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Note 8 - Capital Lease Obligations
12 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2013
Notes  
Note 8 - Capital Lease Obligations

NOTE 8 – CAPITAL LEASE OBLIGATIONS

 

In December 2012 the Company acquired approximately 8,000 acres of agricultural land in the Shai Hills area of Ghana, West Africa. The lease requires total payments over nine (9) years of $1,954,840.  The Company paid the first year payment of $129,032, which included a payment at the acquisition date of $119,000 and a credit for $10,032 of costs and expenses advanced to the lessee by the Company during lease negotiations, which were expensed in prior periods. The lease has been accounted for as a capital lease.  On the lease acquisition date, the present value of the minimum lease payments, calculated at a discount rate of 18%, was $1,055,575, which was booked as Land under capital lease at June 30, 2013. The following is a schedule by year of future minimum lease payments under the capital lease, together with the present value of the minimum lease payments as of June 30, 2013:

 

June 30

Amount

2014

$200,000

2015

256,452

2016

248,387

2017

240,323

2018

232,258

Thereafter

648,388

Total minimum lease payments

1,825,808

Less: amount representing interest

(889,233)

Present value of lease payments

936,575

Less: current portion

(31,416)

Long-term portion

$905,159

For the Quarters ended December 31, 2012 and March 31, 2013, the Company used a discount rate of 8% to calculate the present value of lease payments and interest. Management determined that a rate of 18% was more reflective of the cost of our capital and therefore made the appropriate change for the year ended June 30, 2013.  The following is a schedule showing the effect of this change for the two reporting periods ended December 31, 2012 and March 31, 2013 on a pro forma basis had the 18% discount rate been used:

 

Corrected Amount

Amount Recorded

at 18% Discount Rate

at 8% Discount Rate

Difference

For Quarter ended December 31, 2012

Balance Sheet

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Land Under Capital Lease

$

1,055,575

$

1,435,025

$

(379,450

)

Capital Lease Obligation

(936,575

)

(1,316,025

)

379,450

Statement of Operations

Net loss for the 3 months ended December 31, 2012

246,401

238,087

8,314

Net loss for the 9 months ended December 31, 2013

$

480,239

$

471,925

$

8,314

For Quarter ended March 31, 2013

Balance Sheet

Land Under Capital Lease

$

1,055,575

$

1,435,025

$

(379,450

)

Capital Lease Obligation

(936,575

)

(1,316,025

)

379,450

Statement of Operations

Net loss for the 3 months ended March 31, 2013

297,774

256,205

41,569

Net loss for the 9 months ended March 31, 2013

$

778,013

$

728,130

$

49,883