Note 17 - Long-term Debt |
12 Months Ended | ||
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Dec. 31, 2016 | |||
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Long-term Debt [Text Block] |
On October 31, 2014, the Company and its subsidiary, Interpace LLC, entered into an agreement to acquire RedPath (the “Transaction”). In connection with the Transaction, the Company entered into a the RedPath Note. This RedPath Note was subsequently exchanged on March 23, 2017. See note 19, Subsequent Events. Accordingly, the RedPath Note has been classified as long-term debt on the balance sheet with no current portion due.Originally, the RedPath Note was $11.0 million, interest-free and payable in eight equal consecutive quarterly installments beginning October 1, 2016. On September 30, the Company and the RedPath Equityholder Representative amended the RedPath Note to extend the due date of the first installment to November 1, 2016. Effective October 31, 2016, the Company and the RedPath Equityholder Representative amended the RedPath Note to further extend the due date of the first installment to November 20, 2016. On November 16, 2016, the Company and the RedPath Equityholder Representative amended the RedPath Note to extend the due date of the first installment to December 31, 2016, to add as an event of default the failure of the Company to maintain a minimum net cash balance from operations of no less than $400,000, excluding proceeds from borrowed money, at the end of every week and to add a reporting requirement for the Company to provide to the RedPath Equityholder Representative, on a weekly basis, a 13 -week cash flow forecast commencing November 22, 2016. On December 29, 2016 the Company made the first installment payment under the amended agreement of approximately $1.3 million. Subsequent payments on the RedPath Note were to be made on the first day of each fiscal quarter, beginning on April 1, 2017. See Note 19, Subsequent Events for updates to the RedPath Note.In the second quarter of 2015, the final working capital adjustment was made, reducing the balance of the RedPath Note to approximately $10.7 million. In December 2015, pursuant to the sale of substantially all of the CSO business, the RedPath Note was amended so that the CSO sales proceeds would not have to be applied against the RedPath Note payable balance. The obligations of the Company under the RedPath Note were guaranteed by the Company and its subsidiaries pursuant to a Guarantee and Collateral Agreement (the “Subordinated Guarantee”) in favor of the RedPath Equityholder Representative. Pursuant to the Subordinated Guarantee, the Company and its subsidiaries also granted a security interest in substantially all of their assets, including intellectual property, to secure their obligations to the RedPath Equityholder Representative. Based on the Company's incremental borrowing rate under its Credit Agreement, the fair value of the RedPath Note at the date of issuance was
$7.5 million. During the years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015, the Company accreted approximately $0.8 million and
$0.8 million into interest expense, respectively, for each period. As of December 31, 2016, the balance of the Note was approximately $7.9 million and the unamortized discount was $1.4 million.In addition, the Company entered into the Credit Agreement with SWK Funding LLC (the “Agent”) and the lenders party thereto in connection with the Transaction in the aggregate principal amount of $20.0 million (the “SWK Loan”). The maturity date of the SWK Loan was October 31, 2020. The Company received net proceeds of approximately $19.6 million following payment of certain fees and expenses in connection with the Credit Agreement. Upon the sale of substantially all of the CSO business on December 22, 2015, the Company used a portion of the net proceeds from the transaction to pay the balance of the outstanding SWK Loan in the aggregate principal amount of $20.0 million, and an exit fee and expenses of approximately $1.6 million. In connection with the termination of the Credit Agreement, the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, dated October 31, 2014, by the Company and certain of its subsidiaries in favor of the Agent was also terminated on December 22, 2015. |