Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

8. LONG TERM DEBT

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8. LONG TERM DEBT
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2012
Long-term Debt, Unclassified [Abstract]  
NOTE H - LONG TERM DEBT

Business Loan

 

On September 11, 2009, the Company entered into a Loan Agreement in the aggregate principal amount of $300,000 with the Wisconsin Department of Commerce (the “Department”).  The outstanding principal balance bears interest at the annual rate of 2%. Payment of interest and principal is to be made in the following manner: (a) payment of any and all interest that accrues from the date of disbursement commenced on January 1, 2010 and continued on the first day of each consecutive month thereafter through and including December 31, 2010; (b) commencing on January 1, 2011 and continuing on the first day of each consecutive month thereafter through and including November 1, 2016, the Company shall pay equal monthly installments of $4,426 each; followed by a final installment on December 1, 2016 which shall include all remaining principal, accrued interest and other amounts owed by the Company to the Department under the Loan Agreement.  The Company may prepay amounts outstanding under the credit facility in whole or in part at any time without penalty. The Loan Agreement is secured by substantially all of the Company’s assets and the proceeds from this loan were used for the working capital requirements of the Company. The Loan Agreement contains covenants which require, among other things, that the Company shall keep and maintain 75 existing full-time positions and create and fill 35 additional full-time positions in Milwaukee, Wisconsin by December 31, 2012. Under the terms of the Loan Agreement, for each new full time position not kept, created or maintained, the Company would be required to pay a penalty consisting of an incremental increase in the interest rate not to exceed 4%. In May of 2012, the Company notified the Department that due to the economic climate, it is unlikely that the 35 new full time position covenant will be met by December 31, 2012. On June 18, 2012, the Department agreed to waive all penalties associated with the covenant and keep the loan interest rate fixed at 2% for future periods. The outstanding borrowings under the agreement as of December 31, 2012 and 2011 were $203,947 and $252,454, respectively.

 

Promissory Note #1

 

On March 4, 2011, the Company sold all its Series 5 PLC product line assets to Wisconsin-based Dynamic Ratings, Inc. (“Purchaser”) under an Asset Purchase Agreement (“APA”).  Per the APA, the Company signed an unsecured Promissory Note (“Note #1”) due to Purchaser in the aggregate principal amount of $700,000. The outstanding principal balance bears interest at the annual rate of 6% and is due on March 31, 2014.   Note #1 may be prepaid in whole or in part, without penalty at any time. Note #1 contains certain earn-out provisions that encompass both the Company’s and Purchaser’s revenue volumes.  Amounts earned under the earn-out provisions shall be applied against Note #1 on June 30, 2012 and June 30, 2013. As of June 30, 2012, the non cash reduction of principal calculated under these provisions and applied to the note was $15,408.  Payments not made when due, by maturity acceleration or otherwise, shall bear interest at the rate of 12% per annum from the date due until fully paid. As of December 31, 2012, the non cash reduction of principal calculated under these provisions and classified as notes payable-current is $25,126. The outstanding principal balance of this note as of December 31, 2012 and 2011 was $684,592 and $700,000, respectively.

   

Promissory Note #2

 

From the sale of its Series 5 PLC product line assets, the Company used the proceeds received to retire substantially all of its obligations under its $1.6 million senior convertible debenture due May 29, 2011 and to cancel the related warrants covering 11.7 million shares of the Company’s common stock.  In exchange for the early retirement of debt and cancellation of warrants, the Company provided the third party with an unsecured one-year promissory note (“Note #2”) for $50,000 with interest at 5.25%. The outstanding principal balance as of December 31, 2011 was $12,746 and the note was paid in full during March 2012.

 

Aggregate annual future maturities of long-term debt as of December 31, 2012 are as follows:

 

Years ended December 31,   Amount  
2013   $ 74,611  
2014     709,950  
2015     51,503  
2016     52,475  
      888,539  
Less: Current portion     (74,611 )
Notes payable long term   $ 813,928