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5. Notes Payable

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Debt Disclosure [Abstract]

5. Notes Payable

Debt consists of the notes from the Company’s senior lender, Third Eye Capital, acting as Agent for the Purchasers (Third Eye Capital), other working capital lenders and subordinated lenders as follows:

		December 31, 2015				December 31, 2014
Third Eye Capital term note		$	6,269			$	7,394
Third Eye Capital revolving credit facility			25,870				22,330
Third Eye Capital revenue participation term note			10,526				10,195
Third Eye Capital acquisition term note			18,260				17,728
Cilion shareholder seller note payable			5,523				5,373
State Bank of India secured term loan			4,200				6,032
Subordinated notes			6,340				5,428
EB-5 long term promissory notes			23,907				1,534
Unsecured working capital loans			-				1,287
Total debt			100,895				77,301
Less current portion of debt			11,947				12,746
Total long term debt		$	88,948			$	64,555

Third Eye Capital Note Purchase Agreement

On July 6, 2012, Aemetis, Inc. and Aemetis Advanced Fuels Keyes, Inc. (“AAFK”), entered into an Amended and Restated Note Purchase Agreement with Third Eye Capital (the “Note Purchase Agreement”). Pursuant to the Note Purchase Agreement, Third Eye Capital extended credit in the form of (i) senior secured term loans in an aggregate principal amount of approximately $7.2 million to replace existing notes held by Third Eye Capital (the “Term Notes”); (ii) senior secured revolving loans in an aggregate principal amount of $18.0 million (“Revolving Credit Facility”); (iii) senior secured term loans in the principal amount of $10.0 million to convert the prior revenue participation agreement to a note (“Revenue Participation Term Notes”); and (iv) senior secured term loans in an aggregate principal amount of $15.0 million (“Acquisition Term Notes”) used to fund the cash portion of the acquisition of Cilion, Inc. After this financing transaction, Third Eye Capital obtained sufficient equity ownership in the Company to be considered a related party (the Term Notes, Revolving Credit Facility, Revenue Participation Term Notes and Acquisition Term Notes are referred to herein collectively as the “Notes”). The Notes mature on April 1, 2017*.

On March 12, 2015, Third Eye Capital agreed to Amendment No. 9 to the Note Purchase Agreement to allow for the repurchase of 1,000,000 shares of common stock of the Company at an average price of $5.52 per share for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $5.5 million. The repurchase price was added to the outstanding principal balance of the Revolving Credit Facility. Third Eye Capital also agreed to remove the covenant that the Company must complete an equity offering of its preferred stock for net proceeds of not less than $20 million with all of such net proceeds to be used to repay the principal outstanding under the Note Purchase Agreement. In addition, Third Eye Capital waived the free cash flow financial covenant under the Note Purchase Agreement for the three months ended March 31, 2015. On April 30, 2015, Third Eye Capital agreed to Amendment No. 10 to the Note Purchase Agreement to allow for the repurchase of 500,000 shares of common stock of the Company at a repurchase price of $5.00 per share for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $2.5 million. The repurchase price was added to the outstanding principal balance of the Revolving Credit Facility. In addition, Third Eye Capital agreed to extend the maturity date of the Notes to April 1, 2016 upon notice and payment of a 3% extension fee. The existing guarantees were reaffirmed. On May 29, 2015, the Company gave notice to extend the maturity date of the Notes to April 1, 2016 and added the 3% fee to the Notes. On August 6, 2015, Third Eye Capital agreed to Amendment No. 11 to the Note Purchase Agreement to allow for the extension of the maturity date of the Notes to April 1, 2017 upon election by the Company provided that the Company i) has $11.5 million in EB-5 funds in escrow as of August 31, 2015, ii) enters into an investment banking engagement by October 1, 2015 to complete a capital markets transaction for the sale of shares of its India subsidiary, and iii) repurchases 100,000 shares of common stock from Third Eye Capital at the greater of $4.00 and the closing price on the date of the amendment. In addition, Third Eye Capital waived the free cash flow financial covenant under the Note Purchase Agreement for the three months ended June 30, 2015 and for the three months ending September 30, 2015, and reduced the note indebtedness to plant fair value covenant to 65%. As consideration, Third Eye Capital charged an amendment fee of $1.0 million which was added to the outstanding principal balance of the Revolving Credit Facility and an extension fee equal to 5% of the Note indebtedness to be charged at the time of exercise of the option to extend the maturity date of the Notes. In addition, as consideration for Amendment No. 11, the unconditional personal guaranty from the Chief Executive Officer of the Company, the guaranties from Company parties and McAfee Capital, LLC owned by Mr. Eric McAfee were all affirmed. The Company also agreed to pay a fee of $0.2 million to McAfee Capital, LLC for the loss of liquidity from this arrangement. We evaluated the amendments No. 9, 10, 11 of the Notes and applied modification accounting treatment in accordance with ASC 470-50 Debt – Modification and Extinguishment.

On February 9, 2016, Third Eye Capital and the Company agreed to a Promissory Note in the amount of $0.3 million in connection with the Note Purchase Agreement to use the agreed proceeds from the Promissory Note as operating expenses in consideration of any grants or credits received from any government agencies for milo usage and to enter into an Amendment No. 12 as described below.

On March 21, 2016, Third Eye Capital agreed to Amendment No. 12 to the Note Purchase Agreement to: (i) extend the maturity date of the Notes to April 1, 2017 and to allow for the extension of the maturity date of the Notes to April 1, 2018, at the Company’s election, for an extension fee of 5% of the then outstanding Notes, (ii) waive the free cash flow financial covenant under the Note Purchase Agreement for the three months ended December 31, 2015, (iii) provide that such covenant need not be complied with for the fiscal quarters ending March 31, June 30 and September 30, 2016, (iv) revise the Keyes Plant market value to note indebtedness ratio to 65%, (v) add a covenant that the Company shall have received I-924 approval from the US Citizenship and Immigration Services for additional EB-5 Program financing of at least $35 million by June 1, 2016 and (vi) increase the basket for all costs and expenses that may be reimbursed to directors of the Company and its affiliates to $300,000 in any given fiscal year. As consideration for such amendment and waiver, the borrowers agreed to pay Third Eye Capital an amendment and waiver fee of $1.5 million to be added to the outstanding principal balance of the Revolving Credit Facility, and to deliver a binding letter of intent from Aemetis Advanced Fuels Goodland, Inc. to acquire the plant, property and equipment located in Goodland, Kansas and previously owned by New Goodland Energy Center for $15,000,000 in assumed debt. We will evaluate the amendment of the Notes and will determine accounting treatment in accordance with ASC 470-50 Debt – Modification and Extinguishment.

Further details regarding the terms of the Notes are set forth below under the heading “Terms of Third Eye Capital Notes.”

Terms of Third Eye Capital Notes

Details about each portion of the Third Eye Capital financing facility are as follows:

A.	Term Notes. As of December 31, 2015, AAFK had $6.3 million in principal and interest outstanding under the Term Notes, net of unamortized fair value discounts of $0.1 million. The Term Notes mature on April 1, 2017*. Interest on the Term Notes accrues at 14% per annum.

B.

Revolving Credit Facility. The Revolving Credit Facility accrues interest at the prime rate plus 13.75% (17% as of December 31, 2015) payable monthly in arrears. The Revolving Credit Facility matures on April 1, 2017*. As of December 31, 2015, AAFK had $25.9 million in principal and interest outstanding, net of unamortized debt issuance costs of $0.4 million on the Revolving Credit Facility.

C.

Revenue Participation Term Notes. The Revenue Participation Term Note bears interest at 5% per annum and matures on April 1, 2017*. As of December 31, 2015, AAFK had $10.5 million in principal and interest outstanding, net of unamortized discounts of $0.2 million, on the Revenue Participation Term Note.

D.

Acquisition Term Notes. The Acquisition Term Notes accrue interest at prime rate plus 10.75% (14% per annum as of December 31, 2015) and mature on April 1, 2017*. As of December 31, 2015, Aemetis Facility Keyes, Inc. had $18.3 million in principal and interest outstanding, net of unamortized discounts of $0.3 million, on the Acquisition Term Notes.

The Notes contain various covenants, including but not limited to, minimum free cash flow and production requirements and restrictions on capital expenditures.

*The note maturity date can be extended by us to April 2018. As a condition to any such extension, the Company would be required to pay a fee of 5% of the carrying value of the debt.

The Third Eye Capital Notes are secured by first priority liens on all real and personal property of, and assignment of proceeds from all government grants and guarantees from Aemetis, Inc. The Notes all contain cross-collateral and cross-default provisions. McAfee Capital, LLC (“McAfee Capital”), owned by Eric McAfee, the Company’s Chairman and CEO, provided a guaranty of payment and performance secured by all of its Company shares. In addition, Eric McAfee provided a blanket lien on substantially all of his personal assets, and McAfee Capital provided a guarantee in the amount of $8.0 million.

Cilion shareholder seller notes payable. In connection with the Company’s merger with Cilion on July 6, 2012, the Company issued $5.0 million in notes payable to Cilion shareholders as merger compensation subordinated to the senior secured Third Eye Capital Notes. The notes bear interest at 3% per annum and are due and payable after the Third Eye Capital Notes have been paid in full. As of December 31, 2015, Aemetis Facility Keyes, Inc. had $5.5 million in principal and interest outstanding under the Cilion shareholder seller notes payable.

State Bank of India secured term loan. On June 26, 2008, Universal Biofuels Private Limited (“UBPL”), the Company’s India operating subsidiary, entered into a six year secured term loan with the State Bank of India in the amount of approximately $6.0 million. The term loan is secured by UBPL’s assets, consisting of the biodiesel plant and land in Kakinada.

On August 22, 2015, UBPL received from the State Bank of India, a One Time Settlement Sanction Letter allowing for, among other things, four payments over a 360 day period amounting to $4.3 million, an interest rate holiday for 15 days after which the interest rate is payable at the rate of 2% above the base rate of Reserve Bank of India and certain releases by both parties. The base rate was at 9.7% and the interest had been accrued at 11.7%. Upon performance under the agreement, including the payment of all stipulated amounts, UBPL will receive relief for prior accrued interest in the amount of approximately $2.1 million. We paid the first payment under the settlement on August 23, 2015, the second payment under the settlement on October 22, 2015 and the third payment under the settlement is due in February with a grace period of one month to pay out. The remaining payment under the settlement is due in August 2016.

As of December 31, 2015, the State Bank of India loan had $4.2 million in principal outstanding. See Note 6 - Commitments and Contingencies for further details.

Subordinated Notes. On January 6 and January 9, 2012, AAFK entered into Note and Warrant Purchase Agreements with two accredited investors (the “Sub Notes”). Interest is due at maturity. Neither AAFK nor Aemetis may make any principal payments under the Sub Notes until all loans made by Third Eye Capital to AAFK are paid in full.

The Company agreed to an Amendment No. 1 to the Sub Notes to extend the maturity of the January 2012 Sub Notes to July 1, 2014 and issued two Sub Notes. On January 24, 2013, an additional $0.3 million Sub Note was issued with a maturity date of April 30, 2013. All above Sub Notes were extended maturity for every six months there onwards. In March 2014, the Company received $0.5 million from EB-5 investments and repaid one of the accredited investors holding a January 2012 Sub Note of $0.5 million. On March 24, 2015, the Company paid off remaining $180 thousand on January 2012 Sub Note principal and interest held by one of the accredited investors with the money received from the EB-5 program. The remaining two notes usually have a six month maturity and we extend them for next six months at the maturity date by adding fees of $0.3 million to two notes in aggregate and issuing warrants to purchase common stock to two investors. On Jan 1, 2015 and July 1, 2015, the Sub Notes above were amended to extend the maturity date until the earlier of (i)June 2015, December 2015 accordingly; (ii) completion of an equity financing by AAFK or Aemetis in an amount of not less than $25.0 million; (iii) the completion of an Initial Public Offering by AAFK or Aemetis; or (iv) after the occurrence of an Event of Default, including failure to pay interest or principal when due and breaches of note covenants. A 10 % cash extension fee was paid by adding the fee to the balance of the new note and warrants to purchase 113 thousand shares of common stock were granted for each extension with a term of two years and an exercise price of $0.01 per share.

On Jan 1, 2016, the Sub Notes above were amended to extend the maturity date until the earlier of (i) June 30, 2016; (ii) completion of an equity financing by AAFK or Aemetis in an amount of not less than $25.0 million; (iii) the completion of an Initial Public Offering by AAFK or Aemetis; or (iv) after the occurrence of an Event of Default, including failure to pay interest or principal when due and breaches of note covenants. A 10 % cash extension fee was paid by adding the fee to the balance of the new note and warrants to purchase 113 thousand shares of common stock were granted with a term of two years and an exercise price of $0.01 per share.

On January 14, 2013, Laird Cagan, a related party, loaned $0.1 million through a promissory note maturing on April 30, 2013 with a 5% annualized interest rate and the right to exercise 5 thousand warrants exercisable at $0.01 per share. In February 2015, the Cagan related party promissory note was amended to extend the maturity date until the earlier of (i) December 31, 2016; (ii) completion of an equity financing by AAFK or Aemetis in an amount of not less than $25.0 million; (iii) the completion of an Initial Public Offering by AAFK or Aemetis; or (iv) after the occurrence of an Event of Default, including failure to pay interest or principal when due and breaches of note covenants.

The Company owed, in aggregate, subordinated notes in the amount of $6.3 million and $5.4 million in principal and interest outstanding at December 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014, respectively.

EB-5 long-term promissory notes. EB-5 is a U.S. government program authorized by the Immigration and Nationality Act designed to foster employment-based visa preference for immigrant investors to encourage the flow of capital into the U.S. economy and to promote employment of U.S. workers. On March 4, 2011, and amended January 19, 2012 and July 24, 2012, the Company entered into a Note Purchase Agreement with Advanced BioEnergy, LP, a California limited partnership authorized as a Regional Center to receive EB-5 investments, for the issuance of up to 72 subordinated convertible promissory notes bearing interest at 3%, each note in the principal amount of $0.5 million and due and payable four years from the date of the note, for a total aggregate principal amount of up to $36.0 million. The notes are convertible after three years at a conversion price of $30.00 per share.

Advanced BioEnergy, LP arranges investments with foreign investors, who each make investments in the Keyes plant in investment increments of $0.5 million. The Company sold notes in the amount of $1.0 million during the first quarter of 2012, $0.5 million during the first quarter of 2014, $17.5 million during the first quarter of 2015, $2.5 million in the second quarter of 2015, and $2.0 million in the third quarter of 2015. As of December 31, 2015, $23.5 million in principal and $0.4 million in accrued interest remained outstanding on the notes. The escrow account holds an additional $11.5 million representing 23 investors. The availability of the remaining $12.5 million (including the $11.5 million in escrow) will be determined by the ability of Advanced BioEnergy, LP to attract the last two qualified investors, and for the United States Citizenship and Immigration Service to approve those investors who have made escrow deposits.

Unsecured working capital loans. In November 2008, the Company entered into an operating agreement with Secunderabad Oils Limited (“Secunderabad”). Under this agreement, Secunderabad agreed to provide the Company with working capital, on an as needed basis, to fund the purchase of feedstock and other raw materials for its Kakinada biodiesel facility. Working capital advances bear interest at the actual bank borrowing rate of Secunderabad of 15%. In return, the Company agreed to pay Secunderabad an amount equal to 30% of the plant’s monthly net operating profit. In the event that the Company’s Kakinada plant operates at a loss, Secunderabad owes the Company 30% of the losses. The agreement can be terminated by either party at any time without penalty.

At December 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014, the Company had none and $1.3 million outstanding under this agreement, respectively.

Scheduled debt repayments for loan obligations follow:

Year ended December 31,		Debt Repayments
2016		$	11,947
2017			63,833
2018			3,500
2019			22,523
2020			-
Total debt			101,803
Discounts			(908	)
Total debt, net of discounts		$	100,895