NOTE 6 – CONVERTIBLE DEBT

HEP Investments, LLC

On December 2, 2011, the Company and HEP Investments, LLC, a Michigan limited liability company (“Lender”), entered into the following documents, effective as of December 1, 2011, as amended through March 1, 2017: (i) a Loan Agreement under which the Lender has agreed to advance up to $17,500,000 to the Company, subject to certain conditions, and (ii) a Convertible Secured Promissory Note in the principal amount of $17,500,000 (“Note”) (of which $13,441,839 has been advanced as of March 31, 2017) and (iii) a Security Agreement, under which the Company granted the Lender a security interest in all of its assets and (iv) an Intellectual Property security agreement under which the Company and its subsidiaries granted the Lender a security interest in all their respective intellectual properties, including patents, in order to secure their respective obligations to the Lender under the Note and related documents. In addition, the Company’s subsidiaries have guaranteed the Company’s obligations under the Note. The Company has also made certain agreements with the Lender which shall remain in effect as long as any amount is outstanding under the Loan. These agreements include an agreement not to make any change in the Company’s senior management, without the prior written consent of the Lender. Two representatives of the Lender will have the right to attend Board of Director meetings as non-voting observers.

During the three months ended March 31, 2016, the Company recorded debt discounts, related to $1,000,000 of Notes in the amount of $49,630, to reflect the relative fair value of the related warrants pursuant to "FASB ASC 470-20-30 – Debt with Conversion and Other Options: Beneficial Conversion Features" as a reduction to the carrying amount of the convertible debt and an addition to additional paid-in capital. The $1,000,000 of Notes are convertible at $.10 per share. The Company is amortizing the debt discount over the term of the debt. Amortization of the debt discounts was $441,931 for the three months ended March 31, 2016.

In the March 1, 2017 agreements, the Company and HEP Investments (“Lender”), also entered into the following documents: (i) Eighth Amendment to Loan Agreement under which the Lender has agreed to advance up to a total of $17,500,000 to the Company, subject to certain conditions, and (ii) a Ninth Amended and Restated Senior Secured Convertible Promissory Note. The Eighth Amendment to Loan Agreement amends and restates the Seventh Amendment to Loan Agreement, which was entered into with the Lender on December 31, 2015 and disclosed in the Company’s Form 8-K Current Report filed on January 7, 2016. The Ninth Amended and Restated Senior Secured Convertible Promissory Note resets the total outstanding debt as of March 1, 2017 and provides for a maturity date of September 30, 2018. The total outstanding debt as of March 1, 2017 was $12,721,839. The amount includes unpaid principal of $9,427,200, interest outstanding as of February 28, 2017 of $2,694,639 and restructuring and legal fees of $600,000. The Company recorded a debt discount of $600,000 related to the restructuring of the $12,721,839, 11% convertible note on March 1, 2017. The stated rate of the new debt was unchanged from the previous debt agreement and the estimated fair value of the new debt approximates its carrying amount (principal plus accrued interest at the date of the modification). In accordance with FASB ASC 470-60 “Debt-Troubled Debt Restructurings by Debtors,” the Company recorded a “Loss on Extinguishment of Debt” on March 1, 2017 of $406,482 which represented the remaining unamortized discount as of March 1, 2017.

On March 3, 2017, as a result of the settlement of litigation with a shareholder, HEP Investments agreed to reduce the principal due to the Lender by $280,000 (see Note 10).

The Company, as consideration for the extension of the maturity date to September 30, 2018, agreed to change the conversion price of the $12,721,839 Convertible Promissory Note from $.10 to $.30 to $.10 per share.

The related indebtedness represented by this convertible note shall be paid to the Lender in monthly installments of interest only beginning on July 1, 2017 and continuing on the first day of each month thereafter.

During the three months ended March 31, 2017, the Company recorded debt discounts, related to $1,000,000 of Notes in the amount of $70,388, to reflect the relative fair value of the related warrants pursuant to "FASB ASC 470-20-30 – Debt with Conversion and Other Options: Beneficial Conversion Features" as a reduction to the carrying amount of the convertible debt and an addition to additional paid-in capital. The $1,000,000 of Notes are convertible at $.10 per share. The Company is amortizing the debt discount over the term of the debt. Amortization of the debt discounts was $199,540 for the three months ended March 31, 2017.

If the Lender converted the total  principal of  $13,441,839 convertible debt as of March 31, 2017, the total shares of common stock to be issued, would be 134,418,390 shares, not including the related accrued and any future interest charges which may be converted into common stock.

The Company has agreed to pay a closing fee of $365,235 in connection with the Loan transaction (when the remaining $4,058,161 in funding is achieved), consisting of $219,141 in cash and $146,094 paid in shares of common stock valued at various amounts based on the timing of the funding and the related stock price.

Paulson Investment Company, LLC - Related Debt

On August 24, 2016, the Company entered into a Placement Agent Agreement with Paulson Investment Company, LLC (Paulson). This agreement provides that Paulson can provide up to $2 million in financings through “accredited investors” (as defined by Regulation D of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended). As of December 31, 2016, the Company received funding of $1,250,000 through seven (7) individual loans (the “New Lenders”). Each loan includes a (i) a Loan Agreement relating to the individual loan, (ii) a Convertible Secured Promissory Note (“New Lenders Notes”) in the principal amount of the loan, (iii) a Security Agreement under which the Company granted the Lender a security interest in all of its assets and (iv) an Intercreditor Agreement with HEP Investments, LLC (HEP) whereby HEP and the New Lenders agree to participate in all collateral a pari passu basis. The loans have a two-year term and mature in September 2018 ($600,000) and October 2018 ($650,000). Paulson receives a 10% cash finance fee for monies invested in the Company in the form of convertible debt, along with 5 year, $.10 warrants equal to 15% of the number of common shares for which the debt is convertible into at $.10 per share.

The New Lenders Notes are convertible into the Company’s common stock at $.10 per share and bear interest at the rate of 11% per annum. The New Lenders Notes must be repaid as follows: accrued interest must be paid on the first and second anniversary of the Note and unpaid principal not previously converted into common stock must be repaid on the second anniversary of the Note.

Other Debt

In September 2014, the Lender agreed to rolling 30 day extensions until notice is given to the Company to the contrary. The Company determined that the modification of these Notes was not a substantial modification in accordance with ASC 470-50, “Modifications and Extinguishments.”

Amortization of debt discounts was $199,540 and $441,931 for the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016, respectively.