Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

8. NOTES PAYABLE

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8. NOTES PAYABLE
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2016
Debt Disclosure [Abstract]  
NOTES PAYABLE

Redwood Secured Convertible Promissory Notes Payable

 

On May 19, 2015 (the “Closing Date”), the Company entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement (“SPA”) with Redwood Management, LLC (the “Investor or Redwood”) pursuant to which the Investor committed to lend to the Company up to $6,500,000 (the “Financing”).

 

During the year ended December 31, 2015, the Company issued four tranches of convertible promissory notes (collectively, the “Notes”, individually “Note 1”, “Note 2”, “Note 3” and “Note 4”, respectively) in the aggregate principal amount of $1,785,000 to the Investor and other third parties who were assigned rights by the Investor to participate in the Financing (together with the Investor, the “Investors”). In connection with the Financing, the Company incurred debt issuance costs of $364,504, which was amortized over the Financing term. Debt issuance costs of $99,805 and $264,699 were amortized to interest expense during the years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015, respectively.

 

On September 16, 2015, the Company and the Investor entered into an Amendment No. 1 to the Notes (the “Notes Amendment”) pursuant to which the parties amended the terms of Note 1, Note 2 and Note 3 to provide that each such promissory note shall have a conversion price for amortization payments equal to 60% of the lowest traded price in the 15 days prior to conversion, as further discussed below.

 

The Notes were scheduled to mature in 12 months, and were convertible at the option of the Investor at any time into shares of the Company’s common stock at a conversion price equal to the lowest Volume Weighted Average Price (“VWAP”) in the 15 trading days prior to the Closing Date (the “Fixed Conversion Price”). Amortization payments under the Notes commenced on the five-month anniversary of the issuance of a Note, and 1/15th of the principal amount and accrued interest were payable in bi-weekly installments until the maturity of such Note; provided, however, that pursuant to the terms of the Notes Amendment, the Company had a thirty (30)-day extension to make the first amortization payment under Note 1, Note 2 and Note 3. The Company could choose in its discretion to make amortization payments under the Notes in common stock, at a conversion price equal to the lower of (a) 70% of the VWAP for the 15 consecutive trading days prior to conversion, or (b) the Fixed Conversion Price (the lower of (a) and (b), the Amortization Conversion Price); provided, that if the average daily dollar volume of the Company’s common stock for the previous 20 days prior to payment was less than $50,000, then the conversion price would be equal to 60% of the lowest traded price in the 30 days prior to conversion; and provided, further, that pursuant to the terms of the Amendment and the Notes Amendment, the conversion price under Note 1, Note 2 and Note 3 and the promissory notes issued in connection with the fourth tranche (including without limitation Note 4) would have a conversion price equal to 60% of the lowest traded price in the 15 days prior to conversion. The Company could only make amortization payment in common stock, in lieu of cash, if no event of default had occurred under the Notes and it met certain financial and non-financial covenants as defined in the Transaction Documents.

 

Due to the 60% conversion feature described above, the Company recorded a beneficial conversion feature amount of $612,500 as a debt discount associated with the Notes. During the years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015, the Company recorded an expense of $38,392 and $574,108, respectively, for amortization of the beneficial conversion feature amount.

 

During the year ended December 31, 2015, the Company issued 5,716,230 shares of its common stock to the Investors in connection with the conversion of Note 1 and partial conversion of Note 2 in the aggregate principal amount of $765,000 and $13,373 of accrued interest. The total of $778,373 was allocated to common stock and additional paid in capital as a result of the conversion.

 

During the year ended December 31, 2016, the Company repaid the remaining principal and interest balance under the Notes as follows: (i) issued 3,062,535 shares of its common stock to the Investors in connection with conversion of the remaining $255,000 principal balance of Note 2; (ii) repaid $357,000 of the aggregate principal amount of Note 3 plus interest in the amount of $148,944 in cash to the Investors, and issued 2,500,000 shares of its common stock to the Investors in connection with the conversion of the remaining principal amount of $153,000 of Note 3; and, (iii) repaid the entire principal amount of Note 4 in the amount of $255,000 plus interest in the amount of $93,075 in cash to the Investors.

 

The Company’s borrowings and conversions under the SPA for the years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015 is summarized in the table below:

 

    Maturity     2016     2015     Interest Rate  
Senior Secured Convertible Promissory Notes:                                
Tranche 1 (Note 1)     May 19, 2016     $     $ 510,000       10%  
Tranche 2 (Note 2)     June 12, 2016       255,000       510,000       10%  
Tranche 3 (Note 3)     July 24, 2016       510,000       510,000       10%  
Tranche 4 (Note 4)     September 16, 2016       255,000       255,000       10%  
Total borrowings             1,020,000       1,785,000          
                                 
Convertible notes converted (Note 1)                   (510,000 )        
Convertible notes converted (Note 2)             (255,000 )     (255,000 )        
Convertible notes converted/repaid (Note 3)             (510,000 )              
Convertible notes repaid (Note 4)             (255,000 )              
Unamortized debt issuance cost                   (99,805 )        
Unamortized debt discount - beneficial conversion feature                   (38,392 )        
                                 
Net carrying amount of debt                   881,803          
Less current portion                   (881,803 )        
Long-term borrowings - net of current portion           $     $          

 

Iliad Secured Convertible Promissory Notes Payable

 

On May 25, 2016 (the “Purchase Price Date”), the Company entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement (“Iliad SPA”) with Iliad Research and Trading, L.P. (the “Lender” or “Iliad”) pursuant to which the Lender loaned the Company $2,000,000. On the Purchase Price Date, the Company issued to Lender a Secured Convertible Promissory Note (the “Iliad Note”) in the principal amount of $2,055,000 in exchange for payment by Lender of $2,000,000. The principal sum of the Iliad Note reflects the amount invested, plus a 2.25% “Original Issue Discount” (“OID”) and a $10,000 reimbursement of Lender’s legal fees. Out of the proceeds from the Iliad Note, the Company paid the sum of $25,000 to its placement agent, Myers & Associates, L.P., which is a registered broker-dealer. The Company received net proceeds of $1,975,000 in exchange for the Iliad Note. The Iliad Note requires the repayment of all principal and any interest, fees, charges and late fees on the date that is thirteen months after the Purchase Price Date (the “Maturity Date”). Interest is to be paid on the outstanding balance at a rate of ten percent (10%) per annum from the Purchase Price Date until the Iliad Note is paid in full. Interest is accrued during the term of the Iliad Note and all interest calculations shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year comprised of twelve (12) thirty (30)-day months and shall compound daily. Subject to adjustment as set forth in the Iliad Note, the conversion price for each Lender conversion shall be $0.50 (the “Lender Conversion Price”), convertible into shares of fully paid and non-assessable common stock. Beginning on the date that is six months after the Purchase Price Date and continuing until the Maturity Date, Iliad shall have the right to redeem a portion of the Iliad Note in any amount up to the Maximum Monthly Redemption Amount ($275,000, which is the maximum aggregate redemption amount that may be redeemed in any calendar month), for which payments may be made in cash or by converting the redemption amount into shares of Company common stock at a conversion price which is the lesser of (a) the Lender Conversion Price of $0.50 and (b) the Market Price, defined as 70% (“the Conversion Factor”), subject to adjustment as follows: if at any time (1) the average of the three lowest closing bid prices in the previous twenty (20) trading days is below $0.25 per share then the Conversion Factor will be reduced by 10%, (2) the Company is not Deposit/Withdrawal At Custodian eligible, then the Conversion Factor will be reduced by an additional 5%, or (3) there has occurred a “Major Default” then the Conversion Factor will be reduced by an additional 5%. The Company may prepay the Iliad Note at any time by payment to Lender of 125% of the principal, interest and other amounts then due under the Note. The Company may prepay the Iliad Note notwithstanding an earlier notice of conversion from the Lender, provided that in such event the Lender may convert an amount not to exceed $300,000 under the Iliad Note. In connection with the Iliad Note, as set forth above, the Company incurred an original issue discount of $45,000 and $35,000 of other debt issuance costs, which will be amortized over the Iliad Note term. The Iliad Note is securitized by the Company’s accounts receivable, inventory and equipment.

 

In November 2016, the Company entered into an Amendment to the Iliad Note (the “Iliad Amendment”), whereby the Lender and the Company agreed that the Maximum Monthly Redemption Amount for the period from November 2016 to January 2017 (the “Reduction Period”) be reduced from $275,000 to $166,667 (the “Reduced Maximum Monthly Redemption Amount”). In addition, if the Lender fails to convert the full Reduced Maximum Monthly Redemption Amount during any month in the Reduction Period, then any such unconverted amount shall increase the Reduced Maximum Monthly Redemption Amount in the following month or months. Furthermore, the Company shall not be allowed to pay any of the Reduced Maximum Monthly Reduction Amounts in cash. As such, all amounts converted must be converted into Redemption Conversion Shares of the Company’s common stock. Also, as part of the Iliad Amendment, the Lender agrees that, with respect to any Redemption Conversion Shares received during the Reduction Period, in any given calendar week its Net Sales of such Redemption Conversion Shares shall not exceed the greater of (a) 10% of the Company’s weekly dollar trading volume in such week or (b) $50,000 (the “Volume Limitation”). However, if the Lender’s Net Sales are less than the Volume Limitation for any given week, then in the following week or weeks, the Lender shall be allowed to sell an additional amount of Redemption Conversion Shares equal to the difference between the amount the Lender was allowed to sell and the amount the Lender actually sold. For the purpose of the Iliad Amendment, Net Sales is defined as the gross proceeds from sales of the Redemption Conversion Shares sold in a calendar week during the Reduction Period minus any trading commissions or costs associated with clearing and selling such Redemption Conversion Shares minus the purchase price paid for any shares of the Company’s common stock purchased in the open market during such week. The Lender and the Company both agree that in the event the Lender breaches the Volume Limitation where its Net Sales of Redemption Conversion Shares during any week during the Reduction Period exceeds the dollar volume the Lender is permitted to sell during such week pursuant to the Volume Limitation (the “Excess Sales”), then the Company’s sole and exclusive remedy for such breach shall be the reduction of the outstanding balance of the Iliad Note by an amount equal to 200% of the Excess Sales upon delivery of written notice to the Lender setting forth its basis for such reduction.

 

In January 2017, the Company entered into Amendment #2 to the Iliad Note and in March 2017, the Company entered into Amendment #3 to the Iliad Note. In addition, on March 1, 2017, the Company entered into another Securities Purchase Agreement (“Iliad SPA 2”) with Iliad. See Note 15 for additional details.

 

During the year ended December 31, 2016, Iliad Note redemptions of $175,000 were converted into 903,221 shares of common stock. In addition, on December 28, 2016, a redemption notice of $75,000 was received for the conversion of 398,053 shares of common stock issued subsequent to December 31, 2016. For conversions initiated subsequent to December 31, 2016, see Note 15 for additional details.

 

The Company’s borrowing and conversions under the Iliad Note for the years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015 is summarized in the table below:

 

    Maturity     2016     2015     Interest Rate  
                         
Secured promissory note payable     June 24, 2017     $ 2,055,000     $       10%  
Interest accrued             128,311                
Unamortized original issue discount and debt issuance costs             (35,335 )              
Conversion of convertible promissory notes and accrued interest to common stock             (175,000 )              
Conversion of convertible promissory notes and accrued interest to accrued liabilities             (75,000 )              
                                 
Net carrying amount of debt             1,897,976                
Less current portion             (1,897,976 )              
Long-term borrowings - net of current portion           $     $          

 

On the Purchase Price Date, the Company recorded a beneficial conversion feature of $370,000 (the “Iliad Instrument”), which was originally recorded in additional paid-in Capital (“APIC”) and was scheduled for amortization over six months. The Company has since determined that the Iliad Instrument qualifies for derivative accounting treatment. The $370,000 fair value of the Iliad Instrument at the Purchase Price Date is unchanged as a result of the change in derivative accounting treatment, however, we have reclassified the Iliad Instrument from APIC to a liability in accordance with derivative accounting treatment. During the year ended December 31, 2016, the Company recorded a gain of $147,200 for the change in fair value of the Iliad Instrument as a separate line item in the Company’s Consolidated Statement of Operations. The assumptions used by the Company for calculating the fair value of the Iliad Instrument at the Purchase Price Date using the Binomial Lattice valuation model were: (i) Volatility of 74.0%; (ii) Risk-Free Interest Rate of 0.44%; and (iii) Expected Term of five months; and at December 31, 2016 were (i) Volatility of 82.0%, (ii) Risk-Free Interest Rate of 0.55%; and (iii) Expected Term of four months.

 

Current Unsecured Note Payable

 

In November 2016, the Company entered into a Commercial Premium Finance Agreement with First Insurance Funding in order to fund a portion of the Company’s insurance policies. The amount financed was $161,351 and bears interest at a rate of 4.5%. The Company is required to make nine payments of $18,266 a month to satisfy this current unsecured note payable.

 

Non-Current Unsecured Note Payable

 

On January 29, 2016, the Company issued an unsecured promissory note to Wiltshire, LLC in the principal amount of $850,000 (the “Promissory Note”) in consideration of a loan provided to the Company by Wiltshire, LLC. The Promissory Note bears interest at 12% per annum, and the Company is obligated to make monthly interest-only payments in the amount of $8,500, for which the interest-only payments obligation commenced on March 1, 2016. All principal and accrued and unpaid interest is due under the Promissory Note on February 1, 2018. The Company has the right to prepay the Promissory Note without penalty or premium. In connection with the Promissory Note, the Company incurred an original issue discount of $30,000 and $18,570 of other debt issuance costs, which will be amortized over the Promissory Note term.

 

The Company’s borrowing under the Promissory Note for the years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015 is summarized below:

 

    Maturity     2016     2015     Interest Rate  
                         
Unsecured promissory note payable     February 1, 2018     $ 850,000     $       12%  
Unamortized original issue discount and debt issuance costs             (26,309 )              
Unamortized debt discount - fair value of warrants             (144,517 )              
                                 
Net carrying amount of debt             679,174                
Less current portion                            
Long-term borrowings - net of current portion           $ 679,174     $          

 

Pursuant to the terms of the Promissory Note, the Company issued to Wiltshire, LLC a common stock purchase warrant providing Wiltshire, LLC with the right to purchase up to 2,000,000 shares of the Company’s common stock (the “Warrant”). The Warrant is exercisable, subject to certain limitations, subsequent to July 1, 2017 and before the date that is five years from the date of issuance at an exercise price of $0.20 per share, subject to adjustment upon the occurrence of certain events such as stock splits and dividends. The Company recorded the fair value of the Warrant of $266,800 as a debt discount associated with the Promissory Note. During the year ended December 31, 2016, the Company recorded interest expense of $122,283 for the amortization of the Warrant fair value. The assumptions used by the Company for calculating the fair value of the Warrant using the Black-Scholes valuation model were: (i) Volatility of 83.3%; (ii) Risk-Free Interest Rate of 2.12%; and (iii) Expected Term of five years.