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Warrant Liabilities
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2013
Warrant Liabilities [Abstract]  
Warrant Liabilities
6. Warrant Liabilities
 
Liabilities measured at market value on a recurring basis include warrant liabilities resulting from the Company's past equity financings, including the underwritten public offering that closed on August 1, 2011.  In accordance with ASC 815-40, Derivatives and Hedging – Contracts in Entity's Own Equity ("ASC 815-40"), the warrant liabilities are being marked to market until they are completely settled.  The warrants are valued using the Black-Scholes method, using assumptions consistent with our application of ASC 505-50, Equity-Based Payments to Non-Employees ("ASC 505-50").  The gain or loss resulting from the marked to market calculation is shown on the Consolidated Statements of Operations as gain (loss) on warrant derivative liability. The Company recognized a loss on warrant derivative liability of $2.1 million and $3.9 million for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively. The following reflects the weighted-average assumptions for each of the three-month periods indicated:
 
        
  Three MonthsEnded March 31, 
 
 
2013
  
2012
 
        
Risk-free interest rate
  0.45%  0.74%
Expected dividend yield
  0%  0%
Expected lives
  3.21   4.15 
  Expected volatility
  69.0%  89.2%
Warrants classified as liabilities
 $6,067,450  $3,972,230 
Loss on warrant liabilities
 $(2,095,220) $(3,888,166)

The dividend yield assumption of zero is based upon the fact that the Company has never paid cash dividends and presently has no intention of paying cash dividends. The risk-free interest rate used for each grant is equal to the U.S. Treasury rates in effect at the time of the grant for instruments with a similar expected life. The expected lives are based on the remaining contractual lives of the related warrants at the valuation date.