Reference no: EM132505114

The stockholders' equity section of Ella Inc. at the beginning of the current year appears below.

Common stock, $10 par value, authorized 934,000 shares, 280,000 shares issued and outstanding         $2,800,000

Paid-in capital in excess of par-common stock                                                                                   577,000

Retained earnings                                                                                                                      597,000

During the current year, the following transactions occurred.

1. The company sold to the public a $181,000, 10% bond issue at 104. The company also issued with each $100 bond one detachable stock purchase warrant, which provided for the purchase of common stock at $32 per share. Shortly after issuance, similar bonds without warrants were selling at 96 and the warrants at $8.
2. At the end of the year, 80% of the warrants in (2) had been exercised, and the remaining were outstanding and in good standing.
3. During the current year, the company granted stock options for 9,100 shares of common stock to company executives. The company, using a fair value option-pricing model, determines that each option is worth $10. The option price is $32. The options were to expire at year-end and were considered compensation for the current year.
4. All but 910 shares related to the stock-option plan were exercised by year-end. The expiration resulted because one of the executives failed to fulfill an obligation related to the employment contract.

Question 1: Prepare the journal entries for the current year to record the transactions