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How to calculate rights issue shares and bonus issue shares

Forums › ACCA Forums › ACCA FA Financial Accounting Forums › How to calculate rights issue shares and bonus issue shares

  • This topic has 13 replies, 6 voices, and was last updated 8 years ago by John Moffat.
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  • June 24, 2014 at 4:51 am #177511
    mapyieethinnwe
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    Please help me to solve the following question with explanation. I don’t know how to get rights issue shares & bonus issue shares from answer.
    Question: At 30 June 20×2, a company’s structure was as follows:
    Ordinary Share Capital $
    500,000 shares of 25c each 125,000
    Share Premium Account 100,000
    In the year ended 30 June 20×3 the company made a rights issue of 1 share for every 2 held at $1 per share and this was taken up in full. Later in the year the company made a bonus issue of 1 share for every 5 held, using the share premium account for the purpose.
    What was the company’s capital structure at 30 June 20×3?

    Answer:
    Ordinary Share $ Share Premium $
    Opening Balance 125,000 100,000
    Rights Issue 250,000 x 25c 62,500 250,000x75c 187,500
    Bonus Issue 150,000 x 25c 37,500 150,000x75c (37,500)

    June 24, 2014 at 8:58 am #177521
    John Moffat
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    The rights issue is 1/2 x 500000 shares = 250,000 shares.
    To share capital goes 250,000 x 0.25 = 62,500; to share premium goes 250,000 x 0.75 = 187,500.

    There are now 750,000 shares in issue.

    The bonus issue is 1/5 x 750,000 = 150,000.
    Share capital increases by 150000 x 0.25 = 37,500; share premium decreases by 37,500.

    Hope that helps! 🙂

    June 24, 2014 at 9:23 am #177527
    mapyieethinnwe
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    Dear Tutor,

    I totally understand about your explanation. Thank you so much……

    June 24, 2014 at 11:18 am #177547
    John Moffat
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    You are welcome 🙂

    March 16, 2015 at 6:32 pm #232595
    amirah
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    Rich T is a limited liability company with 200,000 25c shares in issue.At 1 JAN the balance on the share premium account is $75,000.The following transaction occur in the year ended 31 Dec 2006:

    31 Jan there is a fully taken up 2 for 5 right issues.The issue price is $1.80.

    12 Aug there is a 1 for 10 bonus issue made using the share premium account.

    What are the balances on the share capital and share premium accounts on 31 Dec 2006

    Answer;- 77,000 for Share capital and 192,000 for share premium

    I noticed how you solved it in the question above could you explain like that I wouldn’t have asked for this question but there is this line ;-
    The issue price is $1,80 which had confused me

    So I am sorry in advance for repeating a similar question

    March 16, 2015 at 8:14 pm #232607
    John Moffat
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    I will answer, but in future please ask in the F3 Ask the Tutor Forum if you wish me to answer. This forum is for students to help each other.

    If shares are issued at $1.80, then this is the cash that is received. The nominal value (in this case $0.25) is credited to the share capital account, and the extra (in this case $1.55) is credited to the share premium account.

    (Just as in the previous question above, when the issue price was $1, the nominal value of $0.25 went to share capital and the extra $0.75 went to share premium)

    I do suggest that you watch the free lecture on Company Accounts where issue of shares, rights issues and bonus issues are explained in full.

    November 23, 2015 at 1:05 pm #284719
    hayy
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    Branch “A” in Lagos sent goods worth N50,000 to branch “B” at Otueke in Balyelsa, the goods were hi-jacked by Boko- Haram. State the required Accounting entries necessary to record these transactions.

    November 23, 2015 at 2:00 pm #284728
    John Moffat
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    1. Branch accounting is not in the syllabus for Paper F3

    2. This has absolutely nothing to do with rights issues and bonus issues, so why on earth have you posted it here?

    November 23, 2015 at 5:05 pm #284748
    hayy
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    Am sorry i copied the wrong question

    November 23, 2015 at 6:06 pm #284765
    John Moffat
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    No problem 🙂

    December 30, 2016 at 10:07 am #364672
    wildcorazon
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    thank you very much it really helps .. was puzzle about the bonus issue .. but the explanation helps. once again thanks .

    December 31, 2016 at 5:27 pm #364722
    John Moffat
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    You are welcome 🙂

    March 22, 2017 at 7:14 pm #378995
    natashapattinson
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    Please can someone help me with the below question 🙂

    Able PLC is raising finance through a rights issue and the current ex dividend market price of its shares is £2.50.
    The rights issue is on a 1 for 4 basis and the new shares will be offered at a 20% discount to the current market price.
    Mr Smith is an investor who owns 20,000 shares of Able PLC.

    Using the information provided discuss the effects of the proposed rights issue on the personal wealth of Mr Smith (calculations are required)

    thank you in advance for any help provided 🙂

    March 22, 2017 at 7:17 pm #379001
    John Moffat
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    This cannot possibly be asked in Paper F3 – it is not in the syllabus (it is a Paper F9 topic)!!

    You will find a full explanation of how to deal with this by watching the free lectures for Paper F9,

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