7.	Notes Payable

The Company evaluated the terms of its convertible notes payable in accordance with ASC 815 – 40, Derivatives and Hedging - Contracts in Entity’s Own Stock and determined that the underlying common stock is indexed to the Company’s common stock. The Company determined that the conversion feature did not meet the definition of a liability and therefore did not bifurcate the conversion feature and account for it as a separate derivative liability. The Company evaluated the conversion feature for a beneficial conversion feature. The effective conversion price was compared to the market price on the date of each note. If the conversion price was deemed to be less than the market value of the underlying common stock at the inception of the note, then the Company would recognize a beneficial conversion feature resulting in a discount on the note payable, upon satisfaction of the contingency. The beneficial conversion features are amortized to interest expense over the life of the respective notes, starting from the date of recognition.

On July 17, 2009, the Company issued a note payable to the Ohio State Development Authority in the amount of $1,012,500, bearing interest at a rate of 6.00% per annum (“Authority Loan No. 1”). Pursuant to the terms of the loan, the Company was required to pay only interest through September 30, 2010 and then monthly principal and interest payments of $23,779 each through September 1, 2015. The note is secured by a senior secured interest on all business assets financed with loan proceeds, as well as a second secured interest in all business assets. Upon maturity, by acceleration or otherwise, the Company shall pay a loan participation fee of $101,250, which is accounted for as a loan premium, accreted monthly, utilizing the interest method, over the term of the loan. In June, 2014, Intellinetics and the Ohio State Development Authority entered into a Notice and Acknowledgement of Modification to Payment Schedule relating to Authority Loan No.1, deferring a portion of the principal and interest payment until June 1, 2015. On September 25, 2015 Intellinetics and the Ohio State Development Authority entered into a Third Amendment to the Loan Agreement related to Authority Loan No. 1, deferring a portion of the principal payment until October 1, 2016 and extending the maturity date until August 1, 2018. As of December 31, 2015, the principal amount outstanding under Authority Loan

No.1 was $493,373.

On June 3, 2011, the Company issued a note payable to the Ohio State Development Authority in the amount of $750,000, bearing interest at a rate of 1% per annum for the first 12 months, then interest at rate of 7% per annum for the second 12 months (“Authority Loan No. 2”). The Company was not obligated to remit payments of principal until September 1, 2013. The monthly principal and interest payments, beginning on the third anniversary of the loan origination, are $14,850 and are payable on a monthly basis through August 1, 2018. The note is secured by a senior secured interest on all business assets financed with loan proceeds, as well as a second secured interest in all business assets. Upon maturity, by acceleration or otherwise, the Company shall pay a loan participation fee of $75,000 , which is accounted for as a loan premium, accreted monthly utilizing the interest method, over the term of the loan. The interest rate of 1% during the first 12 months of this loan was considered to be below market for that period. The Company further determined that over the life of the loan, the effective interest rate was 5.6% per annum. Accordingly, during the first 12 months of the loan, the Company recorded interest expense at the 5.6% rate per annum. The difference between the interest expense accrual at 5.6% and the stated rate of 1% over the first 12 months is credited to deferred interest. The deferred interest amount that is accumulated over the first 12 months of the loan term will be amortized as a reduction to interest expense over the remaining term of the loan. At December 31, 2015 and 2014, deferred interest of $136,078 and $103,242, respectively, was reflected within long term liabilities on the accompanying consolidated balance sheets. In June, 2014, Intellinetics and the Ohio State Development Authority entered into a Notice and Acknowledgement of Modification to Payment Schedule, deferring a portion of the principal and interest payment until June 1, 2015. On September 25, 2015 Intellinetics and the Ohio State Development Authority entered into a Third Amendment to the Loan Agreement related to Authority Loan No. 2, deferring a portion of the interest payment until October 1, 2016. As of December 31, 2015, the principal amount outstanding under Authority Loan No. 2 was $559,661.

The Authority Loans were granted to the Company in connection with the State of Ohio’s economic development programs. The proceeds from these loans were used by the Company to support its efforts in developing software solutions for its customers.

These Authority Loans are subject to certain covenants and reporting requirements. Intellinetics is required to, within three years of the respective loan origination dates of each of the Authority Loans, have created and/or retained an aggregate of 25 full time jobs in the State of Ohio. Should Intellinetics not have attained these employment levels by the respective dates, then the interest rates on the Authority Loans shall increase to 10% per annum. In July, 2014, the Company informed the State of Ohio that it would not meet the employment level of 15 new full-time employees as well as retain 10 existing full-time employees. As a result of this non-compliance with a covenant of Authority Loan No. 1, the Development Services Agency exercised its right to increase the interest rate from 6.0% to 7.0%, effective October 1, 2014. The approximate impact of this increase is to raise the Company’s balloon payment by $6,000 on Authority Loan No. 1, which is due, as amended on August 1, 2018. We have had past instances of non-compliance with certain of the loan covenants. We are currently in compliance with the all other loan covenants. There can be no assurance that we will not become non-compliant with one or more of these covenants in the future.

Between May 18, 2014 and July 10, 2014, the Company issued convertible promissory notes in an aggregate amount of $350,000 (the “Notes in an Aggregate Amount of $350,000”) to accredited investors who are associated with each other (the accredited investors collectively referred to as the (“$350,000 Investors”). The Convertible Notes matured on December 31, 2015 (the “Maturity Date”) and bear interest at an annual rate of interest of 10 percent until maturity, with interest payable quarterly. The Note Investors had a right, in their sole discretion, to convert the Convertible Notes into shares of Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share, of the Company under certain circumstances at a conversion rate of $0.56 per Share. The Company recognized a beneficial conversion feature in the amount of $4,125. Interest expense recognized on the amortization of the beneficial conversion feature was $2,909 and $1,216 for the twelve months ended December 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively. If the Convertible Notes have not been fully repaid by the Company by the Maturity Date or converted into shares at the election of the Convertible Note Investors prior to the Maturity Date, then such Convertible Notes will accrue interest at the annual rate of 12% from the Maturity Date until the date the Convertible Notes are repaid in full. The Company used the proceeds of the Convertible Note for working capital, general corporate purposes, and debt repayment. On December 31, 2015, the investor note holders converted $215,000 of the convertible promissory notes and accrued interest of $59,585, into 490,330 of common shares and 228,821 in Company warrants to purchase common stock. Subsequent to December 31, 2015, the investor note holders converted $135,000 of the convertible promissory notes and accrued interest of $35,038 into 303,639 shares of common stock and 141,698 warrants. See the Subsequent Events Note 15 to the Consolidated Financial Statements.

The Company retained Taglich Brothers, Inc. (the “Placement Agent”) as a placement agent for the sale of the Convertible Notes, which sale concluded a private offering of debt in the amount of $500,000 (the “2014 Offering”). In connection with the 2014 Offering, on July 8, 2014, the Company paid the Placement Agent in the form of a convertible note with a principal amount of $10,800 (with terms identical to the Convertible Notes set forth above), which represented an 8% commission of the gross proceeds. In addition, the Placement Agent earned warrants to purchase 21,107 shares of Common Stock, which represented 10% of the shares of Common Stock into which the Convertible Notes the placement agent sold in the offering could be converted into a $0.56 per share of Common Stock, will be exercisable for a period of four years, contain customary cashless exercise and anti-dilution protection and are entitled to registration rights. No beneficial conversion feature was recognized. The Company recorded deferred financing charges in the amount of $10,800, which are being amortized over the life of the promissory note. During the twelve months ended December 31, 2015, the Company amortized $7,200, respectively, of the financing expense related to this note. On December 31, 2015, Taglich Brothers, Inc. converted the $10,800 convertible promissory note and accrued interest of $2,709 into 24,124 common shares and 11,258 warrants to purchase common stock.

The table below reflects all notes payable at December 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014, respectively, with the exception of related party notes disclosed in Note 8 - Notes Payable - Related Parties.

	December 31,		December 31,
	2015		2014
Authority Loan No. 1, due August 1, 2018	$	493,373	$	600,429
Authority Loan No. 2, due August 1, 2018		559,661		657,006
The $10,800 Taglich Brothers Note		-		10,800
Notes payable due December 31, 2015		135,000		347,795
Total notes payable	$	1,188,034	$	1,616,030
Less current portion		(401,573)		(1,071,708)
Long-term portion of notes payable	$	786,461	$	544,322

Future minimum principal payments of these notes payable with the exception of the related party notes in Note 8 - Notes Payable - Related Parties, as described in this Note 7 are as follows:

For the Twelve-Month
Period Ended December 31,	Amount
2016	$	401,573
2017		360,496
2018		425,965
Total	$	1,188,034

As of December 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014, accrued interest for these notes payable with the exception of the related party notes in Note 8 - Notes Payable - Related Parties, was $ 274,564 and $ 204,531, respectively, and was reflected within accounts payable and accrued expenses on the consolidated balance sheets. As of December 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014, accrued loan participation fees were $166,039 and $ 155,045, respectively, and reflected within accounts payable and accrued expenses on the consolidated balance sheets. As of December 31, 2015 and December 31, 201, deferred financing costs were $ 4,255 and $ 10,324, respectively, and were reflected within other assets on the consolidated balance sheets.

With respect to all notes outstanding (other than the notes to related parties), for the twelve months ended December 31, 2015, and 2014, interest expense, including the amortization of deferred financing costs, accrued loan participation fees, original issue discounts, deferred interest and related fees, interest expense related to warrants issued for the conversion of convertible notes, and the embedded conversion feature was $ 429,374 and $ 147,444 , respectively.