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Note 12 - Long Term Liabilities (Details) - Long Term Debt (USD $)
Feb. 28, 2013
May 31, 2012
Debt Instrument [Line Items]    
Credit card facility loan, (a) $ 1,591,790 [1]    [1]
Debt discount, (e) (121,000) [2] (99,512) [2]
Total debt 6,712,577 4,552,488
Less current portion (818,000) (250,000)
Long term debt 5,894,577 4,302,488
Term Loan [Member]
   
Debt Instrument [Line Items]    
Long-term debt, gross 4,298,573 [3] 3,882,000 [3]
KeHE Loan [Member]
   
Debt Instrument [Line Items]    
Long-term debt, gross 770,000 [4] 770,000 [4]
Term Loan, Settlement [Member]
   
Debt Instrument [Line Items]    
Long-term debt, gross 173,214 [5]    [5]
Less current portion $ (48,000) [6]    [6]
[1] In October 2012, two private lenders agreed to loan to the Company a total of $1,700,000 secured and to be paid down by using the Company's credit card receipts for online purchases. The loan bears interest of 6% per annum and matures on October 14, 2014. The lenders each received one share of the Company's common stock for each dollar they loaned, respectively. Accordingly, the Company issued 1,700,000 shares of its common stock valued at $136,000 which was accounted for as a debt discount and amortized over the term of the note. The proceeds are being used to pay down tax liabilities and for operating capital. One of the lenders had previously loaned the Company $150,000 under the term loan which matured on December 31, 2011. As part of this transaction, he agreed to postpone repayment of that loan and all accrued interest thereon until the $1,700,000 has been repaid or October 14, 2014, whichever is earlier. As part of this transaction, the Long-Term Lender (see (b) below) extended the maturity date of the Long Term Loan from February 2013 to September 2014. In February 2013, one of the lenders under the Credit Card Facility extended an additional loan of $150,000 to be added to the credit card facility but that repayment of that amount and all accrued interest thereon would be postponed until the original $1,700,000 has been repaid. The Company issued 150,000 shares of common stock to one lender as part of a loan transaction of $150,000 in February 2013. The Company has recorded a debt discount of $10,500 which will be expensed over a two year period, the life of the loan in connection to these shares. As of February 28, 2013, the total amount due under the Credit Card Facility Loan including accrued interest is $1,637,765.
[2] An unamortized debt discount attributed to the Long-Term Loan as of February 28, 2013 was $121,000.
[3] On or about February 22, 2010, the Company entered a loan agreement with one of its preferred shareholders and term loan participants (the "Lender") for a loan of $2.5 million (the "Long Term Loan"). On specified dates since then, the Long Term Loan has been increased by a total of $1,000,000. The original loan was conditional upon the Lender obtaining a first security position on all of the Company's assets. The loan was also conditional upon the Company's repurchase from Lender and its affiliate of 500,000 shares of the redeemable convertible preferred stock held by them collectively, repayment to the Lender of amounts Lender had previously advanced to Borrower under the Term Loan agreement (discussed above), and issuance to Lender of 9,275,000 shares of the Company's $.001 par value common stock representing twenty percent of the Company's outstanding common stock on a fully-diluted basis. The maturity date of this Long Term Loan and all related interest has been extended to September 2014. As of February 28, 2013, the total amount due under the Long Term Loan including accrued interest is $4,374,163.
[4] On or about February 11, 2011, the Company entered into a three-year marketing and distribution agreement granting KeHE Distributors LLC the exclusive rights to distribute into retail outlets all Artisanal products with primary focus on the Company's 16-cheese CheeseClock program. KeHE's exclusivity is dependent upon KeHE meeting specific minimum annual sales. Under the agreement, KeHE earns a commission of five percent (5%) on all net sales to accounts serviced by KeHE and may also earn stock options upon meeting specified sales thresholds over the term of the agreement (See Note 13 - Shareholders Equity for details). The agreement further provides that KeHE will loan up to $520,000 to the Company to facilitate the purchase of inventory required for the KeHE accounts and that KeHE will advance up to an additional $100,000 of marketing funds to be used for in-store demonstrations and related marketing costs. The loan bears interest at a rate of 3-Month LIBOR plus 5% to be paid quarterly and is secured by the Company's accounts receivable and inventory. For so long as any amounts remain outstanding under the loan or KeHE maintains its exclusive distributor status and meets its annual minimum purchases, the Company may not incur any debt or issue any additional common stock without KeHE's consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld. As of May 2011, the Company had drawn down $520,000 of the total amount permitted under the agreement. In May 2011, it borrowed an additional $250,000 from KeHE to be repaid within 60 days. As an inducement for making this additional loan, the Company modified the vesting terms of KeHE's 4,880,000 options, which were to be earned based on certain product purchase thresholds. Upon the execution on May 9, 2011, of the amended Marketing and Distribution Agreement, KeHE became fully vested on 440,000 three year options exercisable at $.30 a share. The fair market value of these options, utilizing the Black Scholes model, was $75,386. These costs were amortized over 60 days. The remaining 4,440,000 of options to be earned for future purchases of inventory were to become fully vested on August 22, 2011, if the $250,000 was not repaid. The additional funds were not repaid and the remaining options vested. The fair market value of these options, utilizing the Black Scholes model, was $976,628 all of which was expensed immediately. Pursuant to a second addendum to the Marketing and Distribution Agreement, the parties agreed that effective February 28, 2013, KeHE would no longer be obligated to maintain on its staff a salesperson dedicated to the Artisanal line of products or to advance any additional funds under the Agreement. In exchange, KeHE agreed to the cancellation of the 4,880,000 stock options. The addendum further provides that the Company will repay on or before May 31, 2013, all amounts advanced by KeHE under the Agreement, failing which a one-time penalty of $50,000 shall apply. For this reason, the full loan amount of $770,000 is now reported under Current Portion of Long-Term Liabilities (Note 9). As of February 28, 2013, the total amount due under the KeHE Agreement including accrued interest is $848,430.
[5] In December 2012, an agreement was reached with one of the term lenders with respect to his portion of the Term Loan that had matured on December 31, 2011 (see Note 9 - Notes Payable to Existing Shareholders). The agreement provides for monthly payments of $4,000 through November 2016. The current portion represents twelve months worth of payments of $48,000. As of February 28, 2013, the total amount due to this lender is $173,213.
[6] Refer Note 12 Long Term Liabilities point (d).