DEBT AND CAPITAL LEASES:

Current Bank Loan Facility (Also see Note 7—Government Assignments of Contracts)

On July 29, 2010, DLH Solutions entered into a Loan and Security Agreement (the "Loan Agreement") with Presidential Financial Corporation (the "Lender"). Under the Loan Agreement, the Lender agreed to provide a two (2) year secured loan facility to DLH Solutions in an aggregate amount of up to $1.5 million, upon the further terms and subject to the conditions of the Loan Agreement. In November, 2010, the Lender agreed by means of an amendment to the Loan Agreement to increase the maximum amount available under the facility from $1.5 million to $2.5 million and on February 9, 2011, we entered into a further amendment to the Loan Agreement pursuant to which the Lender agreed to further increase our maximum availability under the Loan Agreement from $2.5 million to $3.0 million and to provide an unbilled receivable facility within the limits of the Loan Agreement. The February 2011 amendment also extended the initial term of the Loan Agreement by 12 months, to July 29, 2013, which will automatically renew annually unless terminated by either party. During the fiscal year ended September 30, 2013, the Agreement was automatically extended to July 29, 2014.

In May 2012, the Company entered into a further amendment to the Loan Agreement (the "Fifth Amendment") pursuant to which the Lender agreed to increase the available line of credit from $3,000,000 to a maximum amount of $6,000,000 and to increase the maximum amount available under the unbilled accounts facility of the Loan Agreement from $500,000 to $1,000,000. The Company's ability to borrow against the increased available credit, however, is subject to the satisfaction of certain conditions. The Fifth Amendment provides for an initial sublimit under the maximum loan amount of $3,000,000 (the "Initial Sublimit") and an adjusted sublimit of $4,000,000 (the "Adjusted Sublimit"). Pursuant to a letter agreement dated May 21, 2013, the sublimit for the maximum amount available on unbilled accounts was increased from $500,000 to $750,000. The Initial Sublimits will remain in effect until the satisfaction of the following conditions: (i) the repayment of the $500,000 over-advance accommodation agreed to by Lender as of May 9, 2012, (ii) the Company's demonstration of the need for the increase, (iii) the Company's continued compliance with the Loan Agreement, and (iv) Lender, in its sole discretion, agrees to increase the Initial Sublimit. In addition, the increased availability under the unbilled accounts facility of the Loan Agreement is subject to the satisfaction of the same conditions that are applicable to Initial Sublimit. Accordingly, until these conditions are satisfied, the current borrowing limits remain in effect.

DLH Solutions' ability to request loan advances under the Loan Agreement is subject to (i) computation of DLH Solutions' advance availability limit based on "eligible accounts receivables" (as defined in the Loan Agreement) multiplied by the "Accounts Advance Rate" established by the Lender which initially shall be 85% and may be increased or decreased by the Lender in exercise of its discretion; and (ii) compliance with the covenants and conditions of the loan. An interest rate premium of 2% is payable in respect of any advances secured by unbilled accounts receivable, which are subject to a sub-facility limit of $750,000 and an advance rate of 75%. The loan is secured by a security interest and lien on all of DLH Solutions' cash accounts, account deposits, letters of credit and investment property, chattel paper, furniture, fixtures and equipment, instruments, investment property, general intangibles, deposit accounts, inventory, other property, all proceeds and products of the foregoing (including proceeds of any insurance policies and claims against third parties for loss of any of the foregoing) and all books and records related thereto.

Under the Loan and Security Agreement, interest accrues at the greater of (a) 3.25% or (b) (i) 1.95% above the Wall Street Journal Prime rate on the accounts receivable portion of the credit line and (ii) 3.95% above the Wall Street Journal Prime rate on the unbilled accounts portion. In addition, DLH Solutions will pay certain other related fees and expense reimbursements including a monthly service charge of 0.65% based on the average daily loan balance which shall accrue daily and be due and payable on the last day of each month so long as the Loan Agreement is outstanding. The interest rate in effect at September 30, 2013 and 2012 was 5.2%. At September 30, 2013, based on current eligible accounts receivable, the amount of the unused availability under the line was $0.89 million. The amount outstanding on our loan as of September 30, 2013 was $0.95 million.

The Loan Agreement requires compliance with customary covenants and contains restrictions on the Company's ability to engage in certain transactions. Among other matters, under the loan agreement we may not, without consent of the Lender, (i) merge or consolidate with another entity, form any new subsidiary or acquire any interest in a third party; (ii) acquire any assets except in the ordinary course of business; (iii) enter into any transaction outside the ordinary course of business; (iv) sell or transfer collateral; (v) make any loans to, or investments in, any affiliate or enter into any transaction with an affiliate other than on an arms-length basis; (vi) incur any debt outside the ordinary course of business; (vii) pay or declare any dividends or other distributions; or (viii) redeem, retire or purchase any of our equity interests exceeding $50,000. Further, without the consent of the Lender, the Company is also restricted from making any payments in respect of other outstanding indebtedness. The Lender agreed to eliminate the tangible net worth covenant as part of the Fifth Amendment. Either party may terminate the Loan Agreement at any time upon 60 days written notice and the Loan Agreement provides for customary events of default following which the Lender may, at its option, immediately terminate the loan agreement and accelerate the repayment of any amount outstanding. The defined events of default include, among other things, a material adverse change in the Company's circumstances, or if the Lender deems itself insecure in the ability of the Company to repay its obligations, or as to the sufficiency of the collateral. At present, the Company has not experienced, and the financial institution has not declared, an event of default.

In consideration of the Lender entering into the Fifth Amendment, we agreed to pay a monthly collateral monitoring fee, a documentation fee and at the time that we may borrow amounts in excess of the Initial Sublimit, an origination fee of 1% of the increased availability.

The Company has concurrently executed a Corporate Guaranty Agreement with Lender pursuant to which it has guaranteed all of the obligations of DLH Solutions under the Loan Agreement.

Note Payable

DLH and DLH Solutions entered into a settlement agreement dated as of July 22, 2011 (the "Agreement") with Roger Staggs and E. Barry Durham, the former principals of RS Staffing Services, Inc. (together, the "Sellers"). The Sellers were the holders of certain promissory notes issued by DLH in the aggregate principal amount of $1,500,000 (the "Notes"). The claims resolved by the Settlement Agreement concerned DLH's claim of indemnification of approximately $1,800,000 arising out of the acquisition by DLH of RS Staffing Services, Inc. in June 2005 and certain counterclaims by the Sellers against DLH, including payment under the Notes. Pursuant to the Agreement, the Company paid $200,000 in cash to the Sellers, and issued them an aggregate of 300,000 shares of common stock of DLH, valued at $795,000, the fair value of the stock at July 22, 2011. The Company also agreed to permit the Sellers to resell an aggregate of 201,724 other shares of common stock of DLH presently held by them, against which the Company had previously placed a stop order to prevent their resale. The Sellers agreed to orderly sale limitations with respect to their ability to resell all their shares of common stock of DLH In addition, DLH provided guarantees to the Sellers that the net proceeds to be received by them from the resale of all of the shares of common stock of DLH sold by them pursuant to the Agreement would not be less than certain minimum guarantees. With respect to the shares of common stock of DLH owned by them prior to the effective date of the Agreement (the "Old DLH Shares"), DLH guaranteed to each Seller net proceeds of $100,000, and with respect to the shares of common stock of DLH issued under the Agreement (the "New DLH Shares"), DLH guaranteed net proceeds of $375,000 to each. The payments of all amounts under the Agreement were secured by the Notes. In addition, the parties agreed to release each other from any further claims that either may have against the other, except to enforce the Agreement. The guarantees in respect of the Old DLH Shares were satisfied in full as of September 30, 2011. The guarantees in respect of the New DLH Shares were satisfied in full as of September 30, 2012.

At September 30, 2012, the guarantees and the remaining value of the Notes had been satisfied through a combination of the repurchase of certain of the shares of the Company's common stock owned by one of the note holders and the expiration of the guarantee period under the Agreement. Following the completion of the sale of 100,000 shares of common stock of the Company by this holder to members of DLH's management team, the Company's retirement of 40,000 shares of its common stock against the payment of an additional $40,000 and the payment by the Company of $225,000, the Company fully satisfied its minimum guarantee obligations related to the Notes. Accordingly, the Company recorded a gain of approximately $486,000 in the fiscal year ended September 30, 2012.

Convertible Debentures

On June 1, 2011, the Company entered into a debenture purchase agreement (the "Debenture Purchase Agreement") with entities affiliated with Wynnefield Capital, Inc. (the "Debenture Purchasers"), providing for a standby commitment pursuant to which the Debenture Purchasers agreed to purchase convertible debentures (the "Convertible Debentures") in an aggregate principal amount of up to $350,000 (the "Total Commitment Amount"). In addition, the Company issued the Debenture Purchasers warrants to purchase an aggregate of 53,846 shares of common stock (the "Warrants") in consideration of their agreement to provide the Total Commitment Amount. On July 28, 2011, the Company drew down the entire amount of the Total Commitment amount available under the Debenture Purchase Agreement, of which $200,000 was used for the initial payments under the Debenture Purchase Agreement relating to the settlement with the former owners of RS Staffing, and on such date the Company issued the Convertible Debentures in the aggregate principal amount of $350,000 to the Debenture Purchasers, and received such funds.

The Convertible Debentures will mature on the 27-month anniversary of issuance and bear interest at the rate of the greater of the prime rate plus 5%, or 10% per annum, payable at maturity or upon redemption of such Convertible Debentures. The interest rate at September 30, 2013 and September 30, 2012 was 10%. The Convertible Debentures are convertible into shares of the Company's common stock at an initial conversion price of $1.30 per share, and a post rights offering conversion price of $1.25 per share, which was in excess of the fair market value of the Company's common stock at that date. The conversion rate is subject to adjustment to account for certain customary events and also includes weighted-average anti-dilution protection for future issuances by the Company, subject to certain exclusions. The Company can also redeem the outstanding Convertible Debentures at any time at 120% of the remaining principal amount, plus accrued but unpaid interest. The Warrants will be exercisable for five years at an initial exercise price equal to $1.00, and a post rights offering exercise price of $0.96. The exercise price of the Warrants is subject to adjustment for certain customary events and includes weighted average anti-dilution protection for future issuances by the Company, subject to certain exclusions. In connection with the parties' entry into the Debenture Purchase Agreement, the Company, DLH Solutions, the Debenture Purchasers and Presidential Financial Corporation entered into subordination agreements concerning the terms of the subordination of the Convertible Debentures to the secured loan facility provided by Presidential Financial Corporation. Under the subordination agreements, the Company may not make payments to the Debenture Purchasers under the Convertible Debentures unless before and following such payments, no "Event of Default" exists under the secured loan facility. As further discussed in Note 13, the Convertible Debentures were fully satisfied at maturity on October 28, 2013 and the warrants were exercised in full on that date. A nonrecurring gain of $160,000 was recognized in October 2013 related to this transaction.

The Debenture Purchasers are entities affiliated with Wynnefield Capital, Inc., the Company's largest shareholder. Mr. Peter Black, a member of the Company's Board of Directors, is an employee of Wynnefield Capital. Direct costs associated with the Debenture Purchase Agreement totaled $32,000. These costs have been and will be capitalized as deferred financing costs and amortized over the period that such debentures are outstanding or the Debenture Agreement is effective. In addition, an initial value of $42,000 was ascribed to the warrants and it was determined that at July 28, 2011, because of appreciation in the Company's stock price, the embedded conversion feature included in the Convertible Debentures had a fair value of $289,000 at the time of issuance of the Convertible Debentures; such amount is also being expensed over the life of the Convertible Debentures and the unamortized amounts have been deducted from the value of the Convertible Debentures as noted below. The value of the convertible debenture and warrants at September 30, 2013, were $120,000 and $40,000, respectively, and at September 30, 2012, were $87,000 and $32,000, respectively.

At September 30, 2013, there were 53,846 warrants outstanding and the Debenture Purchasers have the right to convert the principal amount of the Convertible Debentures into 269,230 shares of common stock based on initial conversion rates, 280,682 shares of common stock based on post rights offering conversion rates, under the terms of the conversion feature embedded in the Convertible Debentures. Because the warrants and the conversion feature embedded in the Convertible Debenture have a weighted average anti-dilution feature that in certain circumstances could provide the holders with protection against changes in the market value of the Company's common stock, they are required under applicable accounting standards to be recorded at fair value as of the balance sheet date. At September 30, 2013, the Company evaluated the fair value of the Warrants and the embedded conversion feature of the Convertible Debentures using a binomial valuation model and recorded a loss of approximately $41,000 and income of $105,000 at September 30, 2013 and September 30, 2012, respectively, to reflect the net difference between their initial carrying values (July 28, 2011) and their fair values on those dates.

Assumptions used in valuing the warrants and the embedded conversion features at September 30, 2013 included the following:



	Warrants	Embedded Conversions Features
Risk free interest rate	1.39%	1.39%
Contractual term	5 years	27 months
Dividend yield	—%	—%
Expected lives	5 years	27 months
Expected volatility	70.9%	71.8%
Fair value per warrants per share or per $1.25 of debt	$0.75	$0.43

Assumptions used in valuing the warrants and the embedded conversion features at September 30, 2012 included the following:



	Warrants	Embedded Conversions Features
Risk free interest rate	0.62%	0.23%
Contractual term	5 years	27 months
Dividend yield	—%	—%
Expected lives	5 years	27 months
Expected volatility	70.3%	70.3%
Fair value per warrants per share or per $1.25 of debt	$0.23	$0.05

At September 30, 2013, the carrying value of the Convertible Debentures is as follows (amounts in thousands):



	September 30,
	2013			2012
Principal amount of Convertible Debentures	$	350		$	350
Less:
Discount associated with embedded conversion feature	(9		)	(131		)
Discount associated with warrants	(1		)	(17		)
Carrying Value	$	340		$	202

The payment of the entire $350,000 principal amount of the Convertible Debentures is contractually due in the fiscal year ending September 30, 2014. As further discussed in Note 13, the convertible debentures were fully satisfied at maturity.

Capital Leases:

The Company leases certain office equipment under a non-cancelable capital lease agreement that expires in fiscal year 2014. The interest rate is 6.42%. At September 30, 2013 and 2012, the Company has recorded $0.1 million and $0.1 million, respectively, in gross capital leases and accumulated depreciation of $0.05 million and $0.02 million, respectively. The company's remaining lease obligation of $23,000 is payable through February 2014.