Pool's customers are small, family-owned businesses. Assume that Pool issued bonds with a face value of $750,000,000 on January 1 of this year and that the coupon rate is 5 percent. At the time of the borrowing, the market interest rate was 4 percent. The debt matures in 10 years. Pool pays interest on this debt on June 30 and December 31 of each year. Required: 1. What was the issue price on January 1 of this year? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Enter your answers in thousands rounded to the nearest whole thousand.) Issue price 2. What amounts of interest should be paid on June 30 and December 31 of this year? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Enter your answers in thousands rounded to the nearest whole thousand.) June 30 This Year December 31 Next Year 3. What amounts of interest expense should be recorded on June 30 and December 31 of this year? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Enter your answers in thousands rounded to the nearest whole thousand.) June 30 This Year December 31 Next Year 4. Determine the carrying amounts of the bonds on June 30 and December 31 of this year. (Do not round intermediate calculations. Enter your answers in thousands rounded to the nearest whole thousand.) June 30 This Year December 31 Next Year Pool Corporation Inc. sells swimming pool supplies and equipment. It is a publicly traded corporation that trades on the NASDAQ exchange. The majority of Pool's customers are small, family-owned businesses. Assume that Pool issued bonds with a face value of $750,000,000 on January 1 of this year and that the coupon rate is 5 percent. At the time of the borrowing, the market interest rate was 4 percent. The debt matures in 10 years. Pool pays interest on this debt on June 30 and December 31 of each year. Required: 1. What was the issue price on January 1 of this year? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Enter your answers in thousands rounded to the nearest whole thousand.) Issue price 2. What amounts of interest should be paid on June 30 and December 31 of this year? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Enter your answers in thousands rounded to the nearest whole thousand.) June 30 This Year December 31 Next Year 3. What amounts of interest expense should be recorded on June 30 and December 31 of this year? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Enter your answers in thousands rounded to the nearest whole thousand.) June 30 This Year December 31 Next Year 4. Determine the carrying amounts of the bonds on June 30 and December 31 of this year. (Do not round intermediate calculations. Enter your answers in thousands rounded to the nearest whole thousand.) June 30 This Year December 31 Next Year