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SPINDLE, INC. – 10-K – MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

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Forward-Looking Statements

The statements contained in all parts of this document that are not historical facts are, or may be deemed to be, "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Such forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, those relating to the following: the Company's ability to secure necessary financing; expected growth; future operating expenses; future margins; fluctuations in interest rates; ability to continue to grow and

implement growth, and regarding future growth, cash needs, operations, business plans and financial results and any other statements that are not historical facts.

When used in this document, the words "anticipate," "estimate," "expect," "may," "plans," "project," and similar expressions are intended to be among the statements that identify forward-looking statements. Spindle, Inc.'s results may differ significantly from the results discussed in the forward-looking statements. Such statements involve risks and uncertainties, including, but not limited to, those relating to costs, delays and difficulties related to the Company's dependence on its ability to attract and retain skilled managers and other personnel; the uncertainty of the Company's ability to manage and continue its growth and implement its business strategy; its vulnerability to general economic conditions; accuracy of accounting and other estimates; the Company's future financial and operating results, cash needs and demand for services; and the Company's ability to maintain and comply with permits and licenses; as well as other risk factors described in this Annual Report. Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or should underlying assumptions prove incorrect, actual outcomes may vary materially from those projected.

Overview

We were originally incorporated in the State of Nevada on January 8, 2007 as "Coyote Hills Golf, Inc." We were previously an online retailer of golf-related apparel, equipment and supplies. Through the date of this quarterly report, we only generated minimal revenues from that line of business.

On December 2, 2011, we entered into and closed an Asset Purchase Agreement by and between Coyote Hills Golf, Inc., Spindle Mobile, Inc., a corporation formed in Delaware on January 14, 2011, and Mr. Mitch Powers, Ms. Stephanie Erickson and Mr. Kamiar Khatami, all three of whom collectively own a majority of our issued and outstanding common stock. In accordance with the Agreement, and Addendum Number 1, which retroactively revises certain provisions of the original Agreement, we acquired various physical assets and intellectual property from SMI. As a result of the transaction, SMI acquired approximately 80% of the issued and outstanding common stock of CYHF.

Concurrent with the closing of the Agreement, we amended our articles of incorporation to change our name from Coyote Hills Golf, Inc. to Spindle, Inc.

For a more detailed explanation of the above transactions please see the Company's Form 8-K filed with the SEC on December 6, 2011, and subsequent amendments made thereto.

Spindle is a commerce-centric company with four primary customers: individuals, consumers (buyers), merchants (sellers, retail, brands, and destinations) and institutions. The Company generates revenue through patented conversion and networked payment processes under the Spindle product line and licensing of its Intellectual Property. The Company's products allow the secure movement of funds between parties as well as provide brands, merchants, and institutions with the conversion tools necessary to deliver a seamless frictionless finance ecosystem.

For individual users, the Spindle product is intended to be a networked service that allows users to perform commerce as well as send and receive funds with the confidence that the system is simple and secure. The Spindle payment platform allows users to register and attain an account that is accessible via the internet or mobile device to facilitate commerce and manage the exchange of funds between other participating users.

The Spindle, Inc. suite of products, chosen singly or in concert with one another, offer a better way to extend the life of terrestrial, internet, mobile, and other networked marketing and advertising campaigns. Spindle, Inc. products are device and hardware agnostic, focusing instead on enterprise, banking, and brand-centric solutions that streamline the transactional process in a highly secure space. That's a basic tenet behind our frictionless finance concept pioneered by Spindle and an idea made whole through our commitment to providing easy-to-use yet enterprise class solutions for any size company where conversion and transaction is lifeblood.

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Results of Operations

During the year ended December 31, 2011, we discontinued our prior golf apparel and supply business and have dedicated our focus on developing our proprietary mobile money transfer and payment technology. Due to a change in business, year-to-year comparisons are not significant and are not a reliable indicator of future prospects.

   Revenues   

We currently generate revenues from the licensing of our proprietary funds processing software. During the year ended December 31, 2011, we generated $31,421 from license fee revenue. Our management is hopeful that as our base of operations grow, we will see a corresponding increase in licensing revenue. As stated previously, we only recently changed our business direction. Therefore, this revenue source is relatively new and has only recently begun to contribute materially to our operations and we are unable to forecast prospects.

Consequently, we did not generate any revenues in the year ago period ended December 31, 2010. Since our inception to December 31, 2011, we generated aggregate revenues of $31,931, of which $510 is from golf-related business.

There can be no assurance that we will continue to generate or grow revenues in future periods, sustain current revenue levels or that we will be able to replace revenues from our current customers with revenues from others.

Operating Expenses

In the course of our operations, we incur operating expenses composed largely of general and administrative costs and professional fees. General and administrative expenses are essentially the cost of doing business, and encompass, without limitation, the following: research and development; licenses; taxes; general office expenses, such as postage, supplies and printing; utilities; bank charges; website costs; and other miscellaneous expenditures not otherwise classified. Accounting fees include: auditing by our independent registered public accountants, bookkeeping, tax preparation fees for filing Federal and State income tax returns and other accounting-specific consulting services. Professional fees include: transfer agent fees for printing stock certificates; consulting costs for marketing and advertising; general business development; and Edgarization fees for the submission of reports and information statements with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

For the year ended December 31, 2011, we incurred operating expenses in the amount of $29,205, composed of $170 in depreciation and amortization expense related to certain assets acquired from Spindle Mobile and $29,035 in general and administrative expenses.

In the comparable year ended December 31, 2010, we incurred operating expenses in the amount of $13,586, composed of: $349 in depreciation and amortization expense related to our computer equipment; $12,769 in general and administrative expenses; and impairment expense in the amount of $468, related to the write down of inventory existing at that time due to management's assessment of obsolescence.

Since our inception on September 24, 2004 through December 31, 2011, aggregate operating expenditures were $112,522. Our operating expenses are tied directly to our ongoing operations and research and development. As a result, we anticipate expenditures increasing through the foreseeable future and may vary dramatically from period to period.

  Impairment Expense   

During the year ended December 31, 2011, we recorded impairment expense of $448,040, related specifically to the impairment of notes receivable acquired from Spindle Mobile in the December 2, 2011 Asset Purchase Agreement. The notes were originated between November 2009 and June 2010. Although we fully intend to pursue collection of these notes receivable, as of December 31, 2011, due to the age and certain other factors, our management was unable to substantiate the collectability and carrying value and resultantly impaired the value of notes receivable. During the year ended December 31, 2010, we did not record any impairment of notes receivable.

Since our inception to December 31, 2011, we recognized $448,040 of total impairment expense related to our notes receivable.

   Interest Expense  

During the year ended December 31, 2011, we borrowed cash from a related party, in the amount of $25,000. In connection with the promissory note, we issued the note holder warrants to purchase up to 250,000 shares of our common stock at $1.00 per share. As a result of this transaction, we recognized interest expense of $221 related to the amortization of the discount on the promissory note. During the year ended December 31, 2010, did not recognize any interest expense.

Since our inception to December 31, 2011, we recorded total interest expense of $221.

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   Provision for Income Taxes  

During the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010, we recorded a provision for income taxes of $50 and $50, respectively, related to the minimum tax payable to the State of Arizona. Since our inception to December 31, 2011, we recorded total provisions for income taxes of $195.

   Net Losses  

We have experienced net losses in all periods since our inception. Our net losses for the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010 were $446,095 and $13,636, respectively. Our net loss since the date of our inception through December 31, 2011 was $529,538. We anticipate incurring ongoing operating losses and cannot predict when, if at all, we may expect these losses to plateau or narrow.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

Cash provided by operating activities during the year ended December 31, 2011 was $6,065, compared to $11,320 of cash used in operations during the comparable period ended December 31, 2010. Since inception, we have used $66,117 in cash for general operations and developmental activities.

Cash used in investing activities was $32,000 during the year ended December 31, 2011, specifically related to the purchase ofcapitalizable software costs.

Comparatively cash used in investing activities was $0 in the year ago period ended December 31, 2010. From inception to December 31, 2011, cash used in investing activities was $33,049.

During the year ended December 31, 2011, net cash provided by financing activities totaled $28,800, of which $31,000 was distributed to a related party entity; $51,300 is attributable to notes payable to a related party and $8,500 of which was cash donated by a former officer and director. In comparison, during the year ended December 31, 2010, financing activities provided $11,300 in cash, primarily from cash donated by a related party. Since our inception through December 31, 2011, $102,275 in cash was provided by financing activities.

As of December 31, 2011, we had $3,109 of cash on hand. Our management believes this amount is not sufficient to maintain our operations for at least the next 12 months. We are actively raising additional capital by conducting additional issuances of our equity and debt securities for cash. We cannot assure you that any financing can be obtained or, if obtained, that it will be on reasonable terms. As such, our principal accountants have expressed doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern because we have limited operations and have not fully commenced planned principal operations.

Our management expects to incur up to, but not in excess of, $300,000 in research and development costs.

We do not have any off-balance sheet arrangements.

We currently do not own any significant plant or equipment that we would seek to sell in the near future.

We have not paid for expenses on behalf of any of our directors. Additionally, we believe that this fact shall not materially change.

Our Business Growth Strategy

Spindle will use the following strategy in the implementation of its business plan:

   1.  

Take advantage of increasing consumer acceptance of mobile and online commerce.

We will capitalize on increasing consumer acceptance of the Mobile and online commerce through marketing programs designed to attract consumer users and merchants looking to participate in the commerce ecosystem. In addition to providing a low-cost means of reaching customers, we believe that we can greatly increase our service offerings through social media channels, branding partners, and referrals by providing our consumers.

2.

Acquire and serve customers through traditional channels.

Although we believe that it is important to be able to acquire and service customers online, we are building the infrastructure necessary to acquire and serve customers through traditional media such as direct mail, radio, print media, television, kiosks, and telemarketing. This will ensure that we can reach all customers, regardless of their preferred method for doing business.

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3.

Market ourselves through strategic alliances and affiliations.

We will leverage our branding partners with established consumer brands to offer the branded or co-branded our products to their customers. We believe that these relationships will help us acquire our target customers in a cost effective manner.

   4.  Offer competitive pricing.   

We believe that one of the principal benefits we will offer consumers is an ability to tailor our product offerings to match their specific needs. It is Spindle's intent to offer various combinations of products with differing technological benefits giving them private label opportunities if they are a distributor, discounts for pre-payment options, and other specialty offerings. We will also offer our customers a menu of service that allows them to tailor a services package that meets their market objective.

5.

Develop and acquire additional products to cross-sell.

Our initial focus will be on scaling our operations, growing revenues through aggressive marketing and sales strategies, and lowering costs by streamlining operations where feasible. In addition, we intend to be at the forefront in developing and or acquiring technologies that offer further benefits to consumers and present opportunities for us. We believe that as we develop our business, we will have opportunities to leverage our relationships by offering additional, high-margin products that we will either develop internally or obtain through acquisition. Spindle has developed products that are market ready with an innovative approach to risk management, Fraud Detection, and user authentication. With the stair step approach to underwriting both consumer and business use of the Spindle system, the eco system is poised to attract the small entry level merchant, ecommerce businesses, and larger enterprises with a board use of both physical and virtual merchandising needs.

We expect to capitalize on the expanding mobile and mcommerce environments with a suite of technologies which we believe are simple, secure, device agnostic, flexible, and are enterprise grade. Our products are driven through our patented process, which allows for the financial plumbing t exit over networks, for merchants, retailers, banks, and institutions. The Spindle Mobile ecosystem consists of not only individuals moving funds, but also professional and business entities who seek more ways to interact with consumers and, chosen singly or in concert with one another, facilitate commerce. For its enterprise clients, Spindle Mobile provides P2P, P2B, B2B, B2P, and Mobile Check Deposit. Spindle will offer these products directly to the aforementioned audience with regional business development teams located on both the East and West coasts.

Our products exist in either a client's location or through our secure cloud based network, located in our data center in Wilshire 1, Los Angeles, CA, which provides flexibility and easy integration. Spindle is entering the market as a Payment Service Provider (PSP). As such Spindle's system must undergo Payment Card Industry (PCI) certification. Our system will initially require a Merchant Level 4 certification with includes an initial evaluation followed by period random testing. Below are the Visa defined PCI levels:

VISA Merchant Levels Defined

  Level   Description 1       Any merchant-regardless of acceptance channel-processing over 6,000,000         Visa transactions per year.         Any merchant that Visa, at its sole discretion, determines should meet         the Level 1 merchant requirements to minimize risk to the Visa system. 2       Any merchant-regardless of acceptance channel-processing 1,000,000 to         6,000,000 Visa transactions per year. 3       Any merchant processing 20,000 to 1,000,000 Visa e-commerce transactions         per year. 4       Any merchant processing fewer than 20,000 Visa e-commerce transactions         per year, and all other merchants-regardless of acceptance         channel-processing up to 1,000,000 Visa transactions per year.                                               21   
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Our certification partner will test for the following:

Vulnerability Scanning Service

  Network Penetration Tests   1.  Network Mapping   2. 

System Identification and Classification

3.

System Vulnerability Identification and Exploitation

4.

Application Architecture Identification and Exploitation

5.

System and Application Compromise

  6.  Data Extraction  

External and Internal Penetration Testing

Onsite Validation

Information Security Policy and Procedure Validation

As Spindle grows our business we will engage our PCI compliance validation partner for additional certifications to bring us up to a Service Provider certifications status. This enables Spindle to handle a greater number of transactions and connecting to multiple banks and payment processors. This will be important as we grow our white label business.

VISA Service Provider Levels Defined

   Level Canada, CEMEA, Europe, USA 1     All VisaNet processors (member and non-member) and all payment gateways 2     Service Providers (agents) not in Level 1 that store, process, or transmit       > 1 million accounts/transactions annually 3     Service Providers (agents) not in Level 1 that store, process, or transmit       < 1 million accounts/transactions annually   

In order to grow our organization Spindle will need to develop team sales strategies and build the supporting infrastructure. Although in continual advancement and development of our product will be required, to support the changing landscape of functionality and user experience, Spindle's core products have been developed for PSP and P2P initiatives. Through the successful infusion of necessary capital Spindle will establish these sales networks, hire the company's internal structure, and further establish our settlement requirements to meet the demand for our products.

Spindle is entering the market as a payment processing company to move funds between legacy payment networks and in and out of the Spindle RhinoPay P2P service. Settlement accounts are used to buffer the daily fluctuation of funds movement between accounts. In addition RhinoPay is a merchant services provider to small merchants accepting credit card, ACH, and Check payments form their customers. As such our sponsoring bank partners require us to have a settlement account is with reserves to funding to cover 1 to 3 months of processing volume. These accounts cover the daily fluctuation of funds moving between payment systems and to cover chargebacks, returns and holdbacks.

We anticipate having a settlement account with our credit card processing partner bank, our ACH processing partner bank, for RhinoPay funds custodial / trust bank, Check 21 processing bank partner, and consumer loans bank partner. We may actually have redundant accounts as our bank branding partnerships grow. Each bank partner will require that settlement funds be immediately available during the nightly settlement process. We generally expect our settlement process to have a net zero balance but we do expect daily variations due to fees, chargeback and other charges to our settlement accounts which we will subsequently pass on to our RhinoPay users and merchant customers. As part of our growth strategy we will fund our settlement accounts to the levels required to meet demand of our products and services. We anticipate a significant amount of our capital will be used to fund these settlement accounts.

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Spindle will develop our growth strategies around our core management team who are experts in their field of payments, product development, and enterprise solutions. We currently employ three managers who perform the roles of President, VP Product Development, and Chief Technology Officer respectively.

In the role of president, Bill Clark is responsible for Spindle's day-to-day operations, including sales, marketing, and product management. Clark brings an impressive resume to Spindle that spans nearly three decades of industry experience. Before joining Spindle, he served as executive vice president and general manager for Apriva's Point of Sale (POS) division. During his tenure with Apriva, he led North American operations for this mobile payments technology leader, and was responsible for the strategic direction and execution of the company's national sales and marketing initiatives, client services, and product management. Under his stewardship, Apriva expanded its sales channel to over 350 partners, and grew into North America's leading provider of wireless payment technology.

Prior to his work with Apriva, Clark served as general manager of wireless products for First Data Merchant Services. At First Data, he pioneered the delivery and sales of emerging technologies over a wide range of markets, including Internet banking, electronic bill presentment, web-based merchant services, RFID/NFC, and the release of TCP/IP and 3G wireless acquiring products. He holds a Bachelors of Science Degree in Electronics and Management from Southern Illinois University, and an MBA from the University of Nebraska-Omaha.

Thomas DeRosa's responsibilities include the creation of Spindle's redundant enterprise infrastructures, and the management of technology and related data centers. He began his technology career with a financial provider in 1983, and subsequently developed several successful businesses functioning as both a chief technology and chief executive officer. Over 30 years Thomas has provided enterprise solutions to organizations in the healthcare, insurance, and travel industries most recently serving as CEO and chief architect for ezGDS, creating one of the top global online travel booking engines.

As vice president of product development, Kevin McNish will oversee the strategic direction and development of Spindle payment platform including the recently acquired RhinoPay® solutions. Prior to joining the company, Kevin held several key positions with First Data, including global product development, business development and product management for wireless Point of Sale (POS) solutions, as well as mobile payment initiatives in North America.

In addition, McNish is the named inventor on Point of Sale System with Ability to Remotely Update Firmware, publication number: US 2009/0037284 A1 for remote firmware updates for POS systems, and has developed and deployed several processes to streamline and manage the rollout of PA-DSS initiatives, contactless technologies, along with EMV and wireless provisioning of POS devices for large scale activation and deployment. He has a Bachelor of Science degree in Information Technology from American Intercontinental University, and an MBA from Nova Southeastern University.

Spindle will leverage its talented senior management team to develop their intellectual property pursuits, sales strategies and infrastructure, and product development.

   Critical Accounting Policies   

Our Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations section discusses our financial statements, which have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. The preparation of the financial statements requires us to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. On an on-going basis, we evaluate our estimates and judgments, including those related to revenue recognition, recoverability of intangible assets, and contingencies and litigation. We base our estimates and judgments on historical experience and on various other factors that are believed to be reasonable under the circumstances, the results of which form the basis for making judgments about the carrying value of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. Actual results may differ from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions. The most significant accounting estimates inherent in the preparation of our consolidated financial statements include estimates as to the appropriate carrying value of certain assets and liabilities which are not readily apparent from other sources, primarily the valuation of intangible assets. The methods, estimates and judgments we use in applying these most critical accounting policies have a significant impact on the results we report in our consolidated financial statements.

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Use of estimates

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenue and expenses during the reporting period.

Actual results could differ from those estimates.

Intangible assets

Management regularly reviews property, equipment, intangibles and other long-lived assets for possible impairment. This review occurs quarterly, or more frequently if events or changes in circumstances indicate the carrying amount of the asset may not be recoverable. If there is indication of impairment, then management prepares an estimate of future cash flows expected to result from the use of the asset and its eventual disposition. If these cash flows are less than the carrying amount of the asset, an impairment loss is recognized to write down the asset to its estimated fair value. Management believes that the accounting estimate related to impairment of its property and equipment, is a "critical accounting estimate" because: (1) it is highly susceptible to change from period to period because it requires management to estimate fair value, which is based on assumptions about cash flows and discount rates; and (2) the impact that recognizing an impairment would have on the assets reported on our balance sheet, as well as net income, could be material. Management's assumptions about cash flows and discount rates require significant judgment because actual revenues and expenses have fluctuated in the past and are expected to continue to do so.

The Company capitalizes the costs associated with the development of the Company's website pursuant to ASC Topic 350. Other costs related to the maintenance of the website are expensed as incurred. Amortization is provided over the estimated useful lives of 3 years using the straight-line method for financial statement purposes. The Company will commence amortization once the economic benefits of the assets began to be consumed.

The Company reviews the carrying value of intangible assets for impairment whenever events and circumstances indicate that the carrying value may not be recoverable from the estimated future cash flows expected to result from its use and eventual disposition. In cases where undiscounted expected future cash flows are less than the carrying value, an impairment loss is recognized equal to the amount by which the carrying value exceeds the fair value. The factors considered by management in performing this assessment include current operating results, trends and prospects, the manner in which the property is used, and the effects of obsolescence, demand, competition and other economic factors. During the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010, there was no impairment necessary.

Property and equipment

Property and equipment is recorded at cost. Expenditures for major additions and improvements are capitalized and minor replacements, maintenance, and repairs are charged to expense as incurred. When property and equipment is retired or otherwise disposed of, the cost and accumulated depreciation are removed from the accounts and any resulting gain or loss is included in the results of operations for the respective period. Depreciation is provided over the estimated useful lives of the related assets using the straight-line method for financial statement purposes. The Company uses other depreciation methods (generally accelerated) for tax purposes where appropriate. The estimated useful lives for significant property and equipment categories are as follows:

                             Computer equipment 3 years   

The Company reviews the carrying value of property and equipment for impairment whenever events and circumstances indicate that the carrying value of an asset may not be recoverable from the estimated future cash flows expected to result from its use and eventual disposition. In cases where undiscounted expected future cash flows are less than the carrying value, an impairment loss is recognized equal to an amount by which the carrying value exceeds the fair value of assets. The factors considered by management in performing this assessment include current operating results, trends and prospects, the manner in which the property is used, and the effects of obsolescence, demand, competition and other economic factors. Based on this assessment there was no impairment as December 31, 2011 and 2010. Depreciation expense for the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010 totaled $170 and $349, respectively.

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Software development costs

The Company accounts for the cost of computer software developed or obtained for internal use of its application service by capitalizing qualifying costs, which are incurred during the application development stage and amortizing them over the software's estimated useful life. Costs incurred in the preliminary and post-implementation stages of the Company's products are expensed as incurred. The amounts capitalized include external direct costs of services used in developing internal-use software and for payroll and payroll-related costs of employees directly associated with the development activities. The Company amortizes capitalized software over the expected period of benefit, which is three years, beginning when the software is ready for its intended use.

Revenue recognition

The Company recognizes revenue when all of the following conditions are satisfied: (1) there is persuasive evidence of an arrangement; (2) the service has been provided to the customer; (3) the amount of fees to be paid by the customer is fixed or determinable; and (4) the collection of our fees is probable.

Sales related to long-term contracts for services (such as engineering, product development and testing) extending over several years are accounted for under the percentage-of-completion method of accounting. Sales and earnings under these contracts are recorded based on the ratio of actual costs incurred to total estimated costs expected to be incurred related to the contract under the cost-to-cost method based budgeted milestones or tasks as designated per each contract. Anticipated losses on contracts are recognized in full in the period in which losses become probable and estimable.

For all other sales of product or services the Company recognizes revenues based on the terms of the customer agreement. The customer agreement takes the form of either a contract or a customer purchase order and each provides information with respect to the product or service being sold and the sales price. If the customer agreement does not have specific delivery or customer acceptance terms, revenue is recognized at the time of shipment of the product to the customer.

Management periodically reviews all product returns and evaluates the need for establishing either a reserve for product returns or a product warranty liability. As of December 31, 2011 and 2010, management has concluded that neither a reserve for product returns nor a warranty liability is required.

Fair value of financial instruments

Fair value estimates discussed herein are based upon certain market assumptions and pertinent information available to management as of December 31, 2011 and 2010. The respective carrying value of certain on-balance-sheet financial instruments approximated their fair values. Fair values were assumed to approximate carrying values for cash and payables because they are short term in nature and their carrying amounts approximate fair values or they are payable on demand.

   Stock-Based Compensation   

The Company records stock based compensation in accordance with the guidance in ASC Topic 718 which requires the Company to recognize expense related to the fair value of its employee stock option awards. This eliminates accounting for share-based compensation transactions using the intrinsic value and requires instead that such transactions be accounted for using a fair-value-based method. The Company recognizes the cost of all share-based awards on a graded vesting basis over the vesting period of the award.

Reclassifications

Certain reclassifications have been made to the prior years' financial statements to conform to the current year presentation. These reclassifications had no effect on previously reported results of operations or retained earnings.

Major Customers

During the year ended December 31, 2011, the Company generated 100% of its revenue from one customer.

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

We do not have any off-balance sheet arrangements.

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