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7. NOTES
PAYABLE
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February
29, 2012
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May
31, 2011
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At
February 29, 2012, notes payable consists
of:
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Bridge
Loan, (a)
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$
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150,000
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$
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150,000
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Term
Loan, (b)
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834,000
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894,000
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KeHE
Loan-current portion, (c)
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250,000
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250,000
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Total
Notes payable
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$
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1,234,000
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$
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1,294,000
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(a)
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In
July 2009, we secured from an existing
shareholder a $150,000 bridge loan at an
annual interest rate of nine percent (9%)
which matured on September 8, 2009 (the
"Bridge Loan"). The Company has
defaulted on repayment of the Bridge Loan by
the maturity date, however, the lender has
agreed to forbear collection until such time
as the Company completes a secondary
offering. As of February 29, 2012,
the total amount due under the Bridge Loan
including interest is $181,475.
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(b)
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During
the period July 2009 to February
2011, we secured from several existing
shareholders a term loan in the aggregate
amount of $1,214,000 at an annual interest
rate of nine percent (9%) to mature on or
about September 10, 2010 (the "Term
Loan"). The Term Loan amount has
since been reduced to $834,000 (excluding
interest) and the due date of the loan was
extended to December 31, 2011. The
Company has defaulted on repayment of the
Term Loan by the maturity date, however, the
lenders have agreed to forbear collection
until such time as the Company completes a
secondary offering. As of February
29, 2012, the total amount due under the Term
Loan including interest is
$998,477.
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(c)
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Also
reported under Notes Payable is a $250,000
short term loan from KeHE advanced in May
2011 (See Note 9-Long Term
Debt). The Company has
defaulted on repayment of the short term loan
by the maturity date, however, has the full
support of KeHE which has agreed to forbear
until such time as the Company completes a
secondary offering.
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In
November 2011, we obtained a short term loan of
$150,000 from a lender for purposes of obtaining
advance product for seasonal sales. The
loan was repaid in three installments before December
31, 2011 as well as interest in the amount of $756.16
representing eight percent (8%) interest over the
course of the loan.
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8.
NOTES
PAYABLE and CURRENT PORTION OF LONG TERM
DEBT
On
May 31, 2011, notes payable consists of the
following:
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The
Term Loan (described below) is due on or before
December 31, 2011, and, therefore, has been moved
from Long-Term Debt to Notes
Payable. As of May 31, 2011, the total
amount owed to the Term Loan participants
including interest is $1,002,389.
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The
$250,000 loan from KeHe discussed in Note 13(a),
net of unamortized debt discount of
$47,744.
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As
of May 31, 2011, the total amount due under the
Bridge Loan (described below) including interest
is $171,341.
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All
amounts owed under the Sellers' Notes (described
below) were paid in full on or about February 11,
2011.
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On
May 31, 2010, notes payable consist of the
following:
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In
connection with the acquisition of Artisanal
Cheese, LLC, the Company obtained two seller's
notes--one from each of the former members of
Artisanal Cheese, LLC. The notes are
for $130,000 and $370,000, respectively (the
"Sellers' Notes"). The note for
$130,000 bore interest at 5% per annum and was
payable in consecutive monthly payments of
principal and interest in the amount of $3,896.22
commencing November 1, 2007. The note
for $370,000 bore interest at 5% per annum and
was payable in consecutive monthly payments of
principal and interest in the amount of
$11,089.23 commencing November 1,
2007. All principal and accrued
interest under both notes was due and payable in
full on October 1, 2010. Both notes
were secured pursuant to a Security Agreement
pursuant to which the note holders had a first
priority security interest in all assets of the
Company except that the note holders had agreed
to subordinate their security interest on those
assets so that the Company may obtain asset-based
debt financing. As of May 31, 2010, the
total balance of the notes was
$132,171 and the loan principal and
interest had been re-classified to current
liabilities.
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In
February 2009, the Company closed on a revolving
line of credit in an amount representing up to
85% of the company’s accounts receivable
and 50% of its inventories with a maximum loan
amount of $750,000 (the "Summit
Loan"). The cost of this facility is
at Prime Rate plus 2%. The Prime Rate
at February 28, 2009, was 3.25%. The
line of credit was secured by the assets of the
Company and had various covenants for collateral
management fees, change of control provisions and
a guarantee. As of June 1, 2009, two
events of default had occurred under the Summit
Loan. Specifically, the advance
against acceptable inventory exceeded the
bank’s formula by approximately $20,000 and
the Company had not yet paid its past due taxes
in full or otherwise subordinated the taxes to
the bank in a manner acceptable to the
bank. On or about June 1, 2009, the
parties executed a Forbearance Agreement pursuant
to which the bank agreed to forbear from
exercising its rights and remedies under the
original loan document in exchange for the
Company’s agreement that, until it provides
satisfactory evidence that it has paid the past
due taxes have been paid or otherwise
subordinated to the bank and until it has raised
$1.7 million in cash equity, the interest rate
shall be increased to the Prime Rate plus
8%. The forbearance agreement expired
July 31, 2009. On or about August 13,
2009, the parties executed a second forbearance
agreement pursuant to which the bank agreed to
forbear until November 9, 2009, in exchange for a
$10,000 forbearance fee, a limitation on the loan
against inventory to a maximum of $175,000, and
interest to continue at the rate of Prime Rate
plus 8%. On or about November 12,
2009, the parties executed a third forbearance
agreement pursuant to which the bank agreed to
forbear until February 15, 2010, in exchange for
a $20,000 forbearance fee, a weekly pay down of
the loan against inventory, and the termination
of the balance of loan against
receivables on or before February 15,
2010. On that date, the Company was in
the process of finalizing loan documents with a
substitute factoring company. As
agreed, no further invoices were submitted to
Summit for financing and Summit proceeded to
apply all monies received on behalf of the
Company to the loan balance. In the
meantime, the Company received from one of its
preferred shareholders and term loan participants
an offer to loan the Company $2.5 million
conditional upon, among other things, an
assignment of the Summit financing documents to
the lender. Summit and the Company
subsequently agreed that the November 12, 2009
forbearance fee which had been added to the loan
balance would be halved. On or about
March 3, 2010, Summit agreed to assign and the
lender agreed to assume all rights and
obligations under the Summit financing documents
in exchange for full payment to Summit of the
then outstanding amount of
$220,080. Summit was repaid in full on
March 3, 2010.
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In
October 2009, the board approved the
Company’s intentions to obtain an $850,000
term loan and to raise an additional $2 million
in equity. The board subsequently
increased the limit on the term loan to
$1,650,000. As of mid-February 2010,
the company had secured from existing
shareholders a $150,000 bridge loan at an annual
interest rate of nine percent (9%) which matured
on September 8, 2009 (the "Bridge Loan") and
$1,214,000 of the term loan at an annual interest
rate of nine percent (9%) to mature on or about
September 10, 2010 (the "Term
Loan"). The Company has defaulted on
repayment of the Bridge Loan by the maturity
date, however, the lender has agreed to forbear
collection until such time as the Company
completes the equity raise. As of May
31, 2010, the total amount due under the Bridge
Loan including interest is
$157,841. The Term Loan amount was
subsequently reduced to $924,000 (excluding
interest) through the repayment of $290,000 to
one of the term lenders in exchange in part for a
new loan of $2.5 million (see
below). At that time, the due date of
the loan was extended to December 31, 2011 and is
reported under Long-Term Debt. (See
Note 13, Long Term Debt.)
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