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5.
LONG-TERM
DEBT AND RELATED PARTY NOTES PAYABLE
JP
Morgan Chase loan agreements
Acquisition
of the Westwego Terminal and subsequent construction
projects
In
connection with the purchase of the Westwego Terminal in
December 2008, BWNO entered into a credit agreement (the
“BWNO Credit Agreement” or the
“Loan”) with JPM to finance the purchase price of
the storage terminal. Beginning on April 30, 2009,
we made monthly principal installments on the Loan, plus
accrued monthly interest. All unpaid principal and
accrued and unpaid interest is finally due and payable on
September 30, 2014.
The
JPM Loan is secured by a mortgage on the Westwego Terminal
property. The BWNO Credit Agreement includes
customary events of default including, but not limited to,
the failure of BWNO to pay any principal or interest when
due, the breach of any representation or warranty in any of
JPM’s loan documents, or insolvency or
bankruptcy. Upon the occurrence of an event of
default, the JPM Loan will become due and payable
automatically and without notice.
Since
the original BWNO Credit Agreement and Loan, the Company has
entered into additional loan agreements with JPM on February
12, 2010 (which were both incorporated into an agreement on
September 27, 2010), on June 24, 2010, on August 16, 2010,
and on October 29, 2010. With the October 29, 2010
agreement, we entered into the Fourth Amendment to the BWNO
Credit Agreement with JPM in the principal amount of
$4,695,456 with JPM consolidating our previous loans as
follows:
BWNO
Credit Agreement of September 27, 2010, as amended =
$3,689,796
Line
of Credit Note of June 24, 2010 = $500,000
Non-Revolving
Line of Credit of August 16, 2010 = $131,500, and
An
advance, pursuant to the October 29, 2010 BWNO Credit
Agreement = $374,160
The
October 2010 Note bears interest at the annual rate of 1.50%
above the Prime Rate, subject to certain minimum rate
requirements. The October 2010 Note provides for
consecutive monthly installments of principal in the amount
of $97,822, commencing October 31, 2010 and continuing until
maturity on September 30, 2014; along with related
interest.
In
January 2011, we requested and JPM approved a revised payment
schedule. Under the revised plan, the next six
subsequent monthly payments were delayed approximately one
month.
Acquisition
of the Salisbury Terminal.
In
connection with the purchase and acquisition of the Salisbury
Terminal on December 22, 2011, BWMD entered into a term loan
with JPM in the principal amount of $1,600,000 to finance the
purchase price of the terminal. The term loan
bears interest at the annual fixed rate of
4.50%. Beginning on January 21, 2012 and
continuing on the last day of each calendar month thereafter,
BWMD will pay consecutive monthly installments of interest
only on the loan. In addition, beginning on July
21, 2012 and continuing on the last day of each calendar
month thereafter BWMD will pay monthly principal installments
of $26,667. All unpaid principal and accrued and
unpaid interest is finally due and payable on July 21,
2017.
The
BWMD loan includes customary events of default including, but
not limited to, the failure of BWMD to pay any principal or
interest when due, the breach of any representation or
warranty in any of JPM’s loan documents, or insolvency
or bankruptcy. Upon the occurrence of an event of
default, the BWMD loan will become due and payable
automatically and without notice.
Additionally,
in connection with the closing of the acquisition, BWMD
entered into the following with JPM: a credit agreement, a
continuing security agreement covering all of BWMD’s
personal property, and a Subordination Agreement.
As
additional collateral for the BWMD loan, BWNO agreed to
secure the BWMD loan with the existing collateral mortgage
encumbering BWNO’s right, title and interest in the
immovable property, buildings, structures, machinery,
equipment and improvements on the premises located at 660
LaBauve Drive, Westwego, Jefferson Parish, Louisiana.
Blackwater
Midstream Corp. entered into a continuing guaranty and the
Subordination Agreement with JPM, and guaranteed the
obligations of BWMD under the terminal Purchase Agreement
with NuStar.
Storage
Tank Construction at the Brunswick Terminal
In
connection with the construction of a 60,000 barrel storage
tank at the Brunswick Terminal, on February 28, 2012, BWGA
entered into a term loan with JPM in the principal amount of
$1,380,000 to finance the construction of the new storage
tank. As of March 31, 2012, BWGA has received
advances on this loan in the amount of $408,072.
The
loan bears interest at the annual fixed rate of
4.50%. Beginning on March 31, 2012 and continuing
on the last day of each calendar month thereafter, BWGA will
pay consecutive monthly installments of interest only on the
loan. In addition, beginning on October 31, 2012
and continuing on the last day of each calendar month
thereafter BWGA will pay monthly principal installments of
$23,000. All unpaid principal and accrued and
unpaid interest is finally due and payable on August 31,
2017.
The
BWGA loan includes customary events of default including, but
not limited to, the failure of BWGA to pay any principal or
interest when due, the breach of any representation or
warranty in any of JPM’s loan documents, or insolvency
or bankruptcy. Upon the occurrence of an event of
default, the BWGA loan will become due and payable
automatically and without notice.
Additionally,
in connection with the closing of the acquisition, BWGA
entered into the following with JPM: a credit agreement, a
continuing security agreement covering all of BWGA’s
personal property, and a Subordination Agreement.
As
additional collateral for the BWMD loan, BWNO agreed to
secure the BWGA loan with the existing collateral mortgage
encumbering BWNO’s right, title and interest in the
immovable property, buildings, structures, machinery,
equipment and improvements on the premises located at 660
LaBauve Drive, Westwego, Jefferson Parish, Louisiana.
Blackwater
Midstream Corp. entered into a continuing guaranty and the
Subordination Agreement with JPM, and guaranteed the
obligations of BWGA under the terminal Purchase Agreement
with NuStar.
Convertible
Notes
Relatives
of the Company’s CEO and current members on the
Company’s Board of Directors, together with others,
participated in the private offering of convertible debt
described below. As of March 31, 2012 and 2011,
the outstanding balance of these loans to related parties was
$675,000 and $250,000, respectively.
Private
Offering of Convertible Debt.
October
2009 convertible debt offering
On
October 15, 2009, we issued $3,001,033 of convertible
notes. The convertible notes originally set a
maturity date on October 15, 2011 (the date was later
extended, see below) and have a stated annual interest rate
of 10%. The principal is payable at maturity but
interest is paid quarterly beginning January 15,
2010. The Company incurred interest expense of
$75,026 and $300,104, respectively for the three-month and
twelve-month periods ending March 31, 2012 and March 31,
2011. In addition, the notes are convertible at
any time into restricted shares of the Company’s common
stock at $0.50 per share.
Related
party investors as of March 31, 2012 and March 31, 2011
accounted for $430,000 and $180,000, respectively of the
aggregate amount of convertible debt funds
collected. The $250,000 increase is due to the
appointment in June 2011 of two members to the
Company’s Board of Directors, Mr. Philip Tracy and Mr.
William Gore, who hold October 2009 convertible debt notes in
the amounts of $100,000 and $150,000,
respectively. Mr. Gore and Mr. Tracy were elected
to the Company’s Board of Directors in September
2011.
On
March 28, 2011, the convertible note agreements were amended
to reduce the conversion price to $0.40 per share upon a
change in control of the Company. This change in
the conversion feature was evaluated under ASC
815-40. As a result of the new provision, the
conversion feature now qualifies for derivative accounting
pursuant to ASC 815. (see Note 6)
In
June 2011, the Company contacted the holders of the
Company’s 2009 Convertible Promissory Note to extend
the note’s maturity date from October 15, 2011 to
October 15, 2013. All of the 2009 Convertible Promissory
Notes have been amended to reflect the new maturity
date.
As
per accounting standards, this change in the maturity date
was evaluated under ASC 470 “EITF 96-19”
“Debtor’s Accounting for Modification or Exchange
of Debt Instruments.” As a result of the
maturity date extension amendment, the convertible debt notes
then qualified as a debt extinguishment and therefore were
treated as if the Company settled the debt prior to the
maturity date and then entered into an entirely new debt
agreement after the amendment. (see Note 6)
In
connection with the offering, we incurred cash fees of
$265,103 and issued 700,000 shares of restricted common
stock, valued at $203,000 based on the grant-date fair value
of our common stock. These fees were included in
the deferred financing costs in our consolidated balance
sheet and were being amortized over the original term of the
convertible notes using the effective interest rate
method. During the twelve-month period ended March
31, 2012 and the twelve-month period ended March 31, 2011, we
amortized $73,314 and $249,000, respectively, of deferred
financing cost. During the three-month period
ended March 31, 2012, due to the extinguishment of the debt
in June 2011, we did not amortize any
expenses. During the three-month period ended
March 31, 2011 we expensed $62,198.
On
June 24, 2011, as per ASC 815-40, we evaluated the fair value
of the derivative liability (using the BWMS closing share
price of $0.55) and recorded a net “non-cash”
loss of $115,378, which represents the change in the fair
value of the derivative from March 31, 2011 through June 24,
2011.
Per
the applicable accounting standards, the amendment of the
convertible debt notes was required to be treated as an
extinguishment of the original convertible debt notes and
related accounts, as of June 24, 2011. Therefore,
we wrote off and expensed the remainder of the unamortized
deferred financing asset of $61,449 and decreased the
derivative liability by $820,800. These
transactions resulted in a net “non-cash” gain of
$759,351.
Additionally
as per ASC 470, we evaluated the fair value of the derivative
related to the amended convertible debt notes as of June 24,
2011 (using the BWMS closing share price of $0.55) and
recorded a new derivative liability of
$2,870,987. This amount was recorded as a discount
to the debt and will be amortized over the new remaining life
of the notes, until October 15, 2013.
As
a result of the First Amendment to the BWNO Credit Agreement
with JPM, the maturity and conversion dates of the
convertible debt notes issued pursuant to the Company’s
September 2009 Convertible Debt Offering were to be extended
by certain intervals. As of June 24, 2011, the maturity and
conversion dates have been extended until October 15, 2013
but still do not meet the maturity date of September 30,
2014, as requested by JPM. However, JPM is aware
of the maturity date extension that was achieved and has not
requested any action from the Company.
March
2010 convertible debt offering
On
March 31, 2010, we issued $1,750,000 of convertible
notes. The convertible notes originally set a
maturity date on March 31, 2012 (the date was later extended,
see below) and have a stated annual interest rate of
10%. The principal is payable at maturity but
interest is paid quarterly beginning June 30,
2010. The Company incurred interest expense of
$43,750 and $175,000, respectively for the three-month and
twelve-month periods ended March 31, 2012 and March 31, 2011.
In addition, the notes are convertible at any time into
restricted shares of the Company’s common stock at
$0.50 per share.
Related
party investors as of March 31, 2012 and March 31, 2011
accounted for $245,000 and $70,000, respectively of the
aggregate amount of convertible debt funds
collected. The $175,000 increase is due to the
appointment in June 2011 of two members to the
Company’s Board of Directors, Mr. Philip Tracy and Mr.
Gore, who hold March 2010 convertible debt notes in the
amount of $100,000 and $75,000, respectively. Mr.
Gore and Mr. Tracy were elected to the Company’s Board
of Directors in September 2011.
On
March 28, 2011, the convertible note agreement was amended to
reduce the conversion price to $0.40 per share upon a change
in control of the Company. This change in the
conversion feature was evaluated under ASC
815-40. As a result of the new provision, the
conversion feature now qualifies for derivative accounting
pursuant to ASC 815. (see Note 6)
In
June 2011, the Company contacted the holders of the
Company’s 2010 Convertible Promissory Note to extend
the note’s maturity date from March 31, 2012 to
September 30, 2013. All of the 2010 Convertible Promissory
Notes have been amended to reflect the new maturity
date. As
per accounting standards, this change in the maturity date
was evaluated under ASC 470 “EITF 96-19”
“Debtor’s Accounting for Modification or Exchange
of Debt Instruments.” As a result of the
maturity date extension amendment, the convertible debt notes
then qualified as a debt extinguishment and therefore were
treated as if the Company settled the debt prior to the
maturity date amendment and then entered into an entirely new
debt agreement after the amendment. (see Note 6)
In
connection with the offering, we incurred cash fees of
$164,750 and issued 659,000 shares of restricted common
stock, valued at $171,340 based on the grant-date fair value
of our common stock. These fees were included in
the deferred financing costs in our consolidated balance
sheet and were being amortized over the original term of the
convertible notes using the effective interest rate
method. During the twelve-month period ended March
31, 2012 and
the twelve-month period ended March 31, 2011, we amortized
$49,878 and $180,150, respectively, of deferred financing
cost. During the three-month period ended March
31, 2012, due to the extinguishment of the debt in June 2011,
we did not amortize any expenses. During the
three-month period ended March 31, 2011 we expensed
$45,038.
On
June 24, 2011, as per ASC 815-40, we evaluated the fair value
of the derivative liability (using the BWMS closing share
price of $0.55) and recorded a net “non-cash”
loss of $78,371, which represents the change in the fair
value of the derivative from March 31, 2011 through June 24,
2011.
Per
the applicable accounting standards, the amendment of the
convertible debt notes was required to be treated as an
extinguishment of the original convertible debt notes and
related accounts, as of June 24, 2011. Therefore,
we wrote off and expensed the remainder of the unamortized
deferred financing asset of $130,271 and decreased the
derivative liability by $770,860. These
transactions resulted in a net “non-cash” gain of
$640,589.
Additionally
as per ASC 470, we evaluated the fair value of the derivative
related to the amended convertible debt notes as of June 24,
2011 (using the BWMS closing share price of $0.55) and
recorded a new derivative liability of
$1,645,253. This amount will be amortized over the
new remaining life of the notes, until September 30,
2013.
In
summary, during the twelve-month period ending March 31,
2012, the Company recorded a net “non-cash” gain
of $2,201,935 related to the 2009 and 2010 Notes;
approximately $1,400,000 due to the extinguishment of the
original convertible debt notes and deferred financing
charges; and $801,995 related to changes in the fair market
value of the convertible debt notes derivative
liabilities.
Future
minimum payments related to our JPM credit facilities and our
convertible debt notes as of March 31, 2012, for the next
five years and the total amount thereafter are as follows;
assuming none of the convertible debt notes are
converted.
The
following table reconciles our various debt instruments to
the balance sheet line items for March 31, 2012 and March 31,
2011. Of special note, in June 2011, we extended
the maturity date of our convertible debt loans; thus
removing them for current liabilities to long-term
liabilities.
*1
- Shown on Consolidated Balance Sheet as of March 31,
2012 as Net of CD Discount:
Related
party long-term convertible debt loans of $675,000 less
CD Discounts of $620,291 = Net of $54,709
*2 - Shown on Consolidated Balance Sheet as of March 31, 2012 as Net of CD Discount:
Long-term
convertible debt loans of $4,076,033 less CD
Discounts of $3,745,668 = Net of
$330,365
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