3. Interest, advances and promissory notes payable

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2011

Interestadvanceandpromissorynotespayable

3. Interest, advances and promissory notes payable

On September 4, 2009, the Company received a Notice of Credit to Judgment from the Superior Court of the State of North Carolina, whereby the Company was ordered to pay two creditors holding promissory notes payable (the “plaintiffs”) an aggregate amount of $1,988,000 for principal, interest and legal fees incurred. Subsequent to the verdict, the Company, two directors, a relative of a director (the “Purchaser”) and the plaintiffs entered into a settlement agreement (the “Settlement Agreement”) whereby a relative of a director acquired $1,313,000 of debts from the plaintiffs in a private transaction. The remaining $675,000 due to the plaintiffs was exchanged for common shares of the Company as part of a separate debt for shares settlement (note 6). As part of the Settlement Agreement, a second director, not related to the Purchaser, assigned unsecured advances payable of the Company with no stated terms of interest, totaling $425,000, to the plaintiffs. As part of the Settlement Agreement, the Company agreed to the following repayment terms:

- $300,000 repayable at a rate of $25,000 per month (note 6); and

- $125,000 repayable in whole by January 15, 2011.

On October 27, 2010, the Company had a default judgment ruled against them which resulted in being held legally liable for an additional $11,000 of deemed interest. The Company has accrued the liability relating to this judgment as of December 31, 2011. The Company has not paid any of the legal interest or the underlying promissory notes payable.

a) Interest payable

A summary of the interest payable activity is as follows:

Balance, December 31, 2009			967,921
	Interest incurred on promissory notes payable		464,231
	Repayment of interest payable through line of credit		(5,858)
Balance, December 31, 2010		$	1,426,294
Interest incurred on promissory notes payable			505,568
Transfer of balance to accounts payable			(1,167)
Balance, December 31, 2011		$	1,930,695

Interest payable is to the following:

		December 31,		December 31,
		2011		2010
Relatives of directors	$	1,185,629	$	867,555
Non-related parties		745,066		558,739
	$	1,930,695	$	1,426,294

Historically, all interest payable incurred is from interest incurred at the stated rate of promissory notes issued by the Company. The payment terms, security and any interest payable are based on the underlying promissory notes payable that the Company has outstanding.

b) Advances Payable

A summary of the advances payable activity is as follows:

Balance, December 31, 2009	$	266,046
Advances accrued		285,832
Advances repaid from proceeds of line of credit		(338,200)
Balance, December 31, 2010	$	213,678
Advances accrued		234,600
Advances reclassified as accounts payable		(64,259)
Advances repaid from proceeds of line of credit		(283,492)
Balance, December 31, 2011	$	100,527

Advances payable are to the following:

			December 31,		December 31,
			2011		2010
Advances payable to:
	Companies controlled by directors		65,402		119,035
	Current and former directors		35,125		94,643
		$	100,527	$	213,678

Advances payable are unsecured, have no stated terms of interest and are due on demand.

c) Promissory notes payable

A summary of the promissory notes payable activity is as follows:

Balance, December 31, 2009 and 2010		$	5,275,333
	Promissory notes payable issued		10,985
Balance, December 31, 2011		$	5,286,319

On December 14, 2010, a creditor demanded repayment of a promissory note of $200,000 and accumulated interest of approximately $365,000. To date, this amount has not been repaid.

On October 27, 2010, the Company had a default judgment ruled against them which results in being held legally liable for an additional $11,000 of accrued interest. The Company has accrued the liability relating to this judgment as of December 31, 2011.

Relatives of Directors				December 31, 2011		December 31, 2010

Promissory notes payable to relatives of directors collateralized by a general security agreement on all the assets of the Company, due on demand:

	i.	Interest at 1% per month	$	845,617	$	845,617

	ii.	Interest at 1.25% per month		51,347		51,347

	iii.	Interest at the U.S. bank prime rate plus 1%		500,000		500,000

Promissory notes payable, unsecured to relatives of a former director, bearing interest at 0.625% per month, with $50,000 repayable on October 5, 2004 and $60,000 repayable on July 28, 2006, due on demand				110,000		110,000

Promissory notes payable, unsecured, to relatives of a director, bearing interest at 1% per month, due on demand				1,465,000		1,465,000
Total Related Promissory Notes			$	2,971,964	$	2,971,964

Unrelated Lenders				December 31, 2011		December 31, 2010

Unsecured promissory notes payable to unrelated lenders:

	i.	Interest at 1% per month, repayable on September 30, 2009, due on demand	$	250,000	$	450,000

	ii.	Interest at 1% per month, with $50,000 repayable on December 31, 2004, $75,000 repayable on August 18, 2007, $75,000 repayable on November 19, 2007 and the balance due on demand. All are due on demand, accruing interest at the same rate.		887,457		887,457

	iii.	Interest at 0.625% per month, with $40,000 repayable on December 31, 2004, all due on demand		40,000		40,000

	iv.	Non-interest-bearing, repayable on July 17, 2005, due on demand		270,912		270,912

	v.	Non-interest-bearing loan repayable at $25,000 per month beginning October 2009, none repaid to date		310,986		300,000

	vi.	Non-interest-bearing loan, due January 15, 2011 (Unpaid)		125,000		125,000

Promissory notes payable, secured by a guarantee from a director and relative of a director, bearing interest at 1% per month, with $200,000 repayable on July 31, 2003, which has been demanded. The remaining $30,000 is due on demand				430,000		230,000
Total Arms Length Promissory Notes				2,314,355		2,303,369

d) Interest expense

During the year ended December 31, 2011, the Company incurred interest expense of $3,312,298 (2010: $1,238,192) as follows:

- $520,306 (2010: $464,000) incurred on promissory notes (note 3(c)) and other payables;

- $204,538 (2010: $43,606) incurred on lines of credit payable as shown in note 4;

$179,261 (2010: $183,738) incurred from the calculation of imputed interest on accounts payable outstanding for longer than one year, advances payable and promissory notes payable, which had no stated interest rate.;

- $2,408,193 (2010: $546,619) incurred on stock options granted to creditors