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Note 4 - Fair Value

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Note 4 - Fair Value
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2017
Notes to Financial Statements  
Fair Value Disclosures [Text Block]
4
.
Fair Value
 
The Company
has been informed by PPVA that it is the owner of the balance of the Platinum Note. Such balance of approximately
$1.9
million was due upon closing of the Asset Sale but withheld by the Company and
not
paid to anyone because it is subject to competing claims of ownership by both Dr. Michael Goldberg, the Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer, and PPVA. The remaining balance of the Platinum Note would have matured under its terms in
September 2017,
however the Company has
not
paid the balance as it is still subject to ongoing competing claims of ownership. The Company intends to pay the balance of the debt if it is determined to be due and owing to PPVA or Dr. Goldberg.
 
If determined to be the obligee under the Platinum Note,
Platinum or Dr. Goldberg would have had the right to convert all or any portion of the unpaid principal or unpaid interest accrued on all draws under the Platinum credit facility, under certain circumstances. The Platinum embedded option to convert such debt into common stock is recorded at fair value on the consolidated balance sheets and deemed to be a derivative instrument as the amount of shares to be issued upon conversion is indeterminable. The estimated fair value of the conversion option of the Platinum Note payable is approximately
$0
and
$153,000
on
September 30, 2017
and
December 31, 2016,
respectively. Subsequent to its maturity in
September 2017,
the Platinum Note
no
longer has an embedded conversion option.
 
MT issued warrants to purchase MT Common Stock with certain characteristics including a net settlement provision that require the warrants to be accounted for as a derivative liability at fair value on the consolidated balance sheets. The estimated fair value of the MT warrants is
$63,000
at
both
September 30, 2017
and
December 31, 2016,
and will continue to be measured on a recurring basis. See Note
1
(b)(
3
).
 
The following tables set forth, by level, financial liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis:
 
 
Liabilities Measured at Fair Value on a Recurri
ng Basis as of
September
30, 2017
 
Description
 
Quoted
Prices in
Active
Markets for Identical
Liabilities
(Level 1)
   
Significant
Other
Observable
Inputs
(Level 2)
   
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
(Level 3)
   
Total
 
Platinum conversion option
  $
    $
    $
    $
 
Liability related to MT warrants
   
     
     
63,000
     
63,000
 
 
Liabilities Measured at Fair Value on a Recurri
ng Basis as of December 31, 2016
 
Description
 
Quoted
Prices in
Active
Markets for Identical
Liabilities
(Level 1)
   
Significant
Other
Observable
Inputs
(Level 2)
   
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
(Level 3)
   
Total
 
Platinum conversion option
  $
    $
    $
153,357
    $
153,357
 
Liability related to MT warrants
   
     
     
63,000
     
63,000
 
 
 
a.
Valuation Processes-Level
3
Measurements:
The Company utilizes
third
-party valuation services that use complex models such as Monte Carlo simulation to estimate the value of our financial liabilities. Each reporting period, the Company provides significant unobservable inputs to the
third
-party valuation experts based on current internal estimates and forecasts.
 
The assumptions used
in the Monte Carlo simulation as of
September 30, 2017
and
December 31, 2016
are summarized in the following table:
 
   
September 30,
2017
   
December 31,
2016
 
Estimated volatility
   
0
%    
76
%
Expected term (in years)
   
0
     
4.75
 
Debt rate
   
8.125
%    
8.125
%
Beginning stock price
  $
0.42
    $
0.64
 
 
 
b.
Sensitivity Analysis-Level
3
Measurements:
Changes in the Company’s current internal estimates and forecasts were likely to cause material changes in the fair value of the Platinum conversion option. The significant unobservable inputs used in the fair value measurement of the liability included the amount and timing of future draws expected to be taken under the Platinum Loan Agreement based on then-current internal forecasts and management’s estimate of the likelihood of actually making those draws as opposed to obtaining other sources of financing. Significant increases (decreases) in any of the significant unobservable inputs would result in a higher (lower) fair value measurement. A change in
one
of the inputs would
not
necessarily result in a directionally similar change in the others.
 
There were
no
Level
1
or Level
2
liabilities outstanding at any time during the
three
-month and
nine
-month periods ended
September 30, 2017
and
2016.
There were
no
transfers in or out of our Level
1
or Level
2
liabilities during the
three
-month and
nine
-month periods ended
September 30, 2017
or
2016.
Changes in the estimated fair value of our Level
3
liabilities relating to unrealized gains (losses) are recorded as changes in fair value of financial instruments in the consolidated statements of operations. The change in the estimated fair value of our Level
3
liabilities during the
three
-month periods ended
September 30, 2017
and
2016
was
$0
and an increase of
$839,000,
respectively. The change in the estimated fair value of our Level
3
liabilities during the
nine
-month periods ended
September 30, 2017
and
2016
was decreases of
$153,000
and
$1.8
million, respectively.