Annual report pursuant to section 13 and 15(d)

LONG-TERM DEBT

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LONG-TERM DEBT
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2011
LONG-TERM DEBT [Abstract]  
LONG-TERM DEBT
NOTE 10
LONG-TERM DEBT

Long-term debt consists of the following at December 31, 2011 and 2010:
(Amounts in Thousands)
 
December 31, 2011
  
December 31, 2010
 
Revolving Credit facility dated October 31, 2011, borrowings based upon eligible accounts receivable, subject to monthly borrowing base calculation, variable interest paid monthly at option of prime rate (3.25% at December 31, 2011) plus 2.0% or London InterBank Offer Rate ("LIBOR") plus 3.0%, balance due October 31, 2016.  Effective interest rate for 2011 and 2010 was 4.4% and 4.4%, respectively. (1) (2)
 $-  $2,019 
Term Loan dated October 31, 2011, payable in equal monthly installments of principal of $190, balance due in July 2012, variable interest paid monthly at option of prime rate plus 2.5% or LIBOR plus 3.5%. Effective interest rate for 2011 and 2010 was 4.2% and 4.7%, respectively. (1) (2)
  15,810   4,667 
Installment Agreement in the Agreement and Plan of Merger with Nuvotec and PEcoS, dated April 27, 2007, payable in three equal yearly installments of principal of $833 beginning June, 2009.  Interest accrues at annual rate of 8.25% on outstanding principal balance.  Final principal and remaining accrued interest payment was due on June 30, 2011.
  -   833 
Promissory Note dated April 18, 2011, payable in monthly installments of principal of $83 starting May 8, 2011, balance due April 8, 2012, variable interest paid monthly at LIBOR plus 4.5%, with LIBOR at least 1.5%.(3) (4) (5)
  318   1,222 
Promissory Note dated September 28, 2010, payable in 36 monthly equal installments of $40, which includes interest and principal, beginning October 15, 2010, interest accrues at annual rate of 6.0% (5)
  798   1,218 
Promissory Note dated October 31, 2011, payable in monthly installments of $76, which includes interest and principal, starting November 15, 2011, interest accrues at annual rate of 6.0%, balance due May 15, 2014. (5) (6)
  1,863   - 
Various capital lease and promissory note obligations, payable 2012 to 2015, interest at rates ranging from 5.0% to 8.3%.
  259   697 
    19,048   10,656 
Less current portion of long-term debt
  3,936   3,612 
Less long-term debt related to assets held for sale
  105   407 
   $15,007  $6,637 

(1)  Our Revolving Credit facility is collateralized by our accounts receivable and our Term Loan is collateralized by our property, plant, and equipment.

(2)   On October 31, 2011, the Company entered into an “Amended and Restated Revolving Credit, Term Loan and Security Agreement” with PNC Bank.  Under the original credit facility with PNC dated December 22, 2000, as amended, from March 5, 2009 to January 24, 2010, variable interest was determined based on the options as noted; however, variable interest under the LIBOR option provided for a minimum floor base of 2.5% for both our Revolving Credit and Term Loan.  Effective January 25, 2010, minimum floor base under the LIBOR option was amended from 2.5% to 1.0%.

(3)  Original promissory note dated May 8, 2009 of $3,000,000 was modified on April 18, 2011, with principal balance of approximately $990,000.  See “Promissory Note and Installment Agreement” below for terms of original and amended promissory notes.

(4)  Net of debt discount of ($12,000) and ($117,000) for December 31, 2011and December 31, 2010, respectively. See “Promissory Note and Installment Agreement” below for additional information.   
  
(5)  Uncollateralized note.

(6)  Promissory note entered into in connection with acquisition of SEC on October 31, 2011.  See “Promissory Note and Installment Agreement” below for prepayment of $500,000 of the principal in November 2011.

Revolving Credit and Term LoanAgreement
We entered into a Revolving Credit, Term Loan and Security Agreement (“Loan Agreement”) with PNC Bank, National Association, a national banking association (“PNC”) acting as agent (“Agent”) for lenders, and as issuing bank.  The Agreement, as amended on numerous occasions since it was executed, provided for a term loan (“Term Loan”) in the amount of $7,000,000, which required monthly principal installments of $83,000 (based upon a seven-year amortization). The Agreement also provided for a revolving line of credit (“Revolving Credit”) with a maximum principal amount outstanding at any one time of $18,000,000.  The Revolving Credit advances were subject to limitations of an amount up to the sum of (a) up to 85% of Commercial Receivables aged 90 days or less from invoice date, (b) up to 85% of Commercial Broker Receivables aged up to 120 days from invoice date, (c) up to 85% of acceptable Government Agency Receivables aged up to 150 days from invoice date, and (d) up to 50% of acceptable unbilled amounts aged up to 60 days, less (e) reserves the Agent reasonably deems proper and necessary.

In connection with the acquisition of SEC, we entered into an Amended and Restated Revolving Credit, Term Loan and Security Agreement, dated October 31, 2011 (“Amended Loan Agreement”), with PNC, replacing our previous Loan Agreement with PNC discussed above.  The Amended Loan Agreement provides us with the following credit facilities:

 
·
up to $25,000,000 revolving credit facility, subject to the amount of borrowings based on a percentage of eligible receivables (as same to Loan Agreement noted above) and subject to certain reserves;

 
·
a term loan of $16,000,000, which requires monthly installments of approximately $190,000 (based on a seven-year amortization); and

 
·
equipment line of credit up to $2,500,000, subject to certain limitations.

The Amended Loan Agreement terminates as of October 31, 2016, unless sooner terminated.

We have the option of paying an annual rate of interest due on the revolving credit facility at prime plus 2% or London Inter Bank Offer Rate (“LIBOR”) plus 3% and the term loan and equipment credit facilities at prime plus 2.5% or LIBOR plus 3.5%.

As a condition of the Amended Loan Agreement, we paid the remaining balance due under the term loan under our previous Loan Agreement totaling approximately $3,833,000 using our credit facilities under the Amended Loan Agreement.  In connection with the Amended Loan Agreement, we paid PNC a fee of $217,500 and incurred other direct costs of approximately $265,000, which are being amortized over the term of the Amended Loan Agreement as interest expense – financing fees.  As a result of the termination of the original Loan Agreement with PNC, we recorded approximately $91,000 in loss on extinguishment of debt in accordance with ASC 470-50, “Debt – Modifications and Extinguishments”.  As of December 31, 2011, the excess availability under our revolving credit was $15,382,000 based on our eligible receivables.

Pursuant to the Amended Loan Agreement, we may terminate the Amended Loan Agreement upon 90 days' prior written notice upon payment in full of our obligations under the Amended Loan Agreement.  We have agreed to pay PNC 1.0% of the total financing in the event we pay off our obligations on or before October 31, 2012 and 1/2% of the total financing if we pays off our obligations after October 31, 2012 but prior to or on October 31, 2013. No early termination fee shall apply if we pay off our obligations under the Amended Loan Agreement after October 31, 2013.

Promissory Notes and Installment Agreements
The Company has a promissory note dated May 8, 2009, with William N. Lampson and Diehl Rettig (collectively, the “Lenders”) for $3,000,000. The Lenders were formerly shareholders of PFNW prior to our acquisition of PFNW and PFNWR and are also stockholders of the Company having received shares of our Common Stock in connection with our acquisition of PFNW and PFNWR.  The promissory note provided for monthly principal repayment of approximately $87,000 plus accrued interest, starting June 8, 2009, with interest payable at LIBOR plus 4.5%, with LIBOR at least 1.5%. Any unpaid principal balance along with accrued interest was due May 8, 2011. We paid approximately $22,000 in closing costs on the promissory note which was being amortized over the term of the note. The promissory note may be prepaid at any time by the Company without penalty. As consideration of the Company receiving this loan, we issued a Warrant to Mr. Lampson and a Warrant to Mr. Diehl to purchase up to 135,000 and 15,000 shares, respectively, of the Company's Common Stock at an exercise price of $1.50 per share. The Warrants were exercisable six months from May 8, 2009 and were to expire on May 8, 2011. We also issued an aggregate of 200,000 shares of the Company's Common Stock, with Mr. Lampson receiving 180,000 shares and Mr. Rettig receiving 20,000 shares of the Company's Common Stock.  The fair value of the Common Stock and Warrants on the date of issuance was estimated to be $476,000 and $190,000, respectively.  The fair value of the Common Stock and Warrants was recorded as a debt discount and was being amortized over the term of the loan as interest expense – financing fees. On April 18, 2011, we entered into an amendment to the promissory note whereby the remaining principal balance on the promissory note of approximately $990,000 is to be repaid in twelve monthly principal payments of approximately $82,500 plus accrued interest, starting May 8, 2011, with interest payable at the same rate of the original loan.  As consideration of the amended loan, the original Warrants issued to Mr. Lampson and to Mr. Rettig which were to expire on May 8, 2011, were extended to May 8, 2012 at the same exercise price (Mr. Rettig is now deceased; accordingly, the amended Warrant and the remaining portion of the note payable to Mr. Rettig is now held by and payable to his personal representative or estate).  We accounted for the amended loan as a modification in accordance with ASC 470-50, “Debt – Modifications and Extinguishments”. At the date of the loan modification, unamortized debt discount and fees on the original loan and the fair value of the modified Warrants were determined to be approximately $42,000, which is being amortized as debt discount over the term of the modified loan as interest expense-financing fees in accordance to ASC 470-50.  See “Note 16 - Related Party Transactions” for Mr. Robert Ferguson's (a member of our Board of Directors) acquisition of one-half of Mr. Lampson's Warrant to purchase up to 65,000 shares of the Company's Common Stock).

The promissory note also includes an embedded Put Option (“Put”) that can be exercised upon default, whereby the lender has the option to receive a cash payment equal to the amount of the unpaid principal balance plus all accrued and unpaid interest, or the number of whole shares of our Common Stock equal to the outstanding principal balance.  The maximum number of payoff shares is restricted to less than 19.9% of the outstanding equity. We concluded that the Put should have been bifurcated at inception; however, the Put Option had and continues to have nominal value as of December 31, 2011.  We will continue to monitor the fair value of the Put until expiration.

In conjunction with our acquisition of Perma-Fix Northwest, Inc. (“PFNW”), we agreed to pay shareholders of Nuvotec (n/k/a PFNW) that qualified as accredited investors (which includes Mr. Robert Ferguson, a member of our Board of Directors), pursuant to Rule 501 of Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, $2,500,000, with principal payable in equal installments of $833,333 on June 30, 2009, June 30, 2010, and June 30, 2011.  Interest is accrued on the outstanding principal balance at 8.25% starting in June 2007 and is payable on June 30, 2008, June 30, 2009, June 30, 2010, and June 30, 2011.  On June 30, 2011, we made the final principal installment of $833,333 plus accrued interest of $69,000 (See “Note 16 – Related Party Transactions” in this section for information regarding Mr. Robert Ferguson).

In connection with the acquisition of SEC, we entered into a $2,500,000 unsecured, non-negotiable promissory note (the “Note”) on October 31, 2011, bearing an annual rate of interest of 6%, payable in 36 monthly installments, with Homeland.  The Note provides that we have the right to prepay such at any time without interest or penalty.  We prepaid $500,000 of the principal amount of the Note within 10 days of closing of the acquisition.  The Note is subject to offset of amounts Homeland owes us under certain terms and provisions of the Purchase Agreement and the Note.  As result of the prepayment of $500,000, we are required to pay monthly payments of approximately $76,000 (which includes interest) starting November 15, 2011, with a final payment of approximately $15,500 due on March 15, 2014.

The promissory note payable to SEC also includes an embedded conversion option ("Conversion Option") that can be exercised upon default, whereby Homeland has the option to convert the unpaid portion of the Note into a number of whole shares of our restricted Common Stock. The numbers of shares of our restricted Common Stock is determined by the principal amount owing under the Note plus all accrued and unpaid interest dividing by the average of the closing prices per share of our Common Stock as reported by the primary national securities exchange on which our Common Stock is traded during the 30 consecutive trading day period ending on the trading day immediately prior to receipt by us of Homeland's written notice of its election to receive our Common Stock as a result of the event of default by us, with the number of shares of our Common Stock issuable upon such default subject to certain limitations. We concluded that the Conversion Option had and continues to have nominal value as of December 31, 2011. We will continue to monitor the fair value of the Conversion Option on a regular basis.

On September 28, 2010, the Company entered into a promissory note in the principal amount of $1,322,000, with the former shareholders of Nuvotec (which includes Mr. Robert Ferguson, a member of our Board of Directors) in connection with an earn-out amount that we are required to pay upon meeting certain conditions for each earn-out measurement year ending June 30, 2008 to June 30, 2011, as a result of our acquisition of PFNW and Perma-Fix Northwest Richland, Inc. (“PFNWR”).  Interest is accrued at an annual interest rate of 6%. The promissory note provides for 36 equal monthly payments of approximately $40,000, consisting of interest and principal, starting October 15, 2010. The promissory note may be prepaid at any time without penalty. See further details of the earn-out amount in “Note 14 - Commitments and Contingencies - Earn-Out Amount – Perma-Fix Northwest, Inc. (“PFNW”) and Perma-Fix Northwest Richland, Inc. (“PFNWR”)” and “Note 16 – Related Party Transactions” for information regarding Mr. Robert Ferguson.
 
The aggregate approximate amount of the maturities of long-term debt maturing in future years as of December 31, 2011 for our continuing operations, are $3,948,000 in 2012; $3,565,000 in 2013; 2,489,000 in 2014; $2,286,000 in 2015, and $6,667,000 in 2016.  The total aggregate amount above excludes total debt discount of approximately $12,000 for the amended Warrants in connection with the amended $3,000,000 loan between the Company and Mr. William Lampson and Mr. Diehl Rettig as previously discussed.  Debt related to assets held for sale totals $105,000 at December 31, 2011, and is due as follows:  $34,000 in 2012, $36,000 in 2013, and $35,000 in 2014.

Capital Leases
The following table lists future maturities of the capital leases as of December 31, 2011 of our continuing operations (in thousands):
   
Captial Leases
 
Year ending December 31:
   
2012
 $63 
2013
  54 
2014
  37 
2015
   
2016
   
Total Minimum Lease Payments
  154 
Less amount representing interest (effective interest rate of 6.76%)
  (13)
Less estimated executory costs
   
Net minimum lease payments
  141 
Less current installments of obligations under capital leases
  63 
Obligations under capital leases excluding current installments
 $78 
 
As of December 31, 2011, total debt related to assets held for sale noted above were all capital leases and is due as noted above.