In the Debt Bond panel, you can manually book an open (buy or short sell) and close (sell or buy to cover) trade for convertible bonds. For detailed instructions on using this panel, see Book Trades for Debt Bonds.

About Additional Fields You Can View

When you book a buy of a convertible bond at a premium, you see the following additional fields on the Open Debt panel.

In prior versions, the Conversion Premium stored the difference between the market value of one share of the bond, and the market value of the shares that would be held if the bond were converted. (Stated Redemption Price at Maturity (SRPM) minus Purchase Price = Conversion Premium).

About Calculating the SRPM

In prior releases of Eagle Accounting, the Open Debt panel calculated, displayed, and allowed the edit of the SRPM value in the Price at Maturity field (tag 42) In this release, the system no longer calculates the SRPM and displays it on the debt panel. The SRPM is calculated behind the scenes as part of processing the trade and electing to use the SRPM method in the amortization method.

A description of these calculated values follows.