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Derivative Liability

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Derivative Liability
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Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosure [Abstract]  
Derivative Liability

NOTE 11– DERIVATIVE LIABILITY

 

In June 2008, a FASB approved guidance related to the determination of whether a freestanding equity-linked instrument should be classified as equity or debt under the provisions of FASB ASC Topic No. 815-40, Derivatives and Hedging – Contracts in an Entity’s Own Stock. The adoption of this requirement will affect accounting for convertible instruments and warrants with provisions that protect holders from declines in the stock price (“down-round” provisions). Warrants with such provisions are no longer recorded in equity and are reclassified as a liability.

 

Instruments with down-round protection are not considered indexed to a company’s own stock under ASC Topic 815, because neither the occurrence of a sale of common stock by the company at market nor the issuance of another equity-linked instrument with a lower strike price is an input to the fair value of a fixed-for-fixed option on equity shares.

 

In connection with the issuance of its 6% convertible debentures and related warrants, the Company has determined that the terms of the convertible warrants include down-round provisions under which the exercise price could be affected by future equity offerings. Accordingly, the warrants are accounted for as liabilities at the date of issuance and adjusted to fair value through earnings at each reporting date. On May 17, 2016, the Company entered into exchange agreements with holders of the Company’s outstanding convertible notes in the amount of $504,168 originally issued on December 28, 2015 (the “Notes”) pursuant to which the Notes were cancelled and the exchanging holders were issued an aggregate of 10,083,351 shares of newly designated Series G Convertible Preferred Stock. Upon the conversion of the Series G Convertible Preferred Stock, additional paid in capital increased by $649,662 from the decrease in the Notes payable of $504,168, decrease in derivative liabilities of $146,502 and increase in Series G Convertible Preferred Stock of $1,008.

  

The Notes were accounted for as liabilities at the date of issuance and adjusted to fair value through earnings at each reporting date. The Company recorded amortization for the discount to the Notes of $0 and $602,515 at March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016. As of March 31, 2017, and December 31, 2016, the Company has an unamortized discount balance of $0. The Company has recognized derivative liabilities of $0 at March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016, respectively. The gain (loss) resulting from the decrease (increase) in fair value of this convertible instrument was $422,974 for the year ended December 31, 2016. The Company has recognized derivative liabilities for related warrants of $123 and $1,237 at March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016, respectively. The gain resulting from the decrease in fair value of this convertible instrument was $1,114 and $3,119 for the three months ended March 31, 2017 and the year ended December 31, 2016, respectively. Weighted average term is 0.11 years.

 

    Conversion feature derivative liability     Warrant liability     Total  
Balance at January 1, 2016     614,035       4,356       618,391  
                         
Change in fair value included in earnings     (422,974 )     (3,119 )     (426,093 )
Net effect on additional paid in capital     (191,062 )     -       (191,062 )
Balance at December 31, 2016   $ -     $ 1,237     $ 1,237  
Change in fair value included in earnings     -       (1,114 )     (1,114 )
Balance at March 31, 2017   $ -     $ 123     $ 123  

 

The Company used the following assumptions for determining the fair value of the convertible instruments granted under the Black-Scholes option pricing model:

 

    March 31, 2017  
Expected volatility     257.1 %
Expected term - years     0.11  
Risk-free interest rate     1.27 %
Expected dividend yield     0 %