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Note 4 - Fair Value

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Note 4 - Fair Value
6 Months Ended
Jun. 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-Montaur loan. 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 as it is subject to competing claims of ownership by both Dr. Michael Goldberg, the Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer, and PPVA.
 
Platinum or Dr. Goldberg has 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 notes payable is
$0
and
$153,000
at
June 30, 2017
and
December 31, 2016,
respectively.
 
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
June 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 Recurring Basis as of
June 30
, 201
7
 
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
  $
    $
    $
153,000
    $
153,000
 
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
June 30, 2017
and
December 31, 2016
are summarized in the following table:
 
 
 
June 30,
2017
 
 
December 31,
2016
 
Estimated volatility
   
72
%    
76
%
Expected term (in years)
   
0.18
     
4.75
 
Debt rate
   
8.125
%    
8.125
%
Beginning stock price
  $
0.51
    $
0.64
 
 
 
b.
Sensitivity Analysis-Level
3
Measurements:
Changes in the Company’s current internal estimates and forecasts are likely to cause material changes in the fair value of certain liabilities. The significant unobservable inputs used in the fair value measurement of the liabilities include the amount and timing of future draws expected to be taken under the Platinum Loan Agreement based on 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
six
-month periods ended
June 30, 2017
and
2016.
There were
no
transfers in or out of our Level
1
or Level
2
liabilities during the
three
-month and
six
-month periods ended
June 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
June 30, 2017
and
2016
was decreases of
$13,000
and
$1.5
million, respectively. The change in the estimated fair value of our Level
3
liabilities during the
six
-month periods ended
June 30, 2017
and
2016
was decreases of
$153,000
and
$2.6
million, respectively.