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Financing Instruments
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2015
Debt Disclosure [Abstract]  
Financing Instruments
Financing Instruments.
 
(a) Loan and Security Agreement. The Company entered into a Loan and Security Agreement with Bank of America, N.A., effective September 1, 2010 (“Loan Agreement”), as amended from time to time, under which Bank of America agreed to provide a $12,000,000 (changed from $13 million to reduce unused line fees) revolver loan (“Revolver Loan”), which matures in accordance with the following events: the earliest to occur of (a) March 31, 2019 or (b) 90 days prior to the maturity date of the Enhanced Note (as defined in Note 12 - Financing Instruments, Item (b) Note Purchase Agreement, subsection (i) below). Based on the current maturity of the Enhanced Note, the actual maturity date of the Loan Agreement is September 11, 2017. The Company granted Bank of America a continuing security interest in and lien upon all Company assets. The Base Rate is equal to the greater of (a) the Prime Rate; (b) the Federal Funds Rate, plus 0.50%; or (c) LIBOR for a 30 day interest period, plus 1.50% (See also Note 20 - Subsequent Events, Item (c), for additional information on interest rate changes). The Company has three material debt covenants to comply with on the Loan Agreement: (i) capital expenditures are limited to $625,000 on an annual basis, (ii) the amount outstanding under the revolver Loan may not exceed the Borrowing Base (calculation defined as an amount determined by a detailed calculation and includes an amount equal to 85% of eligible accounts receivable, plus 55% of eligible inventory up to $6,000,000, or if the Company elects to have an inventory appraisal performed, the lesser of, 65% of eligible inventory or 85% of the net orderly liquidation value percentage of the value of eligible inventory, up to $6,000,000); and (iii) maintain a fixed charge coverage ratio, tested monthly as of the last day of each calendar month for the twelve month period then ended, of at least 1.0 to 1.0. The Company is required to submit its Borrowing Base calculation to Bank of America daily. If, at any time, the Company’s Borrowing Base calculation is less than the amount outstanding under the Revolver Loan, and that amount remains unpaid or future Borrowing Base calculations do not increase to an amount equal to the balance outstanding under the Revolver Loan, Bank of America, in its sole discretion, may accelerate any and all amounts outstanding under the Revolver Loan. At December 31, 2015 and 2014, the balance outstanding on the Revolver Loan was $6,736,267 and $5,435,005, and the weighted-average interest rate was 4.6% and 4.3%, respectively. Cash available under our Revolver Loan based on the borrowing base calculation at December 31, 2015 and 2014 was $2,237,428 and $1,077,892, respectively. At December 31, 2015, the Company was in compliance with all of the Loan Agreement debt covenants.

See Note 20 – Subsequent Events, Item (c) for more information.

(b) Note Purchase Agreements.
 
(i) Enhanced Note. The Company entered into a Note Purchase Agreement with Enhanced Jobs for Texas Fund, LLC (“Enhanced Jobs”) and Enhanced Credit Supported Loan Fund, LP (“Enhanced Credit”), on December 10, 2013, authorizing the issuance of an aggregate of $7.2 million in subordinated secured promissory notes maturing December 10, 2017 (“Enhanced Note”), of which $5.7 million was to Enhanced Credit and $1.5 million was to Enhanced Jobs. Repayment of the Enhanced Note is required on the maturity date of December 10, 2017. The aggregate interest rate of 11.5% per annum is payable monthly and will increase to 12.5% per annum if the Enhanced Note has a balance greater than $4,000,000 after April 30, 2016. The Company has the right to prepay the Enhanced Note and the Chairman has committed to ensure funding is in place at least ninety (90) days prior to the maturity date of the Enhanced Note so the maturity date on our Loan Agreement with Bank of America is not accelerated. The Company also entered into a security agreement with the Enhanced Note providing for a second lien on all assets of the Company after Bank of America, which has a first lien on all assets of the Company. The Company has four material debt covenants to comply with on the Enhanced Note: (i) capital expenditures are limited to $625,000 on an annual basis, (ii) a minimum [Adjusted] EBITDA, which cannot for the three (3) months ending on the last day of each month set forth in a schedule, be less than the corresponding amount set forth in the schedule for such period, (iii) maintain a fixed charge coverage ratio, tested monthly as of the last day of each calendar month, in each case for the most recently completed twelve calendar months, equal to a minimum ratio set forth in the schedule for such month, and (iv) maintain minimum liquidity of $500,000. Based on a prior Enhanced note being refinanced in connection with the current Enhanced Note, due to the effective interest rate on the refinanced balance of the prior Enhanced note being higher than the current Enhanced Note, a gain on extinguishment of debt resulted. The current Enhanced Note was recorded at fair value on December 10, 2013, resulting in a gain on extinguishment of debt of $398,886, a write off of $45,512 for old debt issuance costs, and a purchase discount of $542,886 which is being amortized to interest expense using the effective interest method over the three year term of the current Enhanced Note (See also (ii) below). At December 31, 2015 and 2014, the balance outstanding on the Enhanced Note was $7,519,026 and $7,157,852, and the effective interest rate was 23.6% and 23.6%, respectively. At December 31, 2015, the Company was in compliance with all of the Enhanced Note debt covenants. See also (iii) below for more information.

(ii) Guaranty Agreement. In connection with the Enhanced Note described in (b)(i) above, the chairman of the board and majority stockholder of the Company (the “Guarantor”), entered into a Guaranty Agreement with Enhanced Credit, as agent under the Enhanced Note, to secure the Company’s performance under the Enhanced Note. The Company, in exchange for Guarantor’s personal guarantee of the obligations under the Enhanced Note, granted Guarantor 3,681,000 shares of restricted common stock, par value $.01, which shares vest monthly on a pro rata basis over the three year term of the Enhanced Note (“Guaranty Shares”). The Guaranty Shares were valued at $.60 per share, the closing price of the Company’s common stock as quoted on the OTC Markets on the day preceding the closing date of December 10, 2013, for an aggregate amount of $2,208,600. The Guaranty Shares are being recorded as interest expense – related party, thereby increasing the effective interest rate on the Enhanced Note. At December 31, 2015, there were 2,523,347 Guaranty Shares vested, valued and recorded at $1,514,008.



Note 12. Financing Instruments - continued.

(iii) Chairman of the Board Commitment. On November 12, 2015, pursuant to a commitment letter, effective as of October 31, 2015 (the “Commitment Letter”), the Company's chairman of the board and principal stockholder, Richard J. Kurtz, committed to ensure the Company had funding to pay off the aggregate amount of $7.2 million, plus any accrued and unpaid interest (the “Obligations”), outstanding with respect to the Enhanced Note, of which $2 million is required from him by April 30, 2016 if the Company does not repay that amount (the Commitment”). As consideration for the Commitment, the Company granted Mr. Kurtz a fully vested and exercisable stock option to purchase 500,000 shares of the Company’s common stock, with an exercise price per share equal to the fair market value of a share of the Company’s common stock on on November 12, 2015, determined based on the per share closing price on such date, or $0.294 per share, for a term of eight (8) years. The transaction was valued at approximately $47,121, which was estimated using the Black-Scholes option pricing model and fully expensed on the date of grant. Pursuant to the Commitment Letter, the Commitment will be superseded and become null and void in the event and to the extent that, at or before the time the Commitment is due, the Obligations are repaid in full in immediately available cash on or prior to August 31, 2016. In connection with the Company's payment of $500,000 in principal to Mr. Kurtz during the fourth quarter of 2015 for the Notes Payable - Related Party, Mr. Kurtz made a principal payment of $150,000 towards paying down the Enhanced Note. Refer to (c)(i) and (ii) below for more information. See also Note 13 – Related Party Transactions, Item (h).
 
(c) Notes Payable – Related Party.

(i) November 14, 2014 Promissory Note. The Company entered into a $250,000 promissory note with the chairman of the board, bearing interest at 8% per annum, and maturing June 10, 2017, which is subordinated to the Loan Agreement and the Enhanced Note described in (a) and (b)(i) above. The Company, with consent of Bank of America and Enhanced, paid the $250,000 principal amount back to the chairman during the fourth quarter of 2015, and at December 31, 2015, there was $0 in accrued and unpaid interest.  Refer to Note 13 – Related Party Transactions, Item (h), for more information.

(ii) January 21, 2015 Promissory Note. The Company entered into a $250,000 promissory note with the chairman of the board, bearing interest at 8% per annum, and maturing June 10, 2017, which is subordinated to the Loan Agreement and the Enhanced Note described in (a) and (b)(i) above. The Company, with consent of Bank of America and Enhanced, paid the $250,000 principal amount back to the chairman during the fourth quarter of 2015, and at December 31, 2015, there was $3,888 in accrued and unpaid interest.  Refer to Note 13 – Related Party Transactions, Item (h), for more information.