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NOTES PAYABLE
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2015
Debt Disclosure [Abstract]  
NOTES PAYABLE

NOTE 5 – NOTES PAYABLE

 

Convertible Notes:

The Company has outstanding promissory notes (the "Notes") that bear interest at 5% per annum, they are unsecured, and their maturity dates (2018-2019) are seven years from their issue date. Quarterly payments are applied against accrued interest first, then principal. The minimum aggregate quarterly payment to Note holders is 2.5% of the Company's portion of gross quarterly revenues from each Southern Hospitality BBQ restaurant.  At September 30, 2015, the Company has not made all required payments of interest on the Notes. The total accrued interest through September 30, 2015 is $109,022. The Company may cure this deferral in interest payments within a defined period of time, as provided for in the note agreements, thus preventing the Notes from becoming callable.

 

The Notes and accrued interest are convertible, at the option of the holder. The conversion price is 80% of the 20-day average closing sales price on the date conversion is elected, but not less than $0.50 per share.  The Company is amortizing a discount related to this beneficial conversion feature to interest over the term of the Notes.  Approximately $13,500 and $41,300 was amortized for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2015, respectively.  No Notes have been converted through September 30, 2015.  At September 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014, the balance of the Notes and accrued interest, net of discount, was approximately $740,500 and $665,900, respectively.

 

Beginning in August 2014, the Company began selling 6.5% promissory notes (the "2014 Notes") along with warrants to purchase the Company's common stock. Investors received a warrant to purchase four shares of common stock for each one dollar of principal amount loaned to the Company with an exercise price of $0.40 per share, exercisable for three years. The 2014 Notes bear interest at 6.5% per annum, they are unsecured, and their maturity dates are five years from their issue date. The Company sold $460,000 of notes from August 2014 through December 31, 2014, and $280,000 of notes during the nine months ended September 30, 2015. The 2014 Notes and accrued interest become convertible, at the option of the holder, after two years from the issue date. The conversion price is the lower of 80% of the 20-day average closing sales price on the date conversion is elected or $0.25 per share.

 

The 2014 Notes were discounted based on the relative fair value of the warrants issued with the debt, of approximately $284,900.  The relative fair value of the warrants was determined using the Black-Scholes option pricing model.  Additionally, the convertible notes were further discounted, as the Company determined that the convertible debt contained a beneficial conversion feature and recorded an additional debt discount of approximately $130,000.  The net carrying value of the 2014 Notes and accrued interest at September 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014 was $399,400 and $182,200, respectively.

 

The assumptions used in the Black-Scholes model to determine the fair value of warrants are as follows: (1) dividend yield of 0%, (2) expected volatility of 205%, (3) risk-free interest rates ranging from 0.78% to 0.97%, (4) contractual life of 3.0 years, and fair value of the Company's shares of $0.23 to $0.31 per share.  The relative fair value attributable to the warrants and the beneficial conversion feature have been recorded as a discount and deducted from the face value of the convertible debt in the accompanying consolidated balance sheet.  The discount applied to the 2014 Notes is being amortized over the five-year term of the convertible notes.

 

Promissory Note:

 

During the year ended December 31, 2013, the Company issued a promissory note with an aggregate face value of $200,000, along with a warrant to purchase 50,000 shares of the Company's common stock. This note bears interest at 5% per annum; it is unsecured and due on demand. The holder of the note received additional consideration in the form of a fully vested warrant to purchase 50,000 common shares at an exercise price of $0.50 per share exercisable for three years from the date of execution of the note.  The Company determined the relative fair value of the warrant to be approximately $44,000, which was recorded as a discount to the note payable, and which was amortized over approximately three months.

 

Bank Financing:

In November 2014, SHLT and Rocky Mountain Bank & Trust entered into a bank financing agreement to purchase kitchen equipment for the Lone Tree restaurant location.  The agreement provides for financing up to $300,000, of which the Company had drawn $300,000 by September 30, 2015. This loan bears interest at 6%.  Monthly interest-only payments began in December 2014 and continued through August 2015.  Beginning in September 2015, monthly principal and interest payments of approximately $5,800 are due through maturity in August 2020.   The agreement was personally guaranteed by two directors of the Company. Their personal guarantees were subsequently released, and the agreement is now collateralized by the kitchen equipment at the SHLT and SHD restaurants.

 

Related Party Promissory Notes:

 

The Company issued short-term promissory notes totaling $90,000 in the third quarter of 2014 to two shareholders.  These notes bear interest at 10% per annum, are unsecured, and had a maturity date of 180 days after the date of execution. These notes with accrued interest were subsequently converted to equity in CARVEG in April 2015 at a conversion rate of $1.05 per membership unit. In addition, the Company issued a short-term, unsecured promissory note for $25,000 on November 13, 2014, to a third shareholder.  This note was subsequently paid off in full in January 2015.

 

Related Party Loan Agreement:

On December 31, 2014, the Company entered into a Loan Agreement and associated Promissory Note (the "Loan Agreement") with Bourbon Brothers #14, LLC ("BB14") which provides for an unsecured term loan in the aggregate original principal amount of $1,250,000 (the "Loan"). The Company received net proceeds of $1,197,714 after loan closing fees.  BB14 is a related party entity, controlled by certain shareholders of the Company. The Company is to pay interest on the Loan at the greater of 9.5% or 6.25% per annum plus the prime rate announced by the Wall Street Journal. In addition, the Company is to pay a monthly loan servicing fee in the amount of 1% of the principal balance of the Loan. The entire principal balance of the Loan, plus any accrued and unpaid interest, is due on December 29, 2016, unless the Company exercises its option to extend the term of the Loan. Extension of the Loan requires certain conditions to be met at the time of the extension. The related party interest expense on this loan for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2015 was $32,500 and $97,500.

 

In connection with the Loan, the Company issued a warrant to BB14 for the purchase of 7,500,000 shares of common stock exercisable for a period of five years at $0.10 per share with the warrant vesting in one year. BB14 funded the Loan with financing BB14 received from a third-party lender.  JW Roth, a director of the Company, personally guaranteed the BB14 Loan to obtain financing to facilitate the Loan. To compensate JW Roth, the Company issued a warrant to Mr. Roth for the purchase of 7,500,000 shares of common stock exercisable for a period of five years at $0.10 per share with the warrant vesting in one year.  The Company determined the relative fair value of the 15,000,000 warrants to be approximately $731,800, which has been recorded as a discount to the Loan principal balance, and which is being amortized over the term of the Loan.  The balance of the discount at September 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014 was $457,400 and $731,800, respectively.