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Fair Value Measurements and Derivative Liabiliity
3 Months Ended
Aug. 31, 2014
Notes to Financial Statements  
Note 11 - Fair Value Measurements and Derivative Liabiliity

The Company evaluates all of it financial instruments to determine if such instruments are derivatives or contain features that qualify as embedded derivatives. For derivative financial instruments that are accounted for as liabilities, the derivative instrument is initially recorded at its fair value and is then re-valued at each reporting date, with changes in the fair value reported as charges or credits to income. For option-based derivative financial instruments, the Companyuses the Black-Scholes option-pricing model to value the derivative instruments at inception and subsequent valuation dates. The classification of derivative instruments, including whether such instruments should be recorded as liabilities or as equity, is re-assessed at the end of each reporting period.

 

Derivative instrument liabilities are classified in the balance sheet as current or non-current based on whether or not net-cash settlement of the derivative instrument could be required within 12 months of the balance sheet date.

 

During the period ended August 31,, 2014 the Company entered into several convertible note agreements. The conversion option and the outstanding common stock warrants on that date which were tainted by the convertible note were classified as derivative liabilities at their fair value on the date of issuance.

 

Under ASC-815 the conversion options embedded in the notes payable described in Note 9 require liability classification because they do not contain an explicit limit to the number of shares that could be issued upon settlement.

 

As defined in FASB ASC 820, fair value is the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date (exit price). The Company utilized the market data of similar entities in its industry or assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability, including assumptions about risk and the risks inherent in the inputs to the valuation technique. These inputs can be readily observable, market corroborated, or generally unobservable. The Company classifies fair value balances based on the observability of those inputs. FASB ASC 820 establishes a fair value hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs used to measure fair value. The hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (level 1 measurement) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (level 3 measurement).

 

The three levels of the fair value hierarchy are as follows:

 

Level 1 – Quoted prices are available in active markets for identical assets or liabilities as of the reporting date. Active markets are those in which transactions for the asset or liability occur in sufficient frequency and volume to provide pricing information on an ongoing basis. Level 1 primarily consists of financial instruments such as exchange-traded derivatives, marketable securities and listed equities.

 

Level 2 - Pricing inputs are other than quoted prices in active markets included in level 1, which are either directly or indirectly observable as of the reported date.

 

Level 3 - Pricing inputs include significant inputs that are generally less observable from objective sources. These inputs may be used with internally developed methodologies that result in management’s best estimate of fair value.

 

Derivative liability — the Company’s derivative liability is classified within Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy.

 

The Company uses the Black Scholes Option Pricing Model to value its option based derivatives based upon the following assumptions: dividend yield of -0-%, volatility of stock price =100%, risk free rate varying from 8 to 12 % and an expected term equal to the remaining conversion of the note.

 

The following table sets forth by level within the fair value hierarchy the Company’s financial assets and liabilities that were accounted for at fair value as at August 31, 2014.

 

Recurring Fair Value Measurements   Level 1     Level 2     Level 3     Total  
                         
LIABILITIES:                        
Derivative liability- August 31, 2014     -       -       1,941,872       1,941,872  
Derivative liability- May 31, 2014     -       -       1,748,982       1,748,982