Derivative Liabilities

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2014

Notes

Derivative Liabilities

Derivative Liabilities:

The Company assessed the classification of its derivative financial instruments as of September 30, 2014, which consist of convertible instruments and rights to shares of the Company’s common stock, and determined that such derivatives meet the criteria for liability classification under ASC 815.

ASC 815 generally provides three criteria that, if met, require companies to bifurcate conversion options from their host instruments and account for them as free standing derivative financial instruments. These three criteria include circumstances in which (a) the economic characteristics and risks of the embedded derivative instrument are not clearly and closely related to the economic characteristics and risks of the host contract, (b) the hybrid instrument that embodies both the embedded derivative instrument and the host contract is not re-measured at fair value under otherwise applicable generally accepted accounting principles with changes in fair value reported in earnings as they occur and (c) a separate instrument with the same terms as the embedded derivative instrument would be considered a derivative instrument subject to the requirements of ASC 815. ASC 815 also provides an exception to this rule when the host instrument is deemed to be conventional.

During the nine months ended September 30, 2014 and 2013, the Company had notes payable outstanding in which the conversion rate was variable and the embedded conversion feature was not clearly and closely related to the economic characteristics and risks of the host contract.  Accordingly, the Company has recognized a derivative liability in connection with such instruments. The Company uses judgment in determining the fair value of derivative liabilities at the date of issuance at every balance sheet thereafter and in determining which valuation is most appropriate for the instrument (e.g., Binomial), the expected volatility, the implied risk free interest rate, as well as the expected dividend rate.