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Notes Payable
 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2023
Debt Disclosure [Abstract]  
Notes Payable

8. Notes Payable

 

Long term debt consists of:

 

   2023   2022 
   December 31, 
   2023   2022 
Subordinated notes (officer) due December 2023  $1,344,000   $1,267,000 
Other Note   -    172,000 
Term Loan (2023 and 2022 are net of deferred finance costs of $0.1 million and $0.1 million, respectively)   673,000    543,000 
Line of Credit   4,991,000    2,878,000 
           
Total long-term debt   7,008,000    4,860,000 
           
Less current portion   (6,475,000)   (3,166,000)
Total Long-term debt, net of current portion  $533,000   $1,694,000 

 

 

Line of Credit and Term Loan

 

On September 30, 2021 (the “Closing Date”), the Company entered into a loan and security agreement (the “Agreement”) with Line Financial (the “Lender”), which provides for a senior secured financing consisting of a revolving credit facility (the “Revolving Credit Facility) in an aggregate principal amount of up to $6 million (the “Maximum Revolver Amount”) and term loan facility (the “Term Loan Facility”) in an aggregate principal amount of $731,250 (“Term Loan Amount” and, together with the Revolving Credit Facility, the “Senior Facilities”). The Senior Facilities are secured by substantially all assets of the Company. The Senior Facilities were extended on September 30, 2023 until September 30, 2025 on substantially similar terms.

 

Interest on the Senior Facilities was set at the prime rate published from time to time published in the Wall Street Journal (8.5% as of December 31, 2023), plus 1.95% per annum, accruing daily and payable monthly. Interest shall be calculated on the basis of a 360-day year for the actual number of days elapsed. The Term Loan Facility shall be repaid by the Company to Lender in 48 equal monthly installments of principal and interest, each in the amount of $15,000, commencing on November 1, 2021, and continuing on the first day of each month thereafter until the Term Loan Maturity Date (as defined in the Agreement). Also, the Company paid the Lender collateral monitoring fees of 4.62% of the eligible accounts receivable, inventory, and equipment supporting the Revolving Credit Facility and the Term Loan. In addition, the Company paid the Lender a loan fee of 1.25% of the Maximum Revolver Amount and the Term Loan Amount upon the execution of the Agreement. During August 2022 the terms were modified to reduce the collateral monitoring fee to 2.77% and added a provision that barred the Company from repaying the facility prior to September 2023. This Term Loan was re-established effective with the September 30, 2023 renewal at the original values on September 30, 2021.

 

The Senior Facilities matured on September 30, 2023 and were extended by agreement between the parties until September 30, 2025. The facility automatically extends for successive periods of one year each, unless the Company or the Lender gives the other party written notice of termination not less than 90 days prior to the end of such term or renewal term, as applicable. If the Senior Facilities are renewed, the Company shall pay the Lender a renewal fee of 1.25% of the Maximum Revolver Amount and the Term Loan Amount upon each renewal on the anniversary of the Closing Date. The Company has the option to prepay the Term Loan Facility (together with all accrued but unpaid interest and a Term Loan Prepayment Fee (as defined the Agreement) in whole, but not in part, upon not less than 60 days prior written notice to the Lender. With this September 30, 2023 renewal, the parties agreed changes in terms including:

 

  - Replace the asset monitoring fee on the Revolving Credit Facility with an increase in interest rate, to Prime plus 7.82% per annum. This change was intended by the parties to be financially neutral while easier to administrate.
  - Reduce the interest rate on the Term Loan to Prime plus 1.45% per annum, with lender making a one-time additional advance of $206,000 to reset the Term Loan to $731,000.
  - Reduce the renewal fee for this transaction to $50,000 from the formula described above.
  - Set the Term Loan asset monitoring fee to 0.385% per month.

 

The Senior Facilities require that the Company maintain Tangible Net Worth of at least $4,000,000 or greater (“Minimum Tangible Net Worth”). Minimum Tangible Net Worth may be adjusted downward by the Lender, from time to time, in its sole and absolute discretion, based on the effect of non-cash charges and other factors on the calculation of Tangible Net Worth. Other debt subordinated to Lender is not considered as a reduction of this calculation. The Company believes it was in compliance with this covenant since inception, including through December 31, 2023.

 

The Senior Facilities contain certain affirmative and negative covenants that limit the ability of the Company, among other things and subject to certain significant exceptions, to incur debt or liens, make investments, enter into certain mergers, consolidations, and acquisitions, pay dividends and make other restricted payments, or make capital expenditures exceeding $1,000,000 in the aggregate in any fiscal year.

 

As of December 31, 2023 and 2022, the term loan balance amounted to $0.7 million and $0.5 million, respectively, which consisted of the principal and interest payable balance and deferred financing costs. The balance of the Revolving Line of Credit as of December 31, 2023 and 2022 amounted to $5.0 million and $2.9 million, respectively.

 

Subordinated (Officer) Note

 

As of January 1, 2019, the Company had a note payable to John H. Schwan, former Director and former Chairman of the Board, for $1.6 million, including accrued interest. This loan accrues interest, is due December 31, 2023, and is subordinate to the Senior Facilities. During January 2019, Mr. Schwan converted $600,000 of the note into approximately 181,000 shares of our common stock at the then market rate of $3.32 per share. As a result of the conversion, the loan balance decreased to $1.0 million. The loan and interest payable to Mr. Schwan amounted to $1.3 million as of December 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively. No payments were made to Mr. Schwan during 2023 or 2022. Interest expense related to this loan amounted to $19,000 and $18,000 for the three months ended December 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively, and $78,000 and $74,000 for the twelve months ended December 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively.

 

Pursuant to an agreement between the parties, the Company paid $0.5 million of this balance on January 2, 2024, another $0.5 million on January 16, 2024, and the remainder later during 2024.

 

Other Note

 

As of December 31, 2022, the Company had a note payable to Alex Feng for $0.2 million. This loan accrued interest at a rate of 3% and is subordinated to the Senior Facilities. In accordance with the subordination agreement, payments may be made beginning April 2022 subject to availability under the revolving line of credit, and the maturity date for this loan was March 2024. Along with certain deposits received during 2022, this note was converted into common stock during February 2023.