Note 6 – Notes Payable

The Company and its subsidiaries are party to a number of loans with third parties and affiliates. At June 30, 2021 (unaudited) and December 31, 2020, notes payable consisted of the following:

 Schedule of Notes Payable

Notes Payable – Third Parties

The Company did not make the required monthly principal and interest payments due under the TCA Debenture for the period from October 2016 through March 2017. In addition, TCA entered into an inter-creditor agreement with the purchasers of the convertible debentures (see Note 7), which sets forth rights, preferences and priorities with respect to the security interests in the Company’s assets. On September 19, 2017, the Company entered into a new agreement with TCA, which extended the repayment schedule through December 31, 2017. The remaining debt to TCA remains outstanding and TCA has made a demand for payment. In May 2020, the SEC appointed a Receiver to close down the TCA Global Master Fund, L.P. over allegations of accounting fraud. The amount recorded by the Company as being owed to TCA was based on TCA’s application of prior payments made by the Company. The Company believes that prior payments of principal and interest may have been applied to unenforceable investment banking and other fees and charges. It is the Company’s position that the amount owed to TCA is less than the amount set forth above.

The Company did not make the second annual principal payment under the Tegal Notes that was due on July 12, 2016. On November 3, 2016, the Company received a default notice from the holders of the Tegal Notes demanding immediate repayment of the outstanding principal at that time of $341,612 and accrued interest of $43,000. On December 7, 2016, the Company received a breach of contract complaint with a request for the entry of a default judgment (see Note 13). On April 23, 2018, the holders of the Tegal Notes received a judgment against the Company. As of June 30, 2021, the Company has paid $50,051 of principal amount of these notes.

On September 27, 2019, the Company issued a promissory note to a lender in the principal amount of $1.9 million and received proceeds of $1.5 million, which was net of a $0.3 million original issue discount and $0.1 million in financing fees. The first principal payment of $1.0 million was due on November 8, 2019 and the remaining $0.9 million was due on December 26, 2019. These payments were not made. In February 2020, the note holder sued the Company and Mr. Diamantis, as guarantor, in New York State Supreme Court for the County of New York, for approximately $2.2 million for non-payment of the promissory note. Mr. Diamantis was a former member of the Company’s Board of Directors. In May 2020, the Company, Mr. Diamantis, as guarantor, and the note holder entered into a Stipulation providing for a payment of a total of $2.2 million (which included accrued “penalty” interest as of that date) in installments through November 1, 2020. As of June 30, 2021, $450,000 has been paid in cash and $2.1 million ($1.4 million of principal and $0.6 million of accrued penalty interest), remains past due. The Stipulation is more fully discussed in Note 13.

As of April 20, 2020 and through May 1, 2020, the Company and its subsidiaries received PPP loan proceeds in the form of promissory notes (the “PPP Notes”) in the aggregate amount of approximately $2.4 million. The PPP Notes and accrued interest are forgivable as long as the borrower uses the loan proceeds for eligible purposes, including payroll, benefits, rent and utilities, and maintains its payroll levels. The amount of loan forgiveness will be reduced if the borrower terminates employees or reduces salaries. No collateral or guarantees were provided in connection with the PPP Notes. The unforgiven portion of the PPP Notes is payable over two years at an interest rate of 1.0% per annum, with a deferral of payments for the first sixteen months. Beginning sixteen months from the dates of issuance, the Company is required (if not forgiven) to make monthly payments of principal and interest to the lenders. The aggregate monthly payment of all of the PPP Notes would be approximately $0.1 million. The Company believes that it has used the proceeds for purposes consistent with the PPP. While the Company currently believes that its use of the loan proceeds has met the conditions for forgiveness of the loans, it cannot assure you that it has not taken actions that could cause the Company to be ineligible for forgiveness of the loans, in whole or in part. The Company is in the process of applying for forgiveness of the PPP Notes.

On January 29, 2020, the Company entered into the Ponte Note in the principal amount of $1.2 million. Pursuant to the Ponte Note, weekly installment payments ranging from $22,500 to $34,000 were due on or before February 5, 2020 through on or before October 21, 2020, the maturity date. The Ponte Note, which was issued with an original issue discount in the amount of approximately $0.1 million, is non-interest bearing and subject to a late-payment fee of 10%. The Company did not make certain installment payments due under the note and accordingly it recorded a $9,850 late payment penalty and incurred certain legal fees in connection with the payment default. On May 5, 2021, the Company entered into a settlement agreement with the holder under which the Company agreed to pay $125,000 in full satisfaction of the note of which $75,000 was paid in the six months ended June 30, 2021. The remaining balance of $50,000 is due in two monthly payments of $25,000 in July 2021 and August 2021.

On each of February 25, 2021, April 9, 2021, April 16, 2021 and April 22, 2021, the Company entered into agreements with certain institutional investors for warrant prepayment promissory notes with an aggregate principal amount of $1.1 million. The Company received proceeds of $1.0 million from the payees and, accordingly, it recorded a total of $0.1 million in original issue discount of which, $4,795 and $27,630 was amortized in the three and six months ended June 30, 2021, respectively. The payees may at their option apply all or any portion of the principal amount outstanding to the exercise of any common stock warrants of the Company. The notes are unsecured and they mature 12 months from the date of issuance. The notes do not bear interest but an interest rate of 18% will be applied to the outstanding principal commencing five days after any event of default that results in their acceleration.

Note Payable – Related Party

 Schedule of Notes Payable - Related Parties

During the six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020, Mr. Christopher Diamantis, a former member of our Board of Directors, loaned the Company $0.9 million and $4.6 million, respectively, the majority of which was for working capital purposes. During the six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020, the Company repaid $0.4 and $3.3 million of the loans from Mr. Diamantis, respectively, and on June 30, 2020, the Company exchanged the total amount owed to Mr. Diamantis on that date for outstanding loans and accrued interest, net of repayments, which totaled approximately $18.8 million, for shares of the Company’s Series M Preferred Stock. The Series M Preferred Stock is more fully discussed in Note 11.

During the three months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020, the Company accrued interest of $36,000 and $0.2 million, respectively, on the loans from Mr. Diamantis and during the six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020, it accrued interest of $0.1 million and $0.5 million, respectively, on the loans from Mr. Diamantis. As of June 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, accrued interest on the loans from Mr. Diamantis totaled $0.3 million and $0.2 million, respectively. Interest accrues on loans from Mr. Diamantis at a rate of 10% on the majority of the amounts loaned. In addition, Mr. Diamantis incurs interest expenses as a result of borrowing money from third parties to lend to the Company. Therefore, the Company reimburses Mr. Diamantis for a certain portion of the third party interest he incurs.