Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

DERIVATIVE LIABILITY

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DERIVATIVE LIABILITY
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2023
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosure [Abstract]  
DERIVATIVE LIABILITY

8. DERIVATIVE LIABILITY

 

Under authoritative guidance used by the FASB on determining whether an instrument (or embedded feature) is indexed to an entity’s own stock, instruments that do not have fixed settlement provisions are deemed to be derivative instruments. In prior years, the Company granted certain warrants that included a fundamental transaction provision that could give rise to an obligation to pay cash to the warrant holder. As a result, the fundamental transaction clause of these warrants are accounted for as a derivative liability in accordance with ASC 815 and are being re-measured every reporting period with the change in value reported in the statement of operations.

 

 

The derivative liabilities were valued using a Binomial pricing model with the following average assumptions:

 

    March 31, 2023     December 31, 2022  
Stock Price   $ 4.80     $ 6.40  
Exercise Price   $ 8.00     $ 13.60  
Expected Life     1.74       1.98  
Volatility     124 %     107 %
Dividend Yield     0 %     0 %
Risk-Free Interest Rate     4.29 %     4.41 %
Total Fair Value   $ 214     $ 222  

 

The expected life of the warrants was based on the remaining contractual term of the instruments. The Company uses the historical volatility of its common stock to estimate the future volatility for its common stock. The expected dividend yield was based on the fact that the Company has not paid dividends in the past and does not expect to pay dividends in the future. The risk-free interest rate was based on rates established by the Federal Reserve Bank.

 

During the three months ended March 31, 2023, the Company recorded income of $8 to account for the changes in the fair value of these derivative liabilities during the period. At March 31, 2023, the fair value of the derivative liability amounted to $214.

 

During the three months ended March 31, 2022, the Company recorded income of $1,138 to account for the changes in the fair value of these derivative liabilities during the period.

 

The details of derivative liability transactions for the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022 are as follows:

 

    2023     2022  
    Three Months Ended March 31,  
    2023     2022  
Beginning balance   $ 222     $ 3,155  
Change in fair value     (8 )     (1,138 )
Ending balance   $ 214     $ 2,017