Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Notes Payable and Bank Debts

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Notes Payable and Bank Debts
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2013
Debt Disclosure [Abstract]  
Notes Payable and Bank Debts
Notes Payable and Bank Debts

Row 44 Bridge Loans

In December 2011 and March 2012, Row 44 entered into convertible bridge loans with existing preferred shareholders for debt raises of $10,000,000 and $10,000,000, respectively. The bridge loans bore interest at the rate of 12% per annum and matured on May 31, 2012. The bridge loans and related interest were convertible into shares at such time as the Company raised additional equity funding through the issuance of a future round of qualified financing, as defined in the agreement, which was ultimately the capital raise in June 2012. The conversion price of the loans was to be determined based on a 20% discount of the issuance price such qualified financing. Row 44 granted the note holders a security interest in substantially all of the assets of Row 44 at the time. Additionally, and in connection with these two rounds of bridge loans, Row 44 also granted warrants to purchase a total of 3.4 million shares of Row 44 common stock at $0.003 per share. The Company determined that the bridge loans constituted share-settled debt, and as such the convertible bridge loans were initially recorded at an amount equal to their residual allocated amount and were accreted to their redemption amount, which is approximately 20% greater than its face amount, through the maturity date using the effective interest method. During the year ended December 31, 2011, the Company amortized $0.3 million of the note discount to interest expense, resulting in a net carrying amount of the note of $7.3 million at December 31, 2011. At December 31, 2011, the Company had accrued but unpaid interest amounting to less than $0.1 million included in the notes payable balance. During the year ended December 31, 2012, the Company recognized interest expense of $9.6 million relating to the accretion of the bridge loans and amortization of the related note discount. The Company converted each of the bridge loans, with an aggregate value of $20.0 million of principal and $0.8 million of related accrued interest, into units of common stock in conjunction with the Business Combination.

During the years ended December 31, 2012 and 2011, the Company’s effective interest rate on convertible bridge loans was 421% and 126%.

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 December 31, 2013, the principal and accrued interest outstanding on the bank loan was $3.4 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 December 31, 2013, the principal and accrued interest outstanding on the note was $2.8 million.

Annuity loan

AIA entered into an agreement with a bank to finance $1.1 million in hardware for the technical services of one of its subsidiaries. As of December 31, 2013, the remaining balance of the loan agreement was paid in full.

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

 
December 31, 2013
 
December 31, 2012
Bank loans
$

 
$
52

Other loans

 

Long-term debt
$

 
$
52



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 year ended December 31, 2013, 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 December 31, 2013.

With the acquisition of IFES on October 18, 2013, the Company assumed approximately $1.3 million of debt in the form of two facility letters for a commercial mortgage loan with a bank for $0.2 million and $1.1 million. The mortgage letters mature in October 2014 and 2032, respectively, and bear interest at a rate equal to the bank’s base rate, which was approximately 3.25% during the year ended December 31, 2013. Interest is paid on a monthly basis. Accrued interest on the credit facilities was $0.0 million at December 31, 2013.

The following is a schedule, by year, of future minimum principal payments required under notes payable and bank debts as of December 31, 2013 (in thousands):

Years Ending December 31,
Amount
2014
$
9,648

2015
250

2016
112

2017
101

2018
101

Thereafter
589

Total
$
10,801