8. ACCRUED EXPENSES AND OTHER CURRENT LIABILITIES.

Accrued expenses at December 31, 2018 and 2017 are as follows:


	2018		2017
Accrued expenses	$	1,583	$	1,122
Accrued compensation		118		126
Accrued interest		239		—
	$	1,940	$	1,248

During the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017, the Company was able to reduce approximately $0.3 million and $1.1 million, respectively, of certain accrued expense and accounts payable amounts through negotiations with certain vendors to settle outstanding liabilities and the Company recorded a gains of $0.3 million in 2018 and $1.1 million in 2017 which are included in gain on settlement of liability, net in the consolidated statements of operations.

Other current liabilities at December 31, 2018 and 2017 are as follows:


	2018		2017
Obligation to issue common shares	$	—	$	1,897
Liability related to equity purchase agreement		460		—
Liability for settlement of equity instrument		1,450		1,085
	$	1,910	$	2,982

As of December 31, 2017, the Company has recorded a liability related to its obligation to issue shares of its common stock in the future. On February 12, 2018, the Company issued 1,814,754 Settlement Common Shares with a fair value of approximately $1.9 million. See Note 6 – Long-Term Debt for additional information.

On February 20, 2018, Crede Capital Group LLC (“Crede”) filed a lawsuit against the Company in the Supreme Court of the State of New York for Summary Judgment in Lieu of Complaint requiring the Company to pay cash owed to Crede. Crede claimed that Precipio had breached a Securities Purchase Agreement and Warrant that Crede entered into in connection with an investment in Transgenomic and that pursuant to those agreements, Precipio owed Crede approximately $2.2 million. On March 12, 2018, Precipio entered into a settlement agreement (the “Crede Agreement”) with Crede pursuant to which Precipio agreed to pay Crede a total sum of $1.925 million over a period of 16 months payable in cash, or at the Company’s discretion, in stock, in accordance with terms contained in the Crede Agreement. In accordance with the terms of the agreement and in addition to the agreement to pay, we also executed and delivered to Crede an affidavit of confession of judgment. As of December 31, 2017, the Company has recorded liabilities relating to Crede of $1.1 million included in other current liabilities on the accompanying consolidated balance sheets and $0.6 million included in common stock warrant liability on the accompanying consolidated balance sheets related to warrants classified as liabilities that Crede is the holder of.

As of the date of the Crede Agreement, the fair value of the common stock warrant liability related to Crede was revalued to approximately $0.4 million, resulting in a gain of $0.2 million included in warrant revaluation in the consolidated statement of operations during the year ended December 31, 2018. See Note 12 – Fair Value for further discussion. At the time of the Crede Agreement, the Company recorded $1.5 million in other current liabilities and $0.4 million in other long-term liabilities, thus replacing its $1.1 million liability for settlement of equity instrument and $0.4 million common stock warrant liability. This resulted in the Company recording an additional loss of $0.4 million, which is included in loss on settlement of equity instruments in the consolidated statement of operations. During the year ended December 31, 2018, the Company paid approximately $0.5 million to Crede.

On January 15, 2019, the Company and Crede entered into an amendment and restatement agreement in order to enable the Company to provide Crede with an alternative means of payment of the settlement amount by issuing to Crede a convertible note in the amount of $1.45 million (the “Convertible Note”). The Convertible Note is payable by the Company on the earlier of (i) January 15, 2021 or (ii) upon the closing of a qualified offering in which the Company receives gross proceeds of at least $4.0 million. See Note 15 – Subsequent Events for further details of the Convertible Note.

As of December 31, 2018, the Company had recorded a liability of approximately $0.5 million related to an equity purchase agreement with an investor, which is included in other current liabilities on our consolidated balance sheet. On January 29, 2019, the Company entered into a settlement agreement (the “Leviston Settlement”) with the investor pursuant to which the Company issued to the investor a convertible note in the amount of $0.7 million (the “Note”) in full satisfaction of the $0.5 million discussed above along with approximately $0.2 million of other obligations owed to Leviston which are included in accrued expenses in our consolidated balance sheet at December 31, 2018. See Note 15 – Subsequent Events for further details of the Note.