Related party transactions

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2015

Related party transactions

Related party transactions

Note 16. Related party transactions

At December 31, 2014 and June 30, 2015, the Company was obligated under a $5,935,000 long-term subordinated note (“Note”) that was issued by the Company to Essex. See Note 10 for further details. On July 21, 2014, the Company, Essex and a third party entered into a Settlement Agreement and Release of Claims Agreement resolving certain issues and disputes whereby Essex paid $256,000 to the third party, the Company paid Essex $128,000 and Essex agreed to reduce the interest rate on the Note from 10% to 6% for the July 19, 2014 through July 31, 2015 period. The third party released both Essex and the Company from any and all claims.

As described in Note 7, in 2012, the Company negotiated financing arrangements with a related party that provided for the sale-leaseback of up to $6.5 million of the Company’s property and equipment. In 2013, the Company executed four transactions totaling $5.5 million and in March 2014, the Company completed the final tranche of the sale-leaseback arrangement, raising an additional $795,000.