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LIABILITY FOR EQUITY-LINKED FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2011
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosure [Abstract]  
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosure [Text Block]

NOTE 10 – LIABILITY FOR EQUITY-LINKED FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS

 

The Company adopted ASC 815- Derivatives and Hedging (“ASC 815”) on January 1, 2009. ASC 815 mandates a two-step process for evaluating whether an equity-linked financial instrument or embedded feature is indexed to the entity's own stock. It was effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2008, and interim periods within those fiscal years, which was the Company's first quarter of 2009. Many of the warrants issued by the Company contain a strike price adjustment feature, which upon adoption of ASC 815, changed the classification (from equity to liability) and the related accounting for warrants with a $479,910 estimated fair value of as of January 1, 2009. An adjustment was made to remove $486,564 from paid-in capital (the cumulative values of the warrants on their grant dates), a positive adjustment of $6,654 was made to accumulated deficit, representing the gain on valuation from the grant date to January 1, 2009, and $479,910 was booked as a liability. The warrants issued in 2011 do not contain a strike price adjustment feature and, therefore, are not treated as a liability.

 

The January 1, 2009 valuation was computed using the Black-Scholes valuation model based upon a 2.5-year expected term, an expected volatility of 63%, an exercise price of $.46 per share, a stock price of $.35, a zero dividend rate and a 1.37% risk free interest rate. Subsequent to January 1, 2009 these warrants were re-valued at the end of each quarter and a gain or loss was recorded based upon their increase or decrease in value during the quarter. Likewise, new warrants that were issued during 2009 and 2010 were valued, using the Black-Scholes valuation model on their date of grant and an entry was made to reduce paid-in capital and increase the liability for equity-linked financial instruments. These warrants were also re-valued at the end of each quarter based upon their expected life, the stock price, the exercise price, assumed dividend rate, expected volatility and risk free interest rate. A significant reduction in the liability was realized in 2010 primarily due to a reduction from $.50 to $.22 per share in the underlying stock price. The Company realized a slight increase in the liability for existing warrants during the first quarter of 2011 primarily due to a reduction in the spread between the exercise price and the market price of the underlying shares, additionally, there was an increase in the liability due to the extension of some existing warrants.

 

The inputs to the Black-Scholes model during 2009, 2010 and 2011 were as follows:

Stock price   $ .08 to $.50
Exercise price   $ .01 to $.65
Expected life   2.0 to 6.5 years
Expected volatility   54% to 68%
Assumed dividend rate   - %
Risk-free interest rate   .13% to 2.97%

  

The original valuations, annual gain (loss) and end of year valuations are shown below:

 

    Initial Value     Annual
Gain (Loss)
    Value at
12/31/09
    2010
Gain (Loss)
    Value at
12/31/10
    2011
Gain (Loss)
    Value at
12/31/2011
 
January 1, 2009 adoption   $ 479,910     $ (390,368 )   $ 870,278     $ 868,772     $ 1,506       (88,290 )   $ 89,796  
Warrants issued in quarter ended 6/30/2009     169,854       20,847       149,007       147,403       1,604       (4,689 )     6,293  
Warrants issued in quarter ended 9/30/2009     39,743       (738 )     40,481       40,419       62       (1,562 )     1,624  
Warrants issued in quarter ended 12/31/2009     12,698       617       12,081       12.053       28       (724 )     752  
Subtotal   $ 702,205             $ 1,071,847                                  
Warrants issued in quarter ended 3/31/2010     25,553                       25,014       539       (5,571 )     6,109  
Warrants issued in quarter ended 6/30/2010     31,332                       30,740       592       (6,122 )     6,714  
Warrants issued in quarter ended 9/30/2010     31,506                       20,811       10,615       (44,160 )     54,775  
                                                         
Total   $ 790,596     $ (369,642 )   $ 1,071,847     $ 1,145,292     $ 14,946     $ (151,118 )   $ 166,072