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Note 6 - 2012 Financing
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2013
Debt Disclosure [Text Block]
NOTE 6 – 2012 FINANCING

On August 13, 2012 (the “Closing Date”), the Company entered into a Note and Warrant Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) with Rho Ventures VI, L.P. (“Rho”) and Prentice Consumer Partners, LP (“Prentice”, and together with Rho, the “Purchasers”) pursuant to which the Company issued (i) $1,500,000 aggregate principal amount of collateralized subordinated convertible promissory notes to Rho (the “Rho Notes”) and (ii) $1,500,000 aggregate principal amount of collateralized subordinated promissory notes to Prentice (the “Prentice Notes” and together with the Rho Notes, the “Notes”). 

The Rho Notes bear interest at 12% per annum, compounded annually, and interest is payable upon maturity or conversion.  The Prentice Notes bear interest at 15% per annum, compounded annually, and interest is payable quarterly.  Prentice received an origination fee on the Closing Date equal to two percent of the Prentice Notes.

The Rho Notes are convertible, at the holder's option, (a) into equity securities that the Company might issue in any subsequent round of financing that results in proceeds to the Company of at least $7,500,000 (a “Qualified Financing”) at a price equal to the lowest price per share paid by any investor in such Qualified Financing or (b) into shares of the Company’s Common Stock at a price per share equal to $1.05, which approximates the fair market value on the Closing Date (the “Rho Conversion Feature”). 

The Notes have a one-year term but may become due prior to the end of such term in the event of a change of control or a Qualified Financing.  The Notes are collateralized by second priority liens on all assets of the Company.

In connection with the issuance of the Notes, the Company also issued warrants, with a seven year term, to purchase 476,190 shares of the Company’s Common Stock (the “Warrants”) to each of Rho and Prentice at a price equal to $1.05 per share, which approximates the fair market value of the Common Stock on the Closing Date.  

The Notes contain a financial covenant in which the Company is to maintain current assets in excess of $20,000,000 including cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable, inventories (which includes prepaid inventory), prepaid expenses and other current assets (the “Financial Covenant”). In the event that the Company does not maintain this Financial Covenant, the outstanding principal and accrued interest expense of the Notes shall be accelerated and automatically become due and payable. In the event we are unable to complete the proposed strategic transaction; there can be no assurance that we will remain in compliance with the Financial Covenant.

In connection with the issuance of the Notes, the Company incurred approximately $127,000 of debt issuance costs (“Deferred Financing Costs”), which primarily consisted of legal and other professional fees. These Deferred Financing Costs were deferred and are being amortized to interest expense to related party stockholders over the term of the Notes. The Deferred Financing Costs are recorded within Other Current Assets in the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheet.

As the Notes were issued with detachable Warrants, the Company has initially allocated the proceeds received from the issuance between the Notes and Warrants on a relative fair value basis. With respect to the Rho Notes, the Company then has evaluated the Rho Conversion Feature to determine whether this feature qualifies as a beneficial conversion feature or derivative instrument. The Company noted that the Rho Conversion Feature contains both a fixed conversion price and a contingently adjustable conversion price based on a future event. Based on the terms of the Rho Notes and authoritative guidance, the Company has concluded that the entire Rho Conversion Feature is an embedded derivative liability (the “Embedded Derivative”), which requires bifurcation and must be separately accounted for as a derivative instrument.

The Company measured the fair value of the Embedded Derivative using a Black-Scholes valuation model as of the Closing Date. Expected volatility is based on the historical volatility of the price of the Company’s Common Stock, measured over the same period of time as the remaining maturity life of the Rho Notes. The risk free interest rate is based on the interest rate for U.S. Treasury Notes having a maturity period equal to the remaining maturity life of the Rho Notes. As a result of the bifurcation, the Company recognized an Embedded Derivative of approximately $274,000 with a corresponding discount on the Rho Notes, which reduced the carrying value of the Rho Notes on the date of issuance. This discount represents additional non-cash interest expense that is to be amortized over the remaining life of the Rho Notes.

The Company also remeasures the fair value of the Embedded Derivative at each reporting date. Any change in fair value is recorded as part of interest expense to related party stockholders in the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Operations.

The assumptions used at March 31, 2013 are as follows:

Risk-free interest rate
   
0.11
%
Expected life (in years)
   
0.37
 
Dividend yield
   
0.00
%
Expected volatility
   
125.92
%

As of March 31, 2013, the Company’s Notes and interest payable to related party stockholders, net consists of the following:

Notes payable to related party stockholders
 
$
3,000,000
 
Unamortized discount on notes payable to related party stockholders
   
(318,000
)
Total notes payable to related party stockholders, net
   
2,682,000
 
         
Interest payable to related party stockholders
   
180,000
 
         
Total notes and interest payable to related party stockholders, net
 
$
2,862,000
 

For the three months ended March 31, 2013, the Company recognized interest expense in connection with the Notes, including changes in fair value of the Embedded Derivative and amortization of the debt discount, which were included in total interest expense to related party stockholders in the Consolidated Statements of Operations, as follows:

Amortization of discount on notes payable to related party stockholders
 
$
212,000
 
Appreciation in fair value of embedded derivative financial liability to related party
stockholders
   
(129,000
)
Interest expense to related party stockholders
   
107,000
 
Amortization expense of deferred financing costs
   
32,000
 
         
Total interest expense to related party stockholders
 
$
222,000
 

Costs incurred in connection with the Company's financing activities are deferred and amortized over the terms of the related agreements using the straight-line method. During 2012, we deferred approximately $127,000 and $432,000 relating to the August 2012 financing, and the new revolving credit facility with Wells Fargo Capital Finance, and Salus Capital Partners, LLC, respectively. Amortization of these costs, which is recognized in other interest expense and other income, net, in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations, totaled approximately $32,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2013. Deferred financing costs, net of accumulated amortization, included in other assets, net, amounted to approximately $47,000 as of March 31, 2013.