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Note 3 Significant Accounting Policies: Fair Value Measurements (Policies)
3 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2012
Fair Value Measurements:  
Fair Value Measurements

Fair Value Measurements

 

Effective July 1 2009, the Company adopted ASC 820, Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures. This topic defines fair value for certain financial and nonfinancial assets and liabilities that are recorded at fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value, and expands disclosures about fair value measurements. This guidance supersedes all other accounting pronouncements that require or permit fair value measurements.

 

The Company accounted for the convertible debentures in accordance with ASC 480, Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity, as the conversion feature embedded in the convertible debentures could result in the note principal and related accrued interest being converted to a variable number of the Company’s common shares.

 

Under ASC 820, a framework was established for measuring fair value in generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP), and expands disclosures about fair value measurements. Effective July 1 2009, the Company adopted ASC 820-10-55-23A, Scope Application to Certain Non-Financial Assets and Certain Non-Financial Liabilities, delaying application for non-financial assets and non-financial liabilities as permitted. In January 2010, the FASB issued an update to ASC 820, which requires additional disclosures about inputs into valuation techniques, disclosures about significant transfers into or out of Levels 1 and 2, and disaggregation of purchases, sales, issuances, and settlements in the Level 3 rollforward disclosure. The guidance is effective for interim and annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2009 except for the disclosures about purchases, sales issuances, and settlements in the roll forward of activity in Level 3 fair value measurements. Those disclosures are effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2010, and for interim periods within those fiscal years. ASC 820 establishes a fair value hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to measure fair value into three levels as follows:

 

Level 1

quoted prices (unadjusted) in active markets for identical assets or liabilities that the Company has the ability to access as of the measurement date. Financial assets and liabilities utilizing Level 1 inputs include active exchange-traded securities and exchange-based derivatives

 

 

Level 2

inputs other than quoted prices included within Level 1 that are directly observable for the asset or liability or indirectly observable through corroboration with observable market data. Financial assets and liabilities utilizing Level 2 inputs include fixed income securities, non-exchange-based derivatives, mutual funds, and fair-value hedges

 

 

Level 3

unobservable inputs for the asset or liability only used when there is little, if any, market activity for the asset or liability at the measurement date. Financial assets and liabilities utilizing Level 3 inputs include infrequently-traded, non-exchange-based derivatives and commingled investment funds, and are measured using present value pricing models

 

 

The following table presents the embedded derivative, the Company’s only financial assets measured and recorded at fair value on the Company’s Condensed Balance Sheets on a recurring basis and their level within the fair value hierarchy during the six months ended June 30, 2012:

 

Embedded conversion liabilities as of June 30, 2012:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Level 1

$

0

 

 

 

 

 

Level 2

 

0

 

 

 

 

 

Level 3

 

10,067

 

 

 

 

 

Total conversion liabilities

$

10,067

 

 

 

 

 

 

The following table reconciles, for the period ended June 30, 2012, the beginning and ending balances for financial instruments that are recognized at fair value in the consolidated financial statements:

 

Balance of embedded derivatives at December 31, 2011

$

322,382

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Present value of beneficial conversion features of new debentures

 

0

 

 

 

 

 

Accretion adjustments to fair value – beneficial conversion features

 

0

 

 

 

 

 

Gain on extinguishment of conversion feature

 

0

 

 

 

 

 

Gain on extinguishment of conversion feature – related party

 

(240,055)

 

 

 

 

 

Reductions in fair value due to principal conversions

 

(72,260)

 

 

 

 

 

Balance at June 30, 2012

$

10,067

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The fair value of the conversion features are calculated at the time of issuance and the Company records a conversion liability for the calculated value. The Company recognizes the present value for the conversion liability which is added to the principal of the debenture. The Company also recognizes expense for the accretion of the conversion liability to fair value over the term of the note. The Company has adopted ASC 480, Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity, as the conversion feature embedded in each debenture could result in the note principal being converted to a variable number of the Company’s common shares.