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Note 8 - Derivative Liability

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Note 8 - Derivative Liability
4 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2018
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Note 8 – Derivative Liability


The Company entered into convertible note agreements containing beneficial conversion features.  One of the features is a ratchet reset provision which allows the note holders to reduce the conversion price should the Company issue equity with an effective price per share that is lower than the stated conversion price in the note agreement (see note 9). The Company accounts for the fair value of the conversion feature in accordance with ASC 815, Accounting for Derivatives and Hedging and EITF 07-05, the embedded derivatives should be bundled and valued as a single, compound embedded derivative, bifurcate treated as a derivative liability. The Company is required to carry the embedded derivative on its balance sheet at fair value and account for any unrealized change in fair value as a component in its results of operations.


The Company recognized that the conversion feature embedded within its convertible debts is a financial derivative. GAAP required that the Company’s embedded conversion option be accounted for at fair value.


During the period ended December 31, 2018, the Company sold 1,400,000 shares of common stock and 700,000 two-year warrants to purchase one share of common stock at a price of $3.90 per share for total proceeds of $2,607,099, net of issuance costs. The warrant holders have an option to settle in cash in the event of a change of control of the Company. The Company considers these warrants a derivative liability, and calculated the fair value of this liability utilizing a Lattice Model that values the warrant based upon a probability weighted discounted cash flow model.


The following schedule shows the change in fair value of the derivative liabilities for the period ended December 31, 2018, August 31, 2018 and August 31, 2017:


   

Derivative

 
   

Liability

 

Liabilities Measured at Fair Value

       
         

Balance as of August 31, 2016

  $ 254,952  
         

Issuances

    685,139  
         

Redemptions / conversions

    (1,015,757

)

         

Revaluation loss

    388,544  
         

Balance as of August 31, 2017

  $ 312,878  
         

Issuances

    1,565,487  
         

Redemptions / conversions

    (1,207,308

)

         

Reclass from sale of discontinued operations

    1,601,007  
         

Revaluation loss

    45,348  
         

Balance as of August 31, 2018

  $ 2,317,412  
         

Issuances

    6,244,548  
         

Redemptions / conversions

    -  
         

Revaluation loss

    1,135,345  
         

Balance as of December 31, 2018

  $ 7,379,893  

Derivative liabilities incurred during the period ended August 31, 2018 were valued based upon the following assumptions and key inputs:


   

August 31,

   

August

 

Assumption

 

2018

   

2017

 

Expected dividends:

    0

%

    0

%

Expected volatility:

    121.1-246.8

%

    37.8-276.9

%

Expected term (years):

 

0.21-1.00 years

   

0.04-0.50 years 

 

Risk free interest rate:

    0.97-2.08.

%

    0.26-0.98

%

Stock price

  $ 0.35-1.11     $ 0.51-1.97  

Derivative liabilities incurred during the period ended December 31, 2018 were valued based upon the following assumptions and key inputs:


- The quoted stock price ranged from of $6.76 to $11.18 and would fluctuate with the Company's historic volatility.


- The projected volatility curve from an annualized analysis for each valuation period was based on the historical volatility of the Company and the term remaining for each Warrant – the volatility ranged from 198.1-207.8%.


- The full reset events projected to occur based on future financing events on March 31, 2019 and December 31, 2019 resulting in a potential reset exercise price.


- Adjustments to warrant exercise prices have not occurred to date due to reset events.


- A fundamental transaction was projected to potentially occur on 4/30/19 or 12/31/19. The likelihood of such an event was estimated at 85% for the 4/30/19 event as of December/January 2019 increasing to 95% by 12/31/18. The 12/31/19 event was estimated at 50% for all dates.


- The option to force early exercise was estimated at 0% since it was unlikely that the Company would meet the registration and trading volume requirements necessary to trigger the option.