In: Accounting
On January 1, NewTune Company exchanges 18,688 shares of its common stock for all of the outstanding shares of On-the-Go, Inc. Each of NewTune’s shares has a $4 par value and a $50 fair value. The fair value of the stock exchanged in the acquisition was considered equal to On-the-Go’s fair value. NewTune also paid $35,250 in stock registration and issuance costs in connection with the merger.
Several of On-the-Go’s accounts’ fair values differ from their book values on this date:
Book Values | Fair Values | ||||||
Receivables | $ | 51,750 | $ | 49,150 | |||
Trademarks | 96,000 | 267,750 | |||||
Record music catalog | 84,500 | 240,500 | |||||
In-process research and development | 0 | 265,500 | |||||
Notes payable | (72,000 | ) | (63,750 | ) | |||
Precombination book values for the two companies are as follows:
NewTune | On-the-Go | ||||||
Cash | $ | 70,000 | $ | 41,000 | |||
Receivables | 140,000 | 51,750 | |||||
Trademarks | 418,000 | 96,000 | |||||
Record music catalog | 931,000 | 84,500 | |||||
Equipment (net) | 333,000 | 138,000 | |||||
Totals | $ | 1,892,000 | $ | 411,250 | |||
Accounts payable | $ | (113,000 | ) | $ | (38,250 | ) | |
Notes payable | (467,000 | ) | (72,000 | ) | |||
Common stock | (400,000 | ) | (50,000 | ) | |||
Additional paid-in capital | (30,000 | ) | (30,000 | ) | |||
Retained earnings | (882,000 | ) | (221,000 | ) | |||
Totals | $ | (1,892,000 | ) | $ | (411,250 | ) | |