Suppose Sepracor, Inc. called its convertible debt in 2020. Assume the following related to the transaction. The 10%, $10,000,000 par value bonds were converted into 1,000,000 shares of $1 par value common stock on July 1, 2020. On July 1, there was $51,000 of unamortized discount applicable to the bonds, and the company paid an additional $68,000 to the bondholders to induce conversion of all the bonds. The company records the conversion using the book value method.
