DEBT | The Company's debt had been significantly impacted by the following transactions that took place in 2020: ● April 30, 2020 extension of maturity of non-bank debt through November 14, 2022 (the "April 2020 Debt Modification") ● May 6, 2020 exchange of $4,063,250 in related party subordinated promissory notes for the notes issued under the December 11, 2014 unsecured Convertible Subordinated Note Purchase Agreement, as amended (the “2014 NPA”) (the "May 2020 Note Exchange") ● Debt exchange of all non-bank debt for equity that was completed on two different dates: most of the debt was exchanged on December 23, 2020 (the "December 2020 Debt Exchange") and remaining debt was exchanged subsequent to the year end on January 28, 2021 (the "January 2021 Exchange") The table below summarizes the Company’s debt at December 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019: Debt Description December 31, December 31, 2020 2019 Maturity Rate Comerica Bank Loan and Security Agreement $ 5,000,000 $ 5,000,000 June 2022 3.85 % PPP Loan 542,100 April 2022 1.00 % Convertible notes - related parties, net of discounts of $0 and $1,193,801, respectively 39,230,432 November 2022 8.00 % Convertible notes, net of discount of $1,927,892 and $45,029, respectively 972,108 610,740 November 2022 8.00 % Subordinated Promissory Note, Related Party 3,518,250 November 2022 8.00 % Total debt 6,514,208 48,359,422 Less: current portion of long term debt 423,067 Debt - long term $ 6,091,141 $ 48,359,422 Bank Loan The Company has an outstanding Loan and Security Agreement with Comerica Bank dated June 9, 2014 (the "LSA") in the amount of $5,000,000, with an extended maturity date of June 9, 2022. The LSA is secured by an extended irrevocable letter of credit issued by UBS The LSA with Comerica has the following additional terms: ● a variable interest rate at prime plus 0.6% payable monthly; ● secured by substantially all of the assets of the Company, including the Company’s intellectual property; ● acceleration of payment of all amounts due thereunder upon the occurrence and continuation of certain events of default, including but not limited to, failure by the Company to perform its obligations, observe the covenants made by it under the LSA, failure to renew the UBS AG SBLC, and insolvency of the Company. Paycheck Protection Program Loan On April 29, 2020 the Company borrowed $542,100 through issuance of a promissory note in accordance with the Paycheck Protection Program ("PPP") established by Section 1102 of the CARES Act and implemented and administered by the Small Business Administration (the "PPP loan"). The PPP loan matures on April 29, 2022. The PPP loan carries interest at 1% per year and is payable in 18 monthly installments of $30,513. The PPP loan may be prepaid at any time prior to maturity with no prepayment penalties. The PPP loan contains events of default and other provisions customary for a loan of this type. Pursuant to the PPP rules, all or portion of this loan may be forgiven. The actual amount of the loan forgiveness will depend, in part, on the total amount of payroll costs, certain allowed rent and utility costs. Not more than 25% of the loan forgiveness amount may be attributable to non-payroll costs. The Company used the proceeds from the PPP loan for qualifying expenses, applied for forgiveness of the PPP loan in accordance with the terms of the CARES Act. Such forgiveness was granted to the Company on February 18, 2021. Convertible Notes under 2007 and 2014 NPAs Overview Since November 14, 2007 and through December 10, 2014, the Company financed its working capital deficiency primarily through the issuance of its notes of up to $33,300,000 in principal (the “2007 NPA Notes”) under the Convertible Secured Subordinated Note Purchase Agreement, dated November 14, 2007, as amended (the “2007 NPA”). On December 11, 2014 the Company entered into 2014 NPA for the sum of notes up to $40,000,000 in principal ("2014 NPA Notes"). At the request of the note holder any amounts borrowed under the 2007 NPA and the 2014 NPA allow the principal amount to be converted to common shares at a conversion price of $1.43 per share. Maturity of 2014 and 2007 NPA Notes had been extended several times. The most recent such extension moved maturity date to November 14, 2022. Notes under both 2014 and 2007 NPAs were issued with identical terms. Such main terms are as follows: (a) allow for optional conversion into common stock upon request of a noteholder at a price of $1.43 (b) pay 8% interest twice per year in January and July (c) subordinated to the Bank Loan. Majority of 2007 and 2014 NPA notes are related party notes. Grasford Investments, Ltd. ("Grasford"), the Company’s largest stockholder, owned $12,076,282 in face value amount of 2007 NPA Notes as of December 31, 2019. Grasford is controlled by Avy Lugassy, one of the Company’s principal shareholders. Grasford's entire holding was exchanged in the December 2020 Debt Exchange. UBP owned $27,617,180 in combined face value of 2007 and 2014 NPA Notes as of December 31, 2019 and is considered a significant beneficial owner. UBP's holdings grew to $28,817,180 during 2020, which was exchanged in the December 2020 Debt Exchange. Crystal Management owned $730,769 in face value of 2007 NPA Notes as of December 31, 2019. Crystal Management is controlled by Doron Rotler, the third largest shareholder of the Company. The entire holding was exchanged in the December 2020 Debt Exchange. During 2020 the Company issued $2,900,000 in 2014 NPA notes to an unrelated party on three different occasions. These notes were the only non-bank notes outstanding as of December 31, 2020 and were exchanged in the January 2021 Exchange transaction. The carrying value of the notes as of December 31, 2020 was $972,108 and represented face value of $2,900,000, net of discount of $1,927,892 . Subordinated Promissory Notes, Related Parties The Company has issued subordinated notes to related parties to finance its shortfall in working capital. The subordinated notes carry interest rate of 8% per year, which is paid twice a year. The subordinated notes are unsecured and are subordinated to all other Company debt. The subordinated notes had maturity date in November of 2022. Avy Lugassy, one of the Company's principal shareholders is a beneficial owner of the related parties holding the subordinated notes. The Company started the year with $3,518,250 on January 1, 2020 in outstanding notes and issued additional $1,910,000 notes during the year under the same terms. During the May 2020 Note Exchange $4,063,250 of subordinated promissory notes to related parties were exchanged for the same face value of 2014 NPA note under the terms described above (refer to "May 2020 Note Exchange" paragraph below for more detail), which were subsequently exchanged again in the December 2020 Debt Exchange. The remaining balance of $1,365,000 in subordinated promissory notes to related parties were also exchanged in the December 2020 Debt Exchange. April 2020 Debt Modification On April 30, 2020, the Company and the holders of the majority of the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Notes issued under the 2014 NPA (the "2014 NPA Notes") and holders of the majority of the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Secured Promissory Notes (the “2007 NPA Notes”) issued under the Convertible Secured Subordinated Note Purchase Agreement dated November 14, 2007 (the "2007 NPA”) agreed to extend the maturity dates of the 2014 NPA Notes and the 2007 NPA Notes to November 14, 2022. In addition, the 2014 NPA was amended to allow the Company to issue 2014 NPA Notes as consideration of cancellation of other indebtedness. Except as for above mentioned modifications, all of the terms relating to the outstanding 2007 NPA Notes and the 2014 Notes continue in full force and effect. The Company is entitled to utilize the amounts available for future borrowing under each of the 2007 Note Purchase Agreement and the 2014 Note Purchase Agreement through November 14, 2022. May 2020 Note Exchange On May 6, 2020, the Company and related party holders of $4,063,250 in subordinated promissory notes exchanged those notes for the 2014 NPA Notes issued under 2014 NPA (the "May 2020 Note Exchange"). Avy Lugassy, one of Company's principal shareholders is a beneficial owner of the entities holding newly issued 2014 NPA Notes. The newly issued 2014 NPA Notes mature on November 14, 2022 and have the terms identical to other 2014 NPA Notes. The May 2020 Note Exchange was accounted for as debt extinguishment and the newly issued 2014 NPA Notes were recorded at fair value in accordance with ASC 470 "Debt". The total fair value of the 2014 NPA Notes issued as a result of the May 2020 Note Exchange was determined to be $8,928,000. The May 2020 Note Exchange transaction resulted in loss recorded on the statement of operations of $4,864,750 and a premium on the newly issued convertible debt of $4,864,750. The embedded beneficial conversion feature present in the newly issued debt in the amount of $4,063,250 resulted in a debt discount and a charge to paid-in capital. Amortization of debt discount and debt premium was scheduled to be recorded in interest expense through the maturity date of the notes. December 2020 Debt Exchange On December 23, 2020, the Company and all but one debt investor entered into a debt exchange transaction where the Company exchanged its convertible and non-convertible debt plus accrued but unpaid interest into Series A Convertible Preferred equity. The December 2020 Debt Exchange transaction was accounted for as debt extinguishment and the newly issued Series A Convertible Preferred Shares were recorded at fair value in accordance with ASC 470 "Debt". The total of 1,158,141 shares were issued in December 2020 Debt Exchange fair valued at $103,299,344. The combined face value of debt exchanged was $47,989,660 in addition to accrued but unpaid interest of $1,694,467 for a total of $49,684,127. The carrying value of the debt exchanged was $48,810,508 due to inclusion of unamortized debt discounts and debt premiums in the amounts of $4,519,542 and $3,645,924, respectively. The difference between the carrying amount of extinguished debt and fair value of the Series A Preferred Shares issued resulted in loss recorded on the statement of operations of $54,488,834. As a result of the December 2020 Debt Exchange, the original 2007 and 2014 NPAs and related notes with participating investors were cancelled. During the year the Company recorded $3,184,641 in amortization of debt discount, offset by $1,218,824 of amortization of debt premium. As of December 31, 2020 the Company has approximately $250,000 in interest outstanding related to non-bank debt. |