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FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2012
FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS
NOTE I—FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS

 

The Company adopted ASC 820, “Fair Value Measurements” for its financial assets and liabilities that are re-measured and reported at fair value at each reporting period, and non-financial assets and liabilities that are re-measured and reported at fair value at least annually. The adoption of ASC 820 did not have an impact on the Company’s financial position or results of operations.

 

The Company defines fair value as the amount at which an asset (or liability) could be bought (or incurred) or sold (or settled) in a current transaction between willing parties, that is, other than in a forced or liquidation sale. The fair value estimates presented in the table below are based on information available to the Company as of March 31, 2012 and December 31, 2011.

 

The accounting standard regarding fair value measurements discusses valuation techniques, such as the market approach (comparable market prices), the income approach (present value of future income or cash flow), and the cost approach (cost to replace the service capacity of an asset or replacement cost). The standard utilizes a fair value hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to measure fair value into three broad levels. The following is a brief description of those three levels:

 

• Level 1: Observable inputs such as quoted prices (unadjusted) in active markets for identical assets or liabilities.

 

• Level 2: Inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly. These include quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets and quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active.

 

• Level 3: Unobservable inputs that reflect the reporting entity's own assumptions.

 

Warrant Liability

 

The fair value of the derivative warrant liability was determined by the Company using the quoted market prices for the publicly traded warrants. On reporting dates where there are no active trades the Company uses the last reported closing trade price of the warrants to determine the fair value (Level 2). There were no transfers between Level 1, 2 or 3 during any periods presented. There are no assets written down to fair value on non-recurring basis.

 

The following table presents information about the Company’s assets and liabilities that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of March 31, 2012 and December 31, 2011, and indicates the fair value hierarchy of the valuation techniques the Company utilized to determine such fair value. In general, fair values determined by Level 1 inputs utilize quoted prices (unadjusted) in active markets for identical assets or liabilities. Fair values determined by Level 2 inputs utilize data points that are observable such as quoted prices, interest rates and yield curves. Fair values determined by Level 3 inputs are unobservable data points for the asset or liability, and includes situations where there is little, if any, market activity for the asset or liability:

 

 

Description Fair Value  Quoted Prices
In
Active
Markets
(Level 1)
  Significant
Other
Observable
Inputs
(Level 2)
  Significant
Other
Unobservable
Inputs
(Level 3)
 
Assets:                
U.S. Treasury Securities held in Trust Account: March 31, 2012 $80,045,399  $80,045,399       
December 31, 2011  80,041,697   80,041,697       
Liabilities:                
Warrant Liability:                
March 31, 2012 $3,000,000      $3,000,000     
December 31, 2011 3,600,000      3,600,000