indexed to entity's own stock

Broad Transactions1

1. 815-40Contracts in Entity's Own Equity815 Derivatives and Hedging

   ASC 815-40 governs contracts (freestanding or embedded) that are indexed to, and potentially settled in, an entity's own stock — warrants, written/purchased options, forward sale and purchase contracts, and conversion features. It supplies the two-part test for the derivative scope exception in 815-10-15-74(a): whether the instrument is "indexed to the entity's own stock" (two-step analysis in 815-40-15-7 through 15-7I) and whether it would be classified in stockholders' equity (conditions in 815-40-25-7 through 25-30). Equity-classified contracts stay in permanent equity with no remeasurement; contracts failing either part are assets or liabilities measured at fair value through earnings, with classification reassessed every balance sheet date.