Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Note 4 - Fair Value

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Note 4 - Fair Value
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2017
Notes to Financial Statements  
Fair Value Disclosures [Text Block]
4
.
Fair Val
ue
 
The Company was informed by PPVA that it was the owner of additional amounts owed on the Platinum-Montaur loan.
  PPVA claims a balance of approximately
$1.9
million was due upon closing of the Asset Sale.  That amount is also subject to competing claims of ownership by Dr. Michael Goldberg, the Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer.  The Company has
not
yet paid the balance to anyone, as ownership is subject to dispute.
 
If determined to be the obligee under the Platinum Note, PPVA 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
December 31, 2017
and
2016,
respectively, and is included in notes payable on the accompanying consolidated balance sheets.  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
December 31, 2017
and
2016,
is included in other liabilities on the accompanying consolidated balance sheets, and will continue to be measured on a recurring basis.  See Notes
1
(m) and
10.
 
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 December 31, 2017
 
   
Quoted
Prices
in
Active
Markets for
Identical
Assets
and
Liabilities
   
Significant
Other
Observable
Inputs
   
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs (a)(b)
   
Balance as of
December 31,
 
Description
 
(Level 1)
   
(Level 2)
   
(Level 3)
   
2017
 
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
 
   
Quoted
Prices
in
Active
Markets
for
Identical
Assets
and
Liabilities
   
Significant
Other
Observable
Inputs
   
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs (a)(b)
   
Balance as of
December 31,
 
Description
 
(Level 1)
   
(Level 2)
   
(Level 3)
   
2016
 
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
December 31, 2016
are summarized in the following table:
 
   
2016
 
Estimated volatility
   
76
%
Expected term (in years)
   
4.75
 
Debt rate
   
8.125
%
Beginning stock price
  $
0.64
 
 
In addition,
as of
December 31, 2016
the Company estimated a
95%
chance that the majority of the Platinum debt would be repaid in connection with the closing of the Asset Sale to Cardinal Health
414
during the
first
quarter of
2017.
 
 
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 years ended
December 31, 2017
and
2016.
There were
no
transfers in or out of our Level
1
or Level
2
liabilities during the years ended
December 31, 2017
and
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 years ended
December 31, 2017,
2016
and
2015
was an approximate decrease of
$153,000,
a decrease of
$2.9
million, and an increase of
$615,000,
respectively.