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Stellar Corporation issued 6,000, five year, 3% bonds at 103 on January 1, 2023. Interest is paid annually. Each $1,000 bond carried one detachable warrant allowing the holder to purchase 100 common shares in Stellar at $9 per share, the price at which Stellar shares were trading on the day of the sale of the bonds. Similar straight bonds trading on the open market paid 6%. On June 30, 2023, 1,200 of the bond holders exercised the options to buy the shares.

Prepare the journal entries to record these events.


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