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17. COMMITMENTS, CONTINGENCIES AND LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
3 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Notes to Financial Statements  
17. COMMITMENTS, CONTINGENCIES AND LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

 

There are no pending legal proceedings against the Company that are expected to have a material adverse effect on its cash flows, financial condition or results of operations.

 

EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENTS

 

Mr. Erickson, Mr. Scott and other named executive officers of Visualant do not have employment agreements.

 

LEASES

 

The Company is obligated under various non-cancelable operating leases for their various facilities and certain equipment.

 

Corporate Offices

 

The Company’s executive office is located at 500 Union Street, Suite 420, Seattle, Washington, USA, 98101. On August 1, 2012, the Company entered into an Office Lease with Logan Building LLC for 2,244 square feet and which expired August 31, 2014. The monthly lease rate was $1,944 for the year ending August 31, 2013 and $2,028 for the year ending August 31, 2014. On June 14, 2013, the Company entered into Amendment One to the Office Lease, increasing our monthly payment to $3,978 through August 31, 2013, $4,057 from September 1, 2013 to May 31, 2014 and $4,140 from June 1, 2014 through August 31, 2014. On June 18, 2014, the Company entered into the Second Amendment to the Office Lease, which maintained our net monthly payment at $4,057.  On December 18, 2014, the Company entered into the Third Amendment to the Office Lease reducing our square footage to 2,244 square feet and decreasing our net monthly payment to $2,535 through the expiration date of February 28, 2015.

 

TransTech Facilities

 

TransTech is located at 12142 NE Sky Lane, Suite 130, Aurora, OR 97002. TransTech leases a total of approximately 9,750 square feet of office and warehouse space for its administrative offices, product inventory and shipping operations, at a monthly rental of $4,292. The lease was extended from March 2011 for an additional five year term at a monthly rental of $4,751. There are two additional five year renewals with a set accelerating increase of 10% per 5 year term.  

 

The aggregate future minimum lease payments under operating leases as of December 31, 2014 were $62,162 and $9,502 for the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively.