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2. Preferred Stock Transactions
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2012
Preferred Stock [Text Block]
2.   Preferred Stock Transactions

The Preferred Shares shall be convertible into common shares in two equal traunches, the first being upon completion and receipt of the year ending December 31, 2010, financials if all of the following performance targets are met by EZ Link:

(a) Maintain revenues and before tax earnings same as the prior 12 month period; and

(b) Maintained a positive cash flow from operations over the prior 12 month period.

These criteria were not met, so there were no conversions as of December 31, 2010 or 2011.  However, the first tranche will be eligible for conversion again at December 31, 2012.

The second tranche of the Preferred Shares shall be convertible after the second 12 month period, i.e. the year ending December 31, 2011, if all of the following performance targets are met by EZ Link:

(a) 5% increase in revenues and 1% before tax earnings over the prior 12 month period; and

(b) Maintained a positive cash flow from operations over the prior 12 month period.

EZ Link did not reach its performance goals at December 31, 2011, so the conversion rights will be extended one additional year.

ASC Topic 480, “Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity,” establishes standards for how an issuer classifies and measures certain financial instruments with characteristics of both liabilities and equity.

A mandatorily redeemable financial instrument shall be classified as a liability unless the redemption is required to occur only upon the liquidation or termination of the reporting entity.  A financial instrument issued in the form of shares is mandatorily redeemable if it embodies an unconditional obligation requiring the issuer to redeem the instrument by transferring its assets at a specified or determinable date (or dates) or upon an event certain to occur.  A financial instrument that embodies a conditional obligation to redeem the instrument by transferring assets upon an event not certain to occur becomes mandatorily redeemable—and, therefore, becomes a liability—if that event occurs, the condition is resolved, or the event becomes certain to occur.

The Company determined that the preferred shares are not mandatorily or conditionally redeemable and are properly classified as permanent equity in the accompanying consolidated financial statements.