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Note H - Note Payable - Victory Park
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2011
Schedule of Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Table Text Block]
NOTE H - NOTE PAYABLE – VICTORY PARK

On September 30, 2008, we entered into a financing agreement with Victory Park pursuant to which we borrowed $15,000,000 from Victory Park and, in connection therewith, we issued to Victory Park a three-year senior secured non-convertible term note.  Richard Levy (no relation to the Levys), our Chairman of the Board, is the Managing Principal and Founder of Victory Park.  We received net proceeds of $14,372,000 after fees and closing expenses paid as of September 30, 2008.  On May 22, 2009, we drew down the remaining $5,000,000 available under this agreement.  These term notes were purchased by Victory Park affiliates at a 3% discount to the face amount and we received net proceeds of $4,803,000 after fees and closing expenses.  Pursuant to the financing agreement, we issued an aggregate of 1,500,000 shares of Common Stock to Victory Park.  Subsequently, pursuant to a Warrant Exchange Agreement, dated as of October 19, 2009, with Victory Park, we issued 300,000 shares of Common Stock to Victory Park in exchange for Victory Park’s surrender of a warrant to purchase 1,000,000 shares of Common Stock.

During January 2009 and February 2010, respectively, we repaid approximately $463,000 and $180,000 in principal in accordance with mandatory prepayment terms.  For the three months ended June 30, 2011 and June 30, 2010 we recognized approximately $2,373,000 and $2,173,000, respectively, in cash and non-cash interest expense on these notes.  For the six months ended June 30, 2011 and June 30, 2010 we recognized approximately $4,693,000 and $3,276,000, respectively, in cash and non-cash interest expense on these notes.

These notes bore interest through March 16, 2010 at the prime rate plus 7%, subject to a floor of 14% per annum and a cap of 18% per annum.  In conjunction with this financing, loans held by the Levys were subordinated to the Victory Park notes.  We pledged all of our current and future assets, including intellectual property, as collateral under the Victory Park notes.

In March 2010 we entered into an amended and restated financing agreement with Victory Park.  The restated financing agreement amends and restates in its entirety and replaces the financing agreement dated as of September 30, 2008.

Under the terms of the restated financing agreement, we issued to Victory Park $33,000,000 aggregate principal amount of three-year, senior secured convertible notes by way of surrender of the three-year, senior secured non-convertible notes previously issued pursuant to the original financing agreement, in the aggregate principal amount of approximately $19,358,000, and by way of cash payment of approximately $13,642,000 for the balance. These convertible notes were purchased at a 2% discount to the face amount. Total fees and expenses at closing were approximately $2,007,000 and these closing costs are shown on our Statement of Operations as debt issuance costs.  The financing was considered a troubled debt restructuring due to our financial condition and due to a decrease in the effective rate of the note.  Therefore, these costs were expensed in March 2010.  We therefore received net cash proceeds of approximately $11,635,000.  The balance of deferred financing costs ($140,000 at June 30, 2011) and note discount ($5,577,000 at June 30, 2011) from the 2008, 2009 and 2010 Victory Park financings are being amortized over the three-year term of the new convertible notes to interest expense on a straight-line basis which approximates the effective interest rate method.  In addition, under certain circumstances, we may request that Victory Park purchase (which purchase shall be in Victory Park’s sole discretion) up to an additional $3 million aggregate principal amount of convertible notes at one subsequent closing.  The maturity date of the convertible notes has been extended to March 17, 2013 from September 30, 2011 under the original notes.  After the first anniversary of the first closing, under certain circumstances, we have the right to prepay up to $10,642,472 (this amount was reduced from $13,642,472 in conjunction with the forbearance agreement described below) of the convertible notes at a price equal to 110% of the convertible notes being repaid plus accrued and unpaid interest, subject to customary conditions.  The convertible notes are secured by a first priority lien on all of our current and future assets.  The convertible notes will accrue interest at a rate per annum equal to the greater of the prime rate plus 5% and 15%, which, in the absence of an event of default, shall be capitalized and added to the outstanding principal balance of the convertible notes on each anniversary of the date of issuance other than the maturity date.  Interest expense is calculated using an effective interest method, at a rate of 15.9%, over the three-year life of the notes due to the deferred payment schedule contained in the notes.  The notes are convertible into shares of Common Stock at the holder’s option as of March 17, 2011.  The initial conversion rate, which is subject to adjustment as set forth in the notes, is calculated by dividing the sum of the principal to be converted, plus all accrued and unpaid interest thereon, by $0.70 per share.  If we subsequently make certain issuances of Common Stock or Common Stock equivalents at an effective purchase price less than the then-applicable conversion price, the conversion price of the notes will be reduced to such lower price.  We lacked sufficient shares of Common Stock to deliver all of the shares of Common Stock to be issued upon conversion of the notes and therefore, we were required to obtain stockholder approval to amend our certificate of incorporation to increase the number of authorized shares.  We obtained this approval on June 15, 2010 at our annual meeting of stockholders.

As the Victory Park notes are convertible into shares of our Common Stock and prior to June 15, 2010 we did not have sufficient authorized shares to effectuate a full conversion of the notes, the conversion feature was being treated as a liability for part of 2010.  As such we established a liability for the conversion feature based on its fair value.  The liability for the conversion feature was marked to the market at the end of each quarter until such time as additional shares were authorized.  We therefore recognized a non-cash expense of $10,034,000 in the first quarter of 2010, which represented the change in the fair value of the conversion feature of the notes from the closing date of March 16, 2010 to the balance sheet date of March 31, 2010.  In the second quarter of 2010, we recognized a non-cash gain of $1,909,000 due to the change in the fair value of the conversion feature of the note from March 31, 2010 to June 15, 2010, the date of stockholder approval of the amendment to increase the number of authorized shares.  In addition, at March 31, 2010, we had a liability on our balance sheet for the embedded conversion feature in the amount of $18,633,000, which was the value of the embedded conversion feature as of March 31, 2010. After reducing this liability by the $1,909,000 gain as described above, the balance of $16,724,000 was reclassified to additional paid-in capital since the embedded conversion feature no longer met the bifurcation criteria.

In addition, pursuant to the restated financing agreement, in March 2010, Richard Levy became a member of the Board, Chairman of the Board and a member of our Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. Victory Park has the right, subject to certain conditions, to designate an individual to fill the current vacant seat on the Board. That individual (the “VPC Designee”) will become a member of the Board’s Compensation Committee and Audit Committee. Moreover, we agreed that until such time as (i) the aggregate principal amount outstanding under the senior secured convertible notes issued to Victory Park is less than $5 million and (ii) Victory Park beneficially owns less than twenty percent of the issued and outstanding shares of our Common Stock, our Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee shall take all actions reasonably necessary to recommend the nomination of, and the Board shall nominate for reelection to the Board, Richard Levy and the VPC Designee (or substitutes or replacements designated by Victory Park).

Under the restated financing agreement, we must maintain a cash balance equal to at least $2,500,000 and our cash flow (as defined in the restated financing agreement) must be at least $2,000,000 in any fiscal quarter or $7,000,000 in any three consecutive quarters.  These default provisions were temporarily waived under a forbearance agreement executed in December 2010.  The forbearance period began December 10, 2010 and will terminate upon the earliest to occur of (i) the termination of the amended GSK license agreement (see Note C), (ii) June 30, 2012 (or such later date as the parties may agree in writing), (iii) GSK’s failure to pay the Company certain specific amounts pursuant to the amended license agreement, or (iv) the date when the Company (a) repudiates or asserts a defense to any obligation or liability under the forbearance agreement or any transaction document (as defined in the restated financing agreement or (b) makes or pursues a claim against Victory Park or any secured party named in the forbearance agreement.  The restated financing agreement specifies certain events of default including, without limitation:  failure to pay principal or interest; filing for bankruptcy; breach of covenants, representations or warranties; the occurrence of a material adverse effect (as defined in the restated financing agreement); a change in control (as defined in the restated financing agreement); lack of timely filing or effectiveness of a required registration statement; and any material decline or depreciation in the value or market price of the collateral.  We are subject to certain cash damages, as set forth in the convertible notes, in the case of a failure to timely convert the notes, and a failure to timely convert is also an event of default, subject to additional remedies.  Upon any default, among other remedies, both principal and interest would be accelerated and additional charges would apply.  As of June 30, 2011, we were in compliance with all of these covenants.

Pursuant to the amended and restated registration rights agreement executed in connection with the March 2010 financing, we filed a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) registering the resale of the shares currently or to be held by Victory Park including the conversion shares, which registration statement was declared effective originally on July 13, 2010 and as amended on April 21, 2011. We agreed to keep the registration statement effective at all times until the earlier of (i) the date as of which all the registrable securities may be sold without restriction pursuant to Rule 144 and (ii) the date on which all of the registrable securities covered by such registration statement have been sold.  If on any day after the effective date of the registration statement, sales of all of the registrable securities cannot be made (other than during an allowable grace period) pursuant to the registration statement (including because of a suspension or delisting of the Common Stock on its principal market or a failure to register a sufficient number of shares of Common Stock), then as partial relief for the damages to any holder of registrable securities we shall pay to each holder of registrable securities an amount in cash equal to two percent (2%) of the aggregate value of such holder’s registrable securities required to be included in such registration statement on the initial date of such failure and on every 30th day thereafter (pro rated for periods totaling less than 30 days) until such failure is cured.  These damages do not have a maximum limitation.