Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Warrant Liability

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Warrant Liability
 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Warrant Liability [Abstract]  
Warrant Liability

11. Warrant Liability

 

The common stock purchase warrants issued to the underwriters in the Company's IPO in March 2013 have certain cash settlement features that require them to be recorded as liability instruments. At issuance, a portion of the proceeds from the IPO were allocated to the value of the warrant and recorded as an offering cost, reducing the proceeds from the IPO. Accordingly, as a liability, the warrant obligations are adjusted to fair value at the end of each reporting period with the change in value reported in the statement of operations. Such fair values were estimated using the Black-Scholes valuation model. The Company will continue to adjust the warrant liability for changes in fair value until the earlier of the exercise, at which time the liability will be reclassified to stockholders' equity, or expiration of the warrants.

 

The warrant liability was valued using the Black-Scholes option valuation model and the following assumptions on the following dates:

 

 

December 31,

 
 

2014

        

2013

    

Strike price

  $ 10.00       $ 10.00  

Market price

  $ 4.87       $ 4.61  

Expected life

    4.17 years       6.00 years  

Risk-free interest rate

    1.62 %     0.86 %

Dividend yield

    0.00 %     0.00 %

Volatility

    42 %     39 %

Warrants outstanding

    131,250       131,250  

Fair value of warrants

    $ 93,789       $ 85,221  

 

The Company decreased the warrant liability by $8,568 to reflect the change in the fair value of the warrant instruments for the year ended December 31, 2014, which is included in the accompanying statements of comprehensive loss. The following table sets forth a summary of the changes in the fair value of the Level 3 financial liabilities that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis:

 

Balance – January 1, 2013

  $ -  

Initial warrant valuation

    (415,368 )

Decrease in net value of warrant liability

    330,147  

Balance – December 31, 2013

  $ (85,221 )

Increase in net value of warrant liability

    (8,568 )

Balance – December 31, 2014

    (93,789 )