NOTE L – DERIVATIVE FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS

The following tables summarize the components of our derivative liabilities and linked common shares as of March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014 and the amounts that were reflected in our income related to our derivatives for the periods then ended:


	March 31, 2015		December 31, 2014
Derivative liabilities:
Embedded derivatives derived from:
2014 Convertible Promissory Notes	$	2,594,444	$	2,115,318

		2,594,444		2,115,318
Warrant derivatives
Senior Convertible Notes		94,904		111,127

Warrant derivatives		94,904		111,127

Total derivative liabilities	$	2,689,348	$	2,226,445


	March 31, 2015		December 31, 2014
Common shares linked to derivative liabilities:
Embedded derivatives:
2014 Convertible Promissory Notes*		3,174,604		3,174,604

		3,174,604		3,174,604

Warrant derivatives
Senior Convertible Notes		1,562,500		1,562,500
Series G Convertible Preferred Stock		—		—

		1,562,500		1,562,500

Total common shares linked to derivative liabilities		4,737,104		4,737,104

*	The common shares indexed to the 2014 Convertible Promissory Notes are shares indexed to Oceanica.


	Three-months ended March 31,
	2015			2014
Derivative income (expense):
Unrealized gains (losses) from fair value changes:
Senior Convertible Notes	$	—		$	47,243
2014 Convertible Promissory Notes		(479,126	)		—
Warrant derivatives		16,223			(229,956	)

Total derivative income (expense)	$	(462,903	)	$	(182,713	)

Current accounting principles that are provided in ASC 815 - Derivatives and Hedging require derivative financial instruments to be classified in liabilities and carried at fair value with changes recorded in income. In addition, the standards do not permit an issuer to account separately for individual derivative terms and features embedded in hybrid financial instruments that require bifurcation and liability classification as derivative financial instruments. Rather, such terms and features must be bundled together and fair valued as a single, compound embedded derivative. We have selected the Monte Carlo Simulations valuation technique to fair value the compound embedded derivative because we believe that this technique is reflective of all significant assumption types, and ranges of assumption inputs, that market participants would likely consider in transactions involving compound embedded derivatives. Such assumptions include, among other inputs, interest risk assumptions, credit risk assumptions and redemption behaviors in addition to traditional inputs for option models such as market trading volatility and risk free rates. We have selected Binomial Lattice to fair value our warrant derivatives because we believe this technique is reflective of all significant assumption types market participants would likely consider in transactions involving freestanding warrants derivatives. The Monte Carlo Simulations technique is a level three valuation technique because it requires the development of significant internal assumptions in addition to observable market indicators.

Significant inputs and results arising from the Monte Carlo Simulations process are as follows for the share purchase options that have been bifurcated from our Monaco Notes and classified in liabilities as of March 31, 2015 and the inception dates (Tranche 1 – August 14, 2014, Tranche 2 – October 1, 2014, Tranche 3 – December 1, 2014):


Tranche 1 – August 14, 2014:	March 31, 2015	August 14, 2014
Underlying price on valuation date*	$2.50	$2.50
Contractual conversion rate	$3.15	$3.15
Contractual term to maturity	1.38 Years	2.00 Years
Implied expected term to maturity	1.27 Years	1.85 Years
Market volatility:
Range of volatilities	75.4% - 115.9%	37.0% - 62.2%
Equivalent volatilities	91.53%	51.2%
Contractual interest rate	8.0% - 11.0%	8.0% - 11.0%
Equivalent market risk adjusted interest rates	10.00%	9.50%
Range of credit risk adjusted yields	4.69% - 5.18%	3.94% - 4.45%
Equivalent credit risk adjusted yield	4.81%	4.15%

Tranche 2 – October 1, 2014:	March 31, 2015	October 1, 2014
Underlying price on valuation date*	$2.50	$2.50
Contractual conversion rate	$3.15	$3.15
Contractual term to maturity	1.51 Years	2.00 Years
Implied expected term to maturity	1.38 Years	1.79 Years
Market volatility:
Range of volatilities	75.2% - 114.1%	58.6% - 75.3%
Equivalent volatilities	89.7%	68.00%
Contractual interest rate	8.0% - 11.0%	8.0% - 11.0%
Equivalent market risk adjusted interest rates	9.75%	9.25%
Range of credit risk adjusted yields	4.69% - 5.18%	3.97% - 4.61%
Equivalent credit risk adjusted yield	4.85%	4.24%
Tranche 3 – December 1, 2014:	March 31, 2015	December 1, 2014
Underlying price on valuation date*	$2.50	$2.50
Contractual conversion rate	$3.15	$3.15
Contractual term to maturity	1.67 Years	2.00 Years
Implied expected term to maturity	1.53 Years	1.76 Years
Market volatility:
Range of volatilities	74.4% - 115.1%	61.8% - 79.8%
Equivalent volatilities	89.3%	72.2%
Contractual interest rate	8.0% - 11.0%	8.0% - 11.0%
Equivalent market risk adjusted interest rates	9.50%	9.25%
Range of credit risk adjusted yields	4.69% - 5.18%	4.29% - 4.84%
Equivalent credit risk adjusted yield	4.85%	4.52%

The instrument is convertible into shares of the Company’s subsidiary, Oceanica, which is not a publicly-traded entity. Therefore its shares do not trade on a public exchange. As a result, the underlying value must be based on private sales of the subsidiary’s shares because that is the best indicator of the value of the shares. There has been a sale of Oceanica’s shares in which a private investor accumulated 24% of the shares of which their last purchase price was for $2.50 per share in December 2013. Accordingly the underlying price used in the MCS calculations for the inception dates and quarter ended March 31, 2015 was $2.50.

The following table reflects the issuances of compound embedded derivatives, redemptions and changes in fair value inputs and assumptions related to the compound embedded derivatives during the three-months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014.


	For the three-months ended March 31,
	2015		2014
Balances at January 1	$	—	$	47,243
Issuances		—		—
Expirations from redemptions of host contracts reflected in income		—		(47,243	)
Changes in fair value inputs and assumptions reflected in income		—		—

Balances at March 31	$	—	$	—

The fair value of the compound embedded derivative is significantly influenced by our trading market price, the price volatility in trading and the interest components of the Monte Carlo Simulation technique.

The following table reflects the issuances of the Share Purchase Option derivatives and changes in fair value inputs and assumptions for these derivatives during the three-months ended March 31, 2015.


	March 31, 2015
Balances at January 1	$	2,115,318
Issuances		—
Changes in fair value inputs and assumptions reflected in income		479,126

Balances at March 31	$	2,594,444

The fair value of all Share Purchase Option derivatives is significantly influenced by our trading market price, the price volatility in trading and the risk free interest components of the Binomial Lattice technique.

On October 11, 2010, we also issued warrants to acquire 1,800,000 of our common shares in connection with the Series G Convertible Preferred Stock Financing. During April 4-8, 2011, we issued warrants to acquire 525,000 of our common shares in connection the Series G Convertible Preferred Stock and Warrant Settlement Transaction. Finally, on November 8, 2011, we issued warrants to acquire 1,302,083 of our common shares in connection with the Senior Convertible Note Financing Transaction. These warrants required liability classification as derivative financial instruments because certain down-round anti-dilution protection or price protection features included in the warrant agreements are not consistent with the concept of equity. We applied the Binomial Lattice valuation technique in estimating the fair value of the warrants because we believe that this technique is most appropriate and reflects all of the assumptions that market participants would likely consider in transactions involving the warrants, including the potential incremental value associated with the down-round anti-dilution protections.

The Binomial Lattice technique is a level three valuation technique because it requires the development of significant internal assumptions in addition to observable market indicators. All remaining warrants linked to 1,725,000 shares of common stock were exercised on October 11, 2013.

All remaining warrants linked to 525,000 shares of common stock expired unexercised on April 13, 2014. Therefore, the warrants linked to 525,000 shares of common stock were not outstanding as of March 31, 2015. Significant assumptions and utilized in the Binomial Lattice process are as follows for the warrants linked to 525,000 shares of common stock as of March 31, 2014:


		March 31, 2014
Linked common shares		525,000
Quoted market price on valuation date		$2.29
Contractual exercise rate		$2.3793
Term (years)		0.04
Range of market volatilities		15.2% - 29.2%
Risk free rates using zero coupon US Treasury Security rates		0.05%

Significant assumptions and utilized in the Binomial Lattice process are as follows for the warrants linked to 1,562,500 shares of common stock as of March 31, 2015, March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2014:


	March, 31		December 31, 2014
	2015	2014	December 31, 2014
Linked common shares	1,562,500	1,562,500	1,562,500
Quoted market price on valuation date	$0.70	$2.29	$0.93
Contractual exercise rate	$3.60	$3.60	$3.60
Term (years)	2.11	3.11	2.40
Range of market volatilities	69.7% - 109.1%	47.9% - 66.1%	59.9% - 73.9%
Risk free rates using zero coupon US Treasury Security rates	0.03% - 0.56%	0.05% - 0.90%	0.04% - 0.67%
Custom lattice variable: Probability of exercisability (434,027 linked common shares)	—	—	—

Of the 1,302,083 common shares accessible from the warrant issued on November 8, 2011, 434,027 of those common shares were accessible only based upon the Company’s election to require the lender to provide the additional financing. When the lender provided additional financing of $8,000,000 on May 10, 2012, the additional 434,027 of common shares became accessible. Warrants indexed to an additional 260,417 were issued in conjunction with the additional financing.

The following table reflects the issuances of derivative warrants and changes in fair value inputs and assumptions related to the derivative warrants during the years ended March 31, 2015 and 2014.


	Three-months ended March 31,
	2015			2014
Balances at January 1	$	111,127		$	840,000
Changes in fair value inputs and assumptions reflected in income		(16,223	)		18,906

Balances at March 31	$	94,904		$	858,906

The fair value of all warrant derivatives is significantly influenced by our trading market price, the price volatility in trading and the risk free interest components of the Binomial Lattice technique.