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| SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES |
3. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING
POLICIES
Interim reporting and basis of
presentation. While the information presented in
the accompanying interim condensed consolidated financial
statements is unaudited, these financial statements include all
adjustments, which are, in the opinion of management, necessary to
present fairly the financial position, results of operations and
cash flows for the interim periods presented in accordance with
accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of
America (“U.S. GAAP”). All adjustments in
these interim financial statements are of a normal, recurring
nature. Interim financial statements and the notes
thereto do not contain all of the disclosures normally found in
year-end audited financial statements, and these Notes to Interim
Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements are abbreviated and
contain only certain disclosures related to the nine month period
ended September 30, 2011. It is suggested that these
interim financial statements be read in conjunction with the
Company’s year-end audited December 31, 2010, financial
statements. Operating results for the nine months ended
September 30, 2011, are not necessarily indicative of the results
that can be expected for the year ending December 31,
2011.
Principles of consolidation. Effective
January 1, 2011, the Company closed the accounts of Kidz-Med, Inc.
and made the subsidiary inactive. The parent company,
ASRI, will continue to develop products using the Kidz-Med brand
name. The accompanying consolidated financial statements
include the accounts of ASRI, and as of and for the nine months
ended September 30, 2010, its wholly-owned subsidiary, Kidz-Med,
Inc. All significant inter-company transactions have
been eliminated.
Use of estimates. The preparation of
financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires
management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the
reported amounts of assets and liabilities, disclosure of
contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial
statements, and reported amounts of revenues and expenses during
the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those
estimates.
Revenue recognition. The
Company sells or consigns its products on a wholesale basis to
retailers and medical suppliers, and on a retail basis, direct to
customers usually via the internet. The Company
recognizes revenues in accordance with the guidance in the U.S.
Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) Staff
Accounting Bulletin No. 104. Accordingly, revenue is
recognized when persuasive evidence of a sales arrangement exists,
when the selling price is fixed or determinable, when shipment or
delivery occurs, ownership has transferred, and when collection is
probable. For wholesale sales, the Company generally
negotiates an agreement that covers quantities, delivery, title
transfer, pricing, warranties, returns and other terms, which
dictate revenue recognition. Revenue from internet sales
is recognized upon shipment of the product to the
customer. All sales are made at a quoted, fixed price
determined prior to completion of the sale.
The Company provides a one year limited warranty on most of its
retail product sales. Specific warranty and right of
return arrangements are negotiated with
wholesalers. Revenues in the consolidated statement of
operations are shown net of any discounts and actual returns of
product. In the Company’s experience, returns for
malfunctioning product resulting in warranty claims generally have
been insignificant, and as such, no provision for warranty claims
is provided in these consolidated financial
statements. Returns of merchantable product are reversed
from revenue and returned to inventory for re-sale upon the
Company’s receipt of the product. During the nine
months ended September 30, 2011, as a result of the court ordered
recall for re-packaging (see Note 11 – Commitments and
Contingencies – Litigation), the Company reversed $84,208
from revenue.
The Company records shipping and handling charges billed to
customers as revenue and the related expense in cost of goods sold,
in accordance with its revenue recognition
policy.
For the nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010, a majority
of the Company’s revenues were generated from sales of
thermometers. It is impracticable to provide additional
product sales information.
During the first nine months of 2010, $128,921 of revenue from
sales of a previous period whose collection was in doubt was
recognized upon the collection of cash.
Inventory and Cost of Goods Sold. The
Company’s inventories consist of finished goods, packaged and
unpackaged product, packing supplies and spare
parts. Inventories are stated at lower of cost or market
using the first-in first-out method. Freight for
components, labor and warehouse overhead expenses related to
assembly and packaging are allocated to the cost of
products. Initial packaging costs are added to the cost
of the product. Excess and unused packaging and
re-packaging costs are expensed. The Company has a
variety of spare parts, a portion of which are deemed to have no
value for accounting purposes as management has determined that it
is doubtful that any amounts will be realized from the ultimate
disposition of these spare parts.
Patent. On December 31,
2010, the Company recorded an impairment charge to write-down the
carrying value of the Disintegrator® patent to $639,138,
representing the present value of expected future cash flows over
the remaining life of the patent. The Company continues
to estimate that market demand for the patent will exceed the
patent life expiring in May 2022, and therefore beginning January
1, 2011, started amortizing the adjusted value of the patent on a
straight-line basis over the remaining patent
life. Should the Company’s estimate of market
demand change, the Company will adjust its patent amortization
schedule accordingly. The Company records amortization
expense as a component of operating, sales and administrative
expenses.
Earnings (Loss) per share. Basic net income
(loss) per common share is computed using the weighted average
number of common shares outstanding during the
periods. Diluted net income (loss) per share is computed
using the weighted average number of common and dilutive common
equivalent shares outstanding during the period. After
consideration of the 200-to-1 reverse common stock split (see Note
11 – Equity), potentially dilutive common shares at September
30, 2011, aggregated 30,643,274 shares, consisting of: 4,738,840
shares issuable upon the exercise of outstanding warrants; 273,867
shares available upon conversion of the 2007 subscription agreement
debentures; 149,368 shares issuable should all of the 2007
convertible debt noteholders elect to convert accrued interest to
common shares; 13,380,000 shares available upon conversion of
Granite’s first, second and third quarter 2010 convertible
debentures and the unconverted balance of Granite’s original
$174,900 note; 8,490,000 shares issuable upon conversion of the
notes to Lanktree; 16,667 shares issuable to Lender 3 upon
conversion; 500,000 shares issuable to Lender 4 upon conversion;
752,500 shares for which the Company is obligated to issue as of
September 30, 2011 (see Note 11 – Equity – Obligation
to Issue Common Shares); and up to 2,342,033 shares
committed as part of obligations to employees and service providers
upon reaching certain targets. The above figures exclude
shares issuable under the Company’s stock option and
incentive stock plans.
Fair value measurements. The FASB’s Accounting
Standards Codification defines fair value as the amount that would
be received for selling an asset or paid to transfer a liability in
an orderly transaction between market participants and requires
that assets and liabilities carried at fair value are classified
and disclosed in the following three
categories:
Level 1 – Quoted prices for identical instruments in active
markets.
Level 2 – Quoted prices for similar instruments in active or
inactive markets and valuations derived from models where all
significant inputs are observable in active
markets.
Level 3 – Valuations derived from valuation techniques in
which one or more significant inputs are unobservable in any
market.
Given the conditions surrounding the trading of the Company’s
equity securities, the Company values its derivative instruments
related to embedded conversion features and warrants from the
issuance of convertible debentures in accordance with the Level 3
guidelines. For the nine month period ended September
30, 2011, the following table reconciles the beginning and ending
balances for financial instruments that are recognized at fair
value in these condensed consolidated financial
statements.
Recent accounting pronouncements. In
May 2011, the Financial Accounting Standards Board
(“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update
(“ASU”) 2011-04, which updated the guidance in ASC
Topic 820, Fair
Value Measurement. The amendments in this ASU generally
represent clarifications of Topic 820, but also include some
instances where a particular principle or requirement for measuring
fair value or disclosing information about fair value measurements
has changed. This update results in common principles and
requirements for measuring fair value and for disclosing
information about fair value measurements in accordance with U.S.
GAAP and International Financial Reporting Standards. The
amendments in this ASU are to be applied prospectively. For public
entities, the amendments are effective for interim and annual
periods beginning after December 15, 2011, and early
application is not permitted. ASU 2011-04 is not expected to have a
material impact on the Company’s financial position or
results of operations.
Management does not believe that there would have been a material
effect on the accompanying financial statements had any other
recently issued, but not yet effective, accounting standards been
adopted in the current period.
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