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Notes Payable and Bank Debts

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Notes Payable and Bank Debts
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2013
Debt Disclosure [Abstract]  
Notes Payable
Notes Payable and Bank Debts

Bank loan

AIA has an unsecured four-year loan of $15.9 million from UniCredit Bank AG, Munich, Germany. The loan is subject to initial repayment of $0.7 million and thereafter regular half-yearly repayments of $2.2 million, no prepayment penalties and variable interest based on the six-month Euribor plus 2.35%. In order to avoid any exposure to the risk from rising interest rates associated with variable interest obligations, a portion of the variable interest payments was converted into fixed interest obligations by means of interest rate swaps over the term of the loan.

Under the terms of the loan agreement, mandatory special loan payments are agreed under certain conditions. The provision regarding mandatory special loan payments resulted in a mandatory special loan payment of $1.4 million on June 30, 2013. As a result, the repayment period and thus the loan will now end six months earlier than originally envisioned. These special loan payments result in a reclassification of the amount of the special loan payments to the current portion of the loan.

As of September 30, 2013, the principle and accrued interest outstanding on the bank loan was $5.4 million.

Subordinated bank loan

The Company's controlled subsidiary, AIA holds a note payable of $2.6 million for mezzanine financing obtained through a financing program of Capital Efficiency Group AG, Zug, Switzerland. This financing program matures in March 2014. The interest rate is 8.8% per year. A payment of 1% must be made each year and interest of 7.8% on the principal must be paid every quarter. As of September 30, 2013, the principle and accrued interest outstanding on the note was $2.7 million.

Annuity loan

AIA is a party to a loan agreement for $1.1 million with HVB Investitionsbank GmbH, Munich, to finance investments in hardware for the technical services of The Lab.Aero, one of its subsidiaries. As of September 30, 2013, the remaining balance of the loan agreement was paid in full.

The balance of this loan consists of the following at September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012 (in thousands):

 
September 30, 2013
December 31, 2012
Bank loans
$
70

$
38

Other loans


Long-term debt
$
70

$
38



Bank Debt

With the acquisition of PMG in July 2013, the Company assumed approximately $3.3 million of debt in the form a $1.5 million term loan (the “Term Loan”) and a $1.8 million line of credit (the “LOC”) with a bank. The Term Loan and LOC mature in October 2017 and 2014, respectively, and bear interest at a rate equal to the bank’s reference rate, which was approximately 3.25% during the quarter ended September 30, 2103, or the bank’s current prime rate. The LOC matures in October 2014, and bears interest. Interest is paid on a monthly basis. Accrued interest on the Term Loan and LOC was $0.0 million at September 30, 2013.

The following is a schedule, by year, of future minimum principal payments required under notes payable and bank debts as of September 30, 2013 (in thousands):

Years Ending December 31,
Amount
2013 (3 months ended)
$
2,168

2014
8,274

2015
367

2016
367

2017
306

Thereafter

Total
$
11,482