6. Long-term debt, net

Long-term debt, net, including promissory notes payable to certain shareholders, net, as of March 31, 2017, consist of the following:

	12% term loan,		12% incremental term loan,		10% promissory notes,
(In thousands)	due 2020		due 2020		due 2021		Total
Principal amount	$	42,234	$	14,828	$	10,000	$	67,062
Less: unamortized debt issuance costs		3,694		918		366		4,978
Add: PIK interest accrued to the principal balance		553		13		337		903
Long-term debt, net		39,093		13,923		9,971		62,987
Less: Current portion of long-term debt		2,062		688		-		2,750
Long-term debt, net (non-current)	$	37,031	$	13,235	$	9,971	$	60,237

Long-term debt, net, including promissory notes payable to certain shareholders, net, as of December 31, 2016, consist of the following:

	12% term loan,		10% promissory notes,
(In thousands)	due 2020		due 2021		Total
Principal amount	$	42,750		10,000	$	52,750
Less: unamortized debt issuance costs		3,964		384		4,348
Add: PIK interest accrued to the principal balance		479		1,132		1,611
Long-term debt, net		39,265		10,748		50,013
Less: Current portion of long-term debt		4,135		-		4,135
Long-term debt, net (non-current)	$	35,130	$	10,748	$	45,878

Term Loan

On December 8, 2015, Fluent entered into an agreement (“Credit Agreement”) with certain financial institutions, for a term loan in the amount of $45,000 (“Term Loan”), with Whitehorse Finance, Inc. acting as the agent (the “Term Loan Agent”). Fluent’s obligations in respect of the Term Loan are guaranteed by the Company and substantially all of the other direct and indirect subsidiaries of the Company. The obligations of Fluent and the obligations of the guarantors are secured by substantially all of such entities’ assets. The Credit Agreement has a term of five years.

Prior to the Amendment No. 3 to Credit Agreement entered into on January 19, 2017 (the “Amendment No. 3”), payments of principal in the amount of $563 each were due on the last day of each quarter, commencing March 31, 2016. Additionally, 50% of excess cash flow of Fluent and its subsidiaries for the immediately preceding fiscal year is required, in Term Loan Agent’s sole discretion, to be paid towards the Term Loan obligations, commencing with the fiscal year ending December 31, 2016. As a result of the excess cash flow for the year ended December 31, 2016, we reclassified a total amount of $1,885 into current portion of long-term debt in the condensed consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2016. Because the Term Loan Agent refused the prepayment, we reclassified the $1,885 back to non-current portion of long-term debt as of March 31, 2017. The Credit Agreement provides for certain other customary mandatory prepayments upon certain events, and also provides for certain prepayment premiums during the first 4 years of the Term Loan, provided that the prepayment premiums are not applicable to scheduled payments of principal, the required excess cash flow payments and certain other required prepayments.

Debt issuance costs, including the fair value of warrants issued to the Term Loan Agent and its affiliates in prior periods (“Whitehorse Warrants”), are amortized into interest expense over the term of the Term Loan using the interest method. The Whitehorse Warrants include warrants to purchase, in aggregate, 300,000 shares of common stock, with an exercise price of $5.08 per share. We estimate the fair value of such warrants on the date of grant using a Black-Scholes pricing model and recognized them as debt issuance costs and additional paid-in capital.

The Credit Agreement, as amended, contains customary representations and warranties, covenants (including certain financial covenants), and events of default, upon the occurrence of which the Term Loan Agent may accelerate the obligations under the Credit Agreement. Certain restrictive covenants impose limitations on the way we conduct our business, including limitations on the amount of additional debt we are able to incur and restricts our ability to make certain investments and other restricted payments, including certain intercompany payments of cash and other property. The financial covenants include the requirement that the Company and its subsidiaries attain certain quarterly minimum EBITDA thresholds, Fluent and its subsidiaries attain certain quarterly minimum EBITDA thresholds, Fluent and its subsidiaries meet certain leverage ratios on a quarterly basis, Fluent and its subsidiaries meet certain fixed charge coverage ratios on a quarterly basis, and Fluent and its subsidiaries maintain at all times cash and cash equivalent balances of at least $2.0 million (or such lesser amount agreed to by the Term Loan Agent), in the aggregate. As of March 31, 2017, the Company was in compliance with the financial covenant requirements.

Incremental Term Loan

On January 19, 2017, Fluent entered into the Amendment No. 3, amending Fluent's Term Loan facility dated December 8, 2015. The Amendment No. 3, among other things, provides for a new term loan in the principal amount of $15,000 ("Incremental Term Loan"), subject to the terms and conditions of the Amendment No. 3, and modifies certain other provisions set forth in the Credit Agreement, including certain financial covenants and related definitions. The entire Incremental Term Loan of $14,039, net of debt issuance costs of $961, was received on February 1, 2017.

The Incremental Term Loan and Fluent's existing Term Loan (collectively, the "Term Loans") are guaranteed by the Company and the other direct and indirect subsidiaries of the Company, and are secured by substantially all of the assets of the Company and its direct and indirect subsidiaries, including Fluent, in each case, on an equal and ratable basis. The Term Loans accrue interest at the rate of: (a) either, at Fluent's option, LIBOR (subject to a floor of 0.50%) plus 10.5% per annum, or base rate plus 9.5% per annum, payable in cash, plus (b) 1% per annum, payable, at Fluent's option, in either cash or in-kind. Payments of principal of the Term Loans are $688 per quarter, replacing the original $563 for the Term Loan, payable at the end of each calendar quarter, commencing on March 31, 2017. The Term Loans mature on December 8, 2020.

Promissory Notes

On December 8, 2015, the Company entered into and consummated the promissory notes financing (the “Promissory Notes”) with each of Frost Gamma Investment Trust (“Frost Gamma”), an affiliate of Phillip Frost, M.D., the Vice Chairman of the Company’s Board of Directors, Michael Brauser, the Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors, and another investor (the “Promissory Note Investors”), pursuant to which the Company issued Promissory Notes of $5.0 million to Frost Gamma, $4.0 million to Michael Brauser, and $1.0 million to another investor, for an aggregate financing in the amount of $10.0 million. The Promissory Note Investors received (i) a promissory note in the principal amount equal to the amount of their respective promissory notes, with a rate of interest of 10% per annum, which interest shall be capitalized monthly by adding to the outstanding principal amount of such Promissory Notes, and (ii) a grant of 100 shares of convertible Series B preferred stock (“Series B Preferred”) for each $1.0 million increment of their respective Promissory Notes, with a total of 1,000 shares of Series B Preferred granted (“Promissory Note Shares”), pursuant to fee letter agreements. Each share of Series B Preferred automatically converted into 50 shares of common stock in 2016.

Under the terms of the Promissory Notes, the Company is required to repay the principal amounts thereof, with all accrued interest thereon, on the date that is six months after the repayment of all amounts due under the Credit Agreement, except that the Company may repay the Promissory Notes earlier from the proceeds of a round of public equity financing. During the three months ended March 31, 2017, the Company repaid the accrued paid-in-kind (“PIK”) interest of $533, $426, and $107 to Frost Gamma, Michael Brauser and another investor, respectively.

The fair value of Promissory Note Shares of $413 was calculated by multiplying the closing common stock market price of the Company on December 8, 2015 of $8.45, with the total shares granted, as converted, which was recognized as debt issuance costs, and the unamortized debt issuance costs as at March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016 was $344 and $350, respectively.

In connection with the Promissory Notes, on December 8, 2015, the Company, each lender under the Promissory Notes, and the Term Loan Agent, etc. entered into a Subordination Agreement (the “Subordination Agreement”), pursuant to which the debt under the Promissory Notes was made expressly subordinate to the debt under the Credit Agreement. In addition, the Subordination Agreement restricts the terms of the Promissory Notes, including certain modifications of such terms, and the ability of any lender under the Promissory Notes to take certain actions with respect to the obligations arising under the Promissory Notes. The terms of the Subordination Agreement shall remain in effect until such time that all obligations under the Credit Agreement are paid in full.

The net balance of Promissory Notes was presented as promissory notes payable to certain shareholders, net, in the consolidated balance sheet.

Fair value

As mentioned above, the Company’s long-term debt outstanding as at March 31, 2017 represented 1) the Term Loans with interest at LIBOR (with a floor of 0.5%) plus 10.5% per annum, and 2) Promissory Notes pursuant to the agreements effective December 8, 2015, with a rate of interest of 10% per annum. Considering the Term Loans have a variable interest rate, and interest rates have been relatively stable, we regard the fair values of the long-term debt to approximate their carrying amount as of March 31, 2017. This fair value assessment represents Level 2 measurements.