Notes Payable | 12 Months Ended |
Dec. 31, 2014 |
Notes to Financial Statements | |
Notes Payable | The Company’s notes payable at December 31, 2014 and 2013, consisted of the following: |
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Name | | 2014 | | | 2013 | |
14% Convertible Notes | | $ | 2,296,342 | | | $ | 2,904,736 | |
12% Convertible Notes | | | 100,000 | | | | 375,000 | |
Other Short-term Debt | | | 55,000 | | | | 43,280 | |
GE Note | | | 2,100,000 | | | | 2,100,000 | |
Deferred Compensation Notes | | | 279,095 | | | | 279,095 | |
Revenue Participation Notes | | | 2,337,500 | | | | 852,702 | |
Note payable to Crown Financial LLC, a related party | | | 702,697 | | | | 683,036 | |
Note payable to Dufrane Nuclear Shielding, LLC, a related party | | | 725,000 | | | | -- | |
Equipment finance contracts | | | 110,000 | | | | 137,573 | |
Capital lease obligations | | | 30,437 | | | | 23,300 | |
Unamortized debt discount | | | -20,362 | | | | -107,221 | |
Total Debt | | | 8,715,709 | | | | 7,291,501 | |
Less: Current Portion | | | (5,890,414 | ) | | | (4,668,492 | ) |
Total Long Term Debt | | $ | 2,825,295 | | | $ | 2,623,009 | |
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14% Convertible Notes |
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Between November 2011 and December 2012, the Company issued a series of 14% convertible notes payable to accredited investors. The Company also issued 3,361,312 two year warrants to purchase common stock at an exercise price of $1.20 per share. These notes are convertible into 5,854,260 shares of the Company’s common stock as of December 31, 2014. |
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The Company valued the warrants and the embedded conversion feature at inception using the Black-Scholes option pricing model, using the following variables: annual dividend yield of 0%; expected life of 2 years; risk free rate of return of 0.17% - 0.33%; expected volatility of 100%. The estimated fair value of the warrants issued between November 2011 and December 2012 was $81,656 and the embedded conversion feature was $35,546 at issuance and was recorded as a derivative liability at such time in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets. The warrants and embedded conversion feature were included in the derivative liabilities account each reporting period as the Company had insufficient authorized shares to settle outstanding contracts (see Note 6). On July 12, 2013, the Company increased its share authorization to 41,666,667 shares (see Note 12 for January 22, 2015 increase to 191,666,667 shares) and reclassified the $1,977,372 derivative liability to equity due to the availability of sufficient authorized shares to settle these outstanding contracts. |
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As of December 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013, the aggregate principal balances of these notes are $2,296,342 and $2,904,736, respectively. During the year ended December 31, 2014, the Company converted principal and accrued interest of $977,151 in exchange for 1,696,856 shares of the Company’s common stock. The Company also issued 1,071,353 shares for the extension of notes valued at $609,257. Thirteen (13) notes were extended until June 1, 2015 and one (1) note was extended until December 15, 2019. |
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The value of the stock issued was $812,607 resulting in additional interest expense of $203,350 upon the conversion of interest. As of December 31, 2014, the total of outstanding 14% convertible notes is $2,296,342 of which $688,210 matured on or before December 31, 2014 and is in default, however, as of April 2, 2015, none of the note holders have declared the notes in default. |
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As of December 31, 2014, $171,892 of the 14% convertible notes is payable to related parties. |
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12% Convertible Notes |
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Between April 2009 and November 2010, the Company issued a series of 12% notes payable to accredited investors that were scheduled to mature on November 30, 2011 and are currently in default. The Company also issued warrants to purchase 273,583 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $0.12 per share that expire at various dates through 2015. |
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During the year ended December 31, 2014, the Company paid an aggregate of $50,000 of principal of two of these notes. During the year ended December 31, 2014, the Company issued 1,137,417 shares of its common stock valued at $614,205 in payment of $225,000 of principal and $116,225 accrued interest (total of $341,225). The conversion of these notes payable and accrued interest for common stock resulted in a non-cash charge of $272,980 to the derivative liability upon the conversion of convertible debt. As of December 31, 2014, there is one remaining note payable that has a principal balance of $100,000 and is convertible into 1,391,553 shares of the Company’s common stock. |
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Other Short-Term Debt |
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During the year ended December 31, 2014, the Company paid $43,280 of principal balance that was comprised of a settlement of a note payable to an accredited investor. |
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On January 1, 2014, the Company issued a $30,000 short term note to an investor, MKM Capital. The note bears interest at 8% and matures on January 1, 2015. The balance of this note payable as of December 31, 2014, is $30,000. |
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In September and October 2014, the Company entered into short term loan agreements, which matured in October 2014, with eight accredited investors totaling $170,000, to sustain some of its daily operating expenses; the loans had a 5% transaction fee at maturity and the lenders were entitled to receive 18% interest if the notes were not paid at maturity. As additional consideration for the loan, the Company agreed to issue the lenders an aggregate of 202,916 shares of common stock, which are only issuable if and when the Company increases its authorized capital. In October 2014 five of the investors extended their notes to October 24, 2015 for the additional consideration of 17,918 shares of common stock in lieu of interest. These shares were included in the "Fees Payable in Common Stock" and were expensed as interest in the current period. As of the date of this Report, all but $25,000 of the loans have been repaid, but the remaining lender has not declared a default on the payment of his note. On January 28, 2015, 158,335 of the shares were issued. The remaining shares are accrued as Fees Payable in Common Stock. (See Note 9 and Note 12). |
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GE Ionics Note |
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On August 31, 2010, the Company entered into a Settlement Agreement relating to a $2,100,000 note payable that was amended on October 30, 2011. On May 7, 2012, GE informed the Company that it had failed to make any required installment payment that was due and payable under the GE Note and that the Company’s failure to make any such installment payment(s) constituted an Event of Default under the GE Note. Pursuant to the terms of the GE Note, upon the occurrence of an Event of Default for any reason whatsoever, GE shall, among other things, have the right to (a) cure such defaults, with the result that all costs and expenses incurred or paid by GE in effecting such cure shall bear interest at the highest rate permitted by law, and shall be payable upon demand; and (b) accelerate the maturity of the GE Note and demand the immediate payment thereof, without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind. Upon an event of default under the GE Note, GE shall be entitled to, among other things (i) the principal amount of the GE Note along with any interest accrued but unpaid thereon and (ii) any and all expenses (including attorney’s fees and expenses) incurred in connection with the collection and enforcement of any rights under the GE Note. |
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Under the terms of the August 31, 2010 note, interest at the rate of WSJ prime plus 2% is due on the note, upon default, interest is due at the maximum legal rate which is 10% in the state of Texas. The note matured on September 1, 2013, and is in default. Interest on the note through December 31, 2014, has been accrued pursuant to the terms of the note through May 6, 2012, interest upon default on May 7, 2012, has been accrued at the maximum default rate in the state of Texas which is 10%. |
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As of the date hereof, the Company has not repaid any principal or accrued but unpaid interest that has become due and payable under the GE Note. |
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On May 22, 2013, GE filed a lawsuit against STW in the Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of New York, Index No. 651832/2013 (the “GE Lawsuit”). Although the lawsuit arises out of STW’s obligations to GE under its Settlement Agreement with GE, upon which STW owed GE $2.1 million plus interest, GE has elected to forgo suit on the settlement amount and sue STW for the original debt of $11,239,437, plus interest and attorneys’ fees (the “Original Debt”). As such, STW filed its Answer and asserted that it is entitled to and shall pursue all of its available legal and equitable defenses to the Original Debt, inasmuch as GE has, among other things, failed to discount the Original Debt sued upon by the amounts that it recovered through re-use and re-sale of the equipment it fabricated for STW. Management has not accrued the original amount of the debt because the probability of recovery is remote. |
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Deferred Compensation Notes |
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As of December 31, 2014, the Company has a balance of $279,095 payable under deferred compensation, non-interest bearing, notes to its former Chief Executive Officer and its in-house counsel. The notes matured December 31, 2012, and the notes are in default. |
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Revenue Participation Notes |
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As of December 31, 2014, the Company has an outstanding balance of $2,337,500 of Revenue Participation Notes comprised as follows: |
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2012 Revenue Participation Notes | | $ | 165,000 | | | | | |
2013 Revenue Participation Notes - STW Resources Salt Water Remediation | | | 302,500 | | | | | |
2013 Revenue Participation Notes - STW Energy | | | 182,000 | | | | | |
2013 Convertible Revenue Participation Notes - STW Pipeline | | | 115,000 | | | | | |
2014 Revenue Participation Notes, Upton Project – STW Water | | | 1,573,000 | | | | | |
Total revenue participation notes | | $ | 2,337,500 | | | | | |
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These notes are described as follows: |
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2012 Revenue Participation Notes |
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During February 2012, the Company issued to certain accredited investors (the “Investors”) revenue participation interest notes with a principal amount of $165,000 (the “March 2012 Notes”). These March 2012 Notes mature on January 31, 2017 and carry an interest rate of 12%. Principal and interest payments shall come solely from the Investors share of the revenue participation fees from water processing contracts related to brackish and/or produced water. The Investors shall receive 50% of the net revenues from such contracts until such time as they have received two times their investment amount and 10% of the net revenues thereafter until such time as they have received an additional $295,000 at which time the March 2012 Notes are retired in full. The Investors received warrants to purchase 27,500 shares of the Company’s common stock. These warrants have an exercise price of $1.20, are immediately exercisable and a two year maturity. The Company incurred cash fees of $16,500 which is recorded as a loan origination fee and is included in prepaid expenses and other current assets in the accompanying consolidated balance sheet and is being amortized to interest expense, and issued 2,750 warrants under the same terms as those received by the Investors. As of December 31, 2014, the Company has not generated revenue related to these revenue participating notes. |
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The Company valued the warrants using the Black-Scholes option pricing model, using the following variables: annual dividend yield of 0%; expected life of 2 years; risk free rate of return of 0.33%; expected volatility of 100%. As the value of the warrants was not significant, the Company did not allocate any portion of the debt proceeds to the warrants and the value of the warrants were derivatives as of December 31, 2012. |
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As of December 31, 2014, the aggregate principal balance of these notes payable is $165,000. |
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2013 Revenue Participation Notes – STW Resources Salt Water Remediation Technology |
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During the nine month period ended September 30, 2013, the Company issued to ten (10) accredited investors revenue participation notes with an aggregate principal amount of $302,500. These notes mature five years from the date of issuance, and carry an interest rate of 12% and an effective interest rate of 13.5%. Principal and interest payments shall come solely from the Investors share of the revenue participation fees from water processing contracts related to brackish and/or produced water. The Company will pay one-half (50%) of the Net Operating Revenues, after deducting project operational and equipment lease expenses, from the Water Processing Master Services Agreements (“MSA’s”) to all Participants generally (with each Participant’s percentage of the $302,500 investment being paid on a pro-rata basis) until such time as each Participant’s share of the $302,500 Note has been paid in full, and until such further time as an additional $302,500 has been paid to the Participants in relation to each Participant’s share of the $302,500 investment. Thereafter, all further Revenue Fees shall cease and this Agreement shall be terminated in all respects. |
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The Company also issued 100,833 warrants in connection with this investment. These warrants have an exercise price of $1.20, are immediately exercisable and expire on various dates through June 30, 2015. |
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The Company valued the warrants using the Black-Scholes option pricing model, using the following variables: annual dividend yield of 0%; expected life of 2 years; risk free rate of return of 0.25%; expected volatility of 623%. The Company estimated the value of the warrants to be $33,398 and recorded this loan discount to be amortized to interest expense over the term of the loan. |
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As of December 31, 2014, the aggregate principal balance of these notes payable is $302,500. |
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2013 Original Issue Discount Notes with Revenue Participation Interest – STW Energy Services, LLC |
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During the year ended December 31, 2013, the Company issued to four (4) accredited investors revenue participation note with an aggregate principal amount of $182,000 and an original issue discount of $42,000, yielding net cash proceeds of $140,000 to the Company. These notes mature eighteen (18) months from the date of issuance and carry a stated interest rate of 6% and an effective interest rate of 9.4%. Principal and interest payments shall come solely from the Investors share of the revenue participation fees from STW Energy services contracts. The Investor shall receive the net revenues from such contracts until such time as they have received their investment amount at which time the note is retired in full. The Company also issued 15,167 warrants in connection with this investment. The warrants bear an exercise price of $1.80 per share and expire on various dates through June 30, 2015. |
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The 6% original issue discount notes with revenue participation interests (the "Notes") were issued pursuant to a private offering (the "Notes Offering"), with a maximum offering size of $325,000. The Notes maintain an original issue discount of $75,000 and are due on or before March 26, 2015; all payments on the Notes shall come solely from the Note holder's share of the revenue participation fees, as hereinafter explained. The Company shall pay each Note Holder out of the Company's share of the Net Operating Revenues; as such term is defined in the Note, of its STW Energy Services, LLC ("Energy Services") subsidiary, until each Note has been paid in full. All payments shall be made on a quarterly basis; provided however that only interest shall be paid in the first quarter and thereafter, payments shall follow the payment schedule set forth in the Notes. If payments are not made on the schedule payment date, interest on the Notes shall increase to 18% until the Notes are paid in full. In consideration for the Note, the Company shall issue 2 year warrants to purchase one share of common stock for each two dollars of such holder's investment, at an exercise price of $1.80 per share; provided however, that the Company shall only issue an aggregate of warrants to purchase up to 27,083 shares. The Notes are secured by a continuing security interest in the Company's net revenues and proceeds thereof. |
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The Company valued the 15,167 warrants associated with the $182,000 notes using the Black-Scholes option pricing model, using the following variables: annual dividend yield of 0%; expected life of 2 years; risk free rate of return of 0.25%; expected volatility of 623%. The Company estimated the value of the warrants to be $5,004 and recorded this loan discount to be amortized to interest expense over the term of the loan. |
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As of December 31, 2014, the aggregate principal balance of these notes payable is $182,000. |
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2013 Convertible Original Issue Discount Notes with Revenue Participation Interest – STW Pipeline Maintenance and Construction, LLC |
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During the year ended December 31, 2013, the Company issued to two (2) accredited investors convertible revenue participation notes with an aggregate principal amount of $207,115 and an original issue discount of $27,015, yielding net cash proceeds of $180,100 to the Company. These notes mature seven (7) months from the date of issuance and carry a stated interest rate of 6% and an effective interest rate of 8.1%. Principal and interest payments shall come solely from the Investors share of the revenue participation fees from STW Pipeline Maintenance &Construction services contracts. The Investors shall receive the net revenues from such contracts until such time as they have received their investment amount at which time the note is retired in full. The Company also issued 69,039 warrants in connection with this investment. These two year warrants bear an exercise price of $1.80 per share. The notes are convertible into 287,660 shares of the Company’s common stock. |
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The 6% convertible original issue discount notes with revenue participation interests (the "Notes") were issued pursuant to a private offering (the "Notes Offering"), with a maximum offering size of $207,000. The Notes maintain an original issue discount of $27,000 and are due on or before May 18, 2014; all payments on the Notes shall come solely from the Note holder's share of the revenue participation fees, as hereinafter explained. The Company shall pay each Note Holder out of the Company's share of the Net Operating Revenues; as such term is defined in the Note, of its STW Pipeline Maintenance & Construction, LLC ("Pipeline") subsidiary, until each Note has been paid in full. All payments shall be made on a quarterly basis; provided however that only interest shall be paid in the first quarter and thereafter, payments shall follow the payment schedule set forth in the Notes. If payments are not made on the schedule payment date, interest on the Notes shall increase to 18% until the Notes are paid in full. The Notes are convertible into shares of the Company's common stock at $0.12 per share, subject to adjustment for standard anti-dilution features. In consideration for the Notes, the Company issued 2-year warrants to purchase two shares of common stock for each one dollar of such holder's investment, at an exercise price of $1.20 per share; provided however, that the Company shall only issue an aggregate of warrants to purchase up to 69,000 shares. The Company is required to reserve a sufficient number of shares to be able to issue all of the shares underlying the Notes if same are fully converted. The Notes are secured by a continuing security interest in the Company's net revenues and proceeds thereof. |
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The Company valued the 69,039 warrants using the Black-Scholes option pricing model, using the following variables: annual dividend yield of 0%; expected life of 2 years; risk free rate of return of 0.25%; expected volatility of 623%. The Company estimated the value of the warrants to be $27,153 and recorded this debt discount to be amortized to interest expense over the term of the loan agreement. |
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On October 15, 2014 the Company, STW Resource Holding Corp, converted a revenue participation offering of STW Pipeline. Principal and accrued interest of $93,543 was exchanged for 129,921 shares of STW Resource Holding Corp common stock to an investor at a unit price of $0.72 per share. The value of the stock issued was $99,374 resulting in additional interest expense of $5,831 upon the conversion of convertible debt. |
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As of December 31, 2014, the aggregate principal balance of the remaining note payable is $115,000. |
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2014 Revenue Participation Notes – STW Resources Upton Project |
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From September 30, 2014 through December 31, 2014, the Company issued an aggregate of $1,573,000 of notes to eleven (11) accredited investors for the Upton Project. The financing is a Senior Secured Master Note, with a 15% coupon and a maturity of 18 months with interest only payments paid the first three months and equal monthly payments of principal and interest paid for months four though eighteen of the Master Note with Revenue Participation Interest. Additionally, a 5% royalty is assigned to the Master Note, which will be distributed based on pro rata ownership by investors in the Master Note. Principal and interest payments will come solely from the Investors share of the revenue participation fees from water processing contracts related to brackish water. This Agreement, including but not limited to the revenue sharing arrangement, is applicable to the brackish water processing facility being built with the proceeds of the Notes. As of December 31, 2014, the aggregate principal balance of these notes payable is $1,573,000. |
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Note payable to Crown Financial, LLC, a related party |
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On June 26, 2013, STW Energy Services, LLC entered into a loan agreement with Crown Financial, LLC for a $1.0 million loan facility to purchase machinery and equipment for STW Energy Services. Crown Financial, LLC is a related party in that it holds a 25% non-controlling interest in STW Energy Services, LLC. The note matures on June 25, 2016, and bears interest at 15%. Commencing November 1, 2013, monthly principal and interest payments are due on the note over a thirty-three month period. The note is secured by all assets of STW Energy Services. LLC. As of December 31, 2014 and 2013, the Company had drawn down $702,697 and $683,036, respectively of this loan facility. |
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The Company issued 666,667 warrants in connection with this loan agreement, in lieu of a cash loan fee. These warrants have an exercise price of $1.20, are immediately exercisable and a two year maturity. The Company valued the warrants using the Black-Scholes option pricing model, using the following variables: annual dividend yield of 0%; expected life of 2 years; risk free rate of return of 0.25%; expected volatility of 623%. The Company estimated the value of the warrants to be $159,996 and recorded this loan fee a prepaid loan fee to be amortized to interest expense over the term of the loan. |
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Related party interest expense for this loan was $32,461 and $113,623, for the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively. |
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Note payable to Dufrane Nuclear Shielding, LLC, a related party |
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On December 22, 2014, the Company entered into an unsecured loan agreement with Dufrane Nuclear Shielding, LLC, in the amount of $725,000 (See note 7). The note bear interest at 10.0% and is payable in monthly principal and interest installments of $43,541 commencing on January 15, 2015. The note matures on December 15, 2016. Dufrane Nuclear Shielding, LLC is a related party since the company is owed by Joshua Brooks, the Company’s former COO. The note provides for default interest rate of $18% and requires the payment of $60,000 of accrued officers’ compensation in the event of default. |
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Related party interest expense for this loan was $1,788 for the year ended December 31, 2014. |
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Convertible note payable with original issue discount |
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On March 19, 2014, the Company issued a $500,000 convertible note to JMJ Financial, an accredited private investor. The note bears interest at 6% and matures on March 19, 2016. The note is convertible under a variable conversion price formula that is based on the lesser of $0.66 per share or 60% of the lowest trade price in the 25 trading days previous to the conversion date. The note bears a $50,000 original issue discount which would yield $450,000 of net cash proceeds to the Company. During the year ended December 31, 2014, the Company drew $50,000 cash proceeds from this note. The $50,000 cash draw plus the applicable pro-rata original issue discount results in a gross note payable balance of $55,556. The value of the conversion feature of this note, accounted for as a liability, was determined under the Black-Scholes pricing model to be $92,592 as of the date of issuance, of which $42,592 was recorded as a financing cost in the consolidated statement of operations and $50,000 was recorded as a loan discount. The conversion feature and the original issue discount have been recorded as a loan discount of $55,556 that will be amortized as interest expense over the term of the note under the effective interest method. The effective interest rate of this note was determined to be 25.7%. In October and November 2014 the note and interest was paid off by the issuance of 103,810 shares of common stock valued at an average of $0.535 per share. |
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Equipment Finance Contracts |
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During the year ended December 31, 2013, the Company financed the purchase of vehicles and other equipment with equipment finance contracts from various banks and finance institutions. The contracts mature in three to five years and bear interest rates ranging from 4.7% to 8.0%. The contracts are secured by the associated equipment. As of December 31, 2014 and2013, the Company has an aggregate balance of $110,000 and $137,573, respectively, payable on these equipment finance contracts. |
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Capital lease obligation |
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During 2013, the Company entered into a capital lease of a modular office trailer. The lease contract calls for forty eight (48) monthly payments of $593 with a purchase option at the end of the lease. The Company determined the value of the capital lease to be $23,300 with an implicit interest rate in the lease of 10%. In July of 2014, the Company entered into a lease for a commercial ice machine with Executive Leasing, Inc. The lease contract calls for Thirty six (36) monthly payments of $505 with a purchase option at the end of the lease. The Company determined the value of the capital lease to be $14,854 with an implicit interest rate in the lease of 12%. As of December 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013, the principal balances on these capital leases totaled $30,437 and $23,300, respectively. |
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For the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013, interest expense on all notes payable described above was $2,089,356 and $1,205,338, respectively, which included $230,723 and $164,549, respectively, of amortization of debt discount and debt issuance costs. There was no interest capitalized in 2014 and 2013. As of December 31, 2014 and 2013, net deferred loan costs, net of $190,742 and $102,435 accumulated amortization, respectively were $97,121 and $185,428, respectively. The balance of unamortized discount at December 31, 2014 and 2013, were $20,362 and $107,221, respectively. |