Quarterly report pursuant to sections 13 or 15(d)

Long Term Debt

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Long Term Debt
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2014
Long Term Debt [Abstract]  
Long Term Debt
 
7. Long Term Debt

Long-term debt consists of the following at March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013:

(Amounts in Thousands)
 
March 31,
2014
   
December 31, 2013
 
Revolving Credit facility dated October 31, 2011, borrowings based upon eligible accounts receivable, subject to monthly borrowing base calculation, variable interest paid monthly at our option of prime rate (3.25% at March 31, 2014) plus 2.0% or London Interbank Offer Rate ("LIBOR") plus 3.0%, balance due October 31, 2016.  Effective interest rate for the first quarter of 2014 was 5.2%. (1)
 
$
2,033
   
$
 
Term Loan dated October 31, 2011, payable in equal monthly installments of principal of $190, balance due in October 31, 2016, variable interest paid monthly at option of prime rate plus 2.5% or LIBOR plus 3.5%.  Effective interest rate for the first quarter of 2014 was 3.7%. (1)
   
10,667
     
11,238
 
Promissory Note dated February 12, 2013, payable in monthly installments of $10, which includes interest and principal, starting February 28, 2013, interest accrues at annual rate of 6.0%, balance due January 31, 2015. (2)
   
99
     
127
 
Promissory Note dated August 2, 2013, payable in twelve monthly installments of interest only, starting September 1, 2013 and twenty-four monthly installments of $125 in principal plus accrued interest.  Interest accrues at annual rate of  2.99%. (2) (3)
   
2,798
     
2,777
 
Various capital lease and promissory note obligations, payable 2014 to 2016, interest at rates ranging from 5.3% to 7.1%.
   
114
     
141
 
 
   
15,711
     
14,283
 
Less current portion of long-term debt
   
3,220
     
2,876
 
Less long-term debt related to assets held for sale
   
26
     
35
 
 
 
$
12,465
   
$
11,372
 

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

(2)
Uncollateralized note.

(3)
Net of debt discount of ($202,000) and ($223,000) for March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013, respectively.  See “Promissory Notes” below for additional information.

Revolving Credit and Term Loan Agreement
The Company entered into an Amended and Restated Revolving Credit, Term Loan and Security Agreement, dated October 31, 2011, (“Loan Agreement”), with PNC Bank, National Association (“PNC”), acting as agent and lender.  The Loan Agreement, as amended (“Amended Loan Agreement”), provides us with the following credit facilities: (a) up to $18,000,000 revolving credit facility (“Revolving Credit”), subject to the amount of borrowings based on a percentage of eligible receivables (as defined) (see Note 12 – “Subsequent Events – Amendment to Amended Loan Agreement” which reduced our Revolving Credit to up to $12,000,000) and (b) a term loan (“Term Loan”) of $16,000,000, which requires monthly installments of approximately $190,000 (based on a seven-year amortization).

The Amended Loan Agreement terminates as of October 31, 2016, unless sooner terminated.  We may terminate the Amended Loan Agreement upon 90 days’ prior written notice and upon payment in full of our obligations under the Amended Loan Agreement.  No early termination fee shall apply if we pay off our obligations under the Amended Loan Agreement after October 31, 2013.
As of March 31, 2014, the excess availability under our revolving credit was $3,316,000, based on our eligible receivables.

Our credit facility with PNC contains certain financial covenants, along with customary representations and warranties.  A breach of any of these financial covenants, unless waived by PNC, could result in a default under our credit facility allowing our lender to immediately require the repayment of all outstanding debt under our credit facility and terminate all commitments to extend further credit.  On April 14, 2014, PNC waived our fixed charge coverage ratio testing requirement for the first quarter of 2014 and made certain revisions to our quarterly fixed charge coverage ratio testing requirements for the remaining quarters of 2014 (See “Note 12 – Subsequent Events – Amendment to Amendment Loan Agreement” for this waiver received and revisions made to our fixed charge coverage ratio for 2014 and other matters). Based on these revisions above, we expect to meet our quarterly fixed charge coverage ratio requirement in each of the remaining quarters of 2014. If we fail to meet the minimum quarterly fixed charge coverage ratio requirement in any of the quarters starting with the second quarter in 2014 and PNC does not waive the non-compliance or further revise our covenant so that we are in compliance, our lender could accelerate the repayment of borrowings under our credit facility.  In the event that our lender accelerates the payment of our borrowings, we may not have sufficient liquidity to repay our debt under our credit facility and other indebtedness.

Promissory Notes
On February 12, 2013, the Company entered into an unsecured promissory note with Timios National Corporation (“TNC” and formerly known as Homeland Capital Security Corporation) in the principal amount of approximately $230,000 as a result of a settlement with TNC in connection with certain claims that we asserted against TNC for breach of certain representations and covenant subsequent to our acquisition of Safety & Ecology Holdings Corporation and its subsidiaries (collectively known as Safety and Ecology Corporation or “SEC”) from TNC on October 31, 2011 (See payment terms of this promissory note in the table above).  The promissory note provides us the right to prepay such at any time without interest or penalty.

The promissory note payable to TNC included an embedded conversion option (“Conversion Option”) that can be exercised upon default, whereby TNC has the option to convert the unpaid portion of the Note into a number of whole shares of our restricted Common Stock.  The number of shares of our restricted Common Stock to be issuable under the Conversion Option is determined by the principal amount owing under the new Note at the time of default plus all accrued and unpaid interest and expenses (as defined) divided by the average of the closing price 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 TNC’s written notice of its election to receive our restricted 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 March 31, 2014.  We will continue to monitor the fair value of the Conversion Option on a regular basis.

On August 2, 2013, the Company completed a lending transaction with Messrs. Robert Ferguson and William Lampson (“collectively, the “Lenders”), whereby the Company borrowed from the Lenders the sum of $3,000,000 pursuant to the terms of a Loan and Security Purchase Agreement and promissory note (the “Loan”) (See payment terms of this promissory note in the table above).  The Lenders are stockholders of the Company, having received shares of our Common Stock in connection with the acquisition of PFNW and PFNWR in June 2007.  The proceeds from the Loan were used for general working capital purposes.  In connection with this Loan, the Lenders entered into a Subordination Agreement dated August 2, 2013, with the Company’s credit facility lender, whereby the Lenders agreed to subordinate payment under the Loan, and agreed that the Loan will be junior in right of payment to the credit facility in the event of default or bankruptcy or other insolvency proceeding by the Company.  As consideration for the Company receiving the Loan, we issued a Warrant to each Lender to purchase up to 35,000 shares of the Company’s Common Stock at an exercise price based on the closing price of the Company’s Common Stock at the closing of the transaction which was determined to be $2.23. The Warrants are exercisable six months from August 2, 2013 and expire on August 2, 2016.  The fair value of the Warrants was estimated to be approximately $59,000 using the Black-Scholes option pricing model. As further consideration for the Loan, the Company also issued an aggregate 90,000 shares of the Company’s Common Stock, with each Lender receiving 45,000 shares.  We determined the fair value of the 90,000 shares of Common Stock to be approximately $200,000 which was based on the closing price of the stock of $2.23 per share on August 2, 2013.  The fair value of the Warrants and Common Stock and the related closing fees incurred from the transaction were recorded as a debt discount, which is being amortized over the term of the loan as interest expense – financing fees.
The promissory note 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 (“Payoff Amount”), or the number of whole shares of our Common Stock equal to the Payoff Amount divided by the closing bid price of our Common Stock on the date immediately prior to the date of default of the promissory note, as reported by the primary national securities exchange on which our Common Stock is traded.  The maximum number of payoff shares is restricted to less than 20% of the outstanding equity.  We concluded that the Put should have been bifurcated at inception and recorded at fair value; however, the Put Option had and continues to have nominal value as of March 31, 2014.  We will continue to monitor the fair value of the Put on a regular basis.