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DERIVATIVE LIABILITY
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2013
Notes to Financial Statements  
DERIVATIVE LIABILITY

 

NOTE 13 – DERIVATIVE LIABILITY

 

In April 2008, the FASB issued a pronouncement that provides guidance on determining what types of instruments or embedded features in an instrument held by a reporting entity can be considered indexed to its own stock for the purpose of evaluating the first criteria of the scope exception in the pronouncement on accounting for derivatives. This pronouncement was effective for financial statements issued for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2008. The adoption of these requirements can affect the accounting for warrants and many convertible instruments with provisions that protect holders from a decline in the stock price (or “down-round” provisions). For example, warrants or conversion features with such provisions are no longer recorded in equity. Down-round provisions reduce the exercise price of a warrant or convertible instrument if a company either issues equity shares for a price that is lower than the exercise price of those instruments or issues new warrants or convertible instruments that have a lower exercise price.

 

During fiscal year 2012, which ended December 31, 2012, the Company issued the 6% Notes and the Company determined that the conversion feature in these 6% Notes created a derivative liability. The derivative liability was initially valued using the weighted-average Black-Scholes-Merton option pricing model, which approximates the Monte Carlo and other binomial valuation techniques, with the following assumptions; (i) dividend yield of 0%; (ii) expected volatility of 74%; (iii) risk free rate of 0.04% and (iv) expected term of 3.08 years. Based upon this model, the Company determined an initial value of $592,326. On December 31, 2012, the Company determined there was no longer a derivative liability related to these 6% Notes and fully expensed the value of the initial derivative liability as of December 31, 2012.

 

During the three month period ended March 31, 2013, the Company issued the 10% Convertible Note in the principal amount of $156,000. As of March 31, 2013 the entire balance of the convertible note had been converted into 6,270,413 shares of the Company’s common stock. The Company determined that the conversion feature was considered a beneficial conversion feature and determined its value on the date of conversion to be $156,000. Accordingly, the beneficial conversion feature has been accounted for as a valuation discount to the 10% Convertible Note and was fully amortized as of March 31, 2013 via effective interest method, with the Company recording $156,000 non-cash interest expense and $2,750 non-cash loss on extinguishment of debt. The Company had no derivative liability with regard to this note as of March 31, 2013.

 

At March 31, 2013, the Company evaluated the conversion feature of the 10% Convertible Notes and determined that there was a derivative liability. The derivative liability was initially valued using the Black-Scholes option pricing model, with the following assumptions; (i) dividend yield of 0%; (ii) expected volatility of 309%; (iii) risk free rate of 0.11% and (iv) expected term of 0.5 years. Based upon this model, the Company determined an initial value of $158,745. The Company fully expensed as of March 31, 2013 as a $169,753 non-cash charge to change in fair value of derivative liability. On March 31, 2013, the Company determined there was no longer a derivative liability related to this 10% Convertible Notes.

 

As of March 31, 2013 the Company did not have a derivative liability.