Notes
to Consolidated Financial Statements
March
31, 2017
Unaudited
1.
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ORGANIZATION
AND OPERATIONS
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Excel
Corporation (the “Company”) was organized on November 13, 2010 as a Delaware corporation. The Company has three wholly
owned subsidiaries, Excel Business Solutions, Inc. (d/b/a eVance Capital), Payprotec Oregon, LLC (d/b/a Securus Payments), (“Securus”),
and eVance Processing Inc. (“eVance”).
We
sell integrated financial and transaction processing services to businesses throughout the United States. We provide these services
through our wholly-owned subsidiaries, eVance and Securus. Through our eVance subsidiary, we provide an integrated suite of third-party
merchant payment processing services and related proprietary software enabling products that deliver credit and debit card-based
internet payments processing solutions primarily to small and mid-sized merchants operating in physical “brick and mortar”
business environments, on the internet and in retail settings requiring both wired and wireless mobile payment solutions. We operate
as an independent sales organization (“ISO”) generating individual merchant processing contracts in exchange for future
residual payments. As a wholesale ISO, eVance has a direct contractual relationship with the merchants and takes greater responsibility
in the approval and monitoring of merchants than do retail ISOs and we receive additional consideration for this service and risk.
Securus operates as a retail ISO and receives residual income as commission for merchants it places with third party processors.
On
November 30, 2015, eVance entered into an Asset Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) with Calpian, Inc. (“Calpian”),
Calpian Residual Acquisition, LLC (“CRA”) and Calpian Commerce, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Calpian (“CCI,”
and collectively with Calpian and CRA, the “Sellers”). Pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, eVance acquired substantially
all of the U.S. assets and operations of the Sellers. In consideration for the acquired assets, eVance assumed certain of the
Sellers’ liabilities, including an aggregate of $9,000,000 of notes payable and certain of the Sellers’ outstanding
contractual obligations.
On
April 12, 2016, eVance entered into an agreement with the Sellers and a cancellation of securities acknowledgement with one of
eVance’s note-holders whereby the noteholder cancelled its note in the amount of $720,084 and Calpian issued eVance a note
in the amount of $675,000 in exchange for eVance and the Sellers mutually waiving any claims either party has or could have under
the Purchase Agreement against the other. The $675,000 note bears simple interest of 12% per annum payable monthly and matures
on November 30, 2017. As part of the Purchase Agreement, eVance acquired several residual portfolios including the supporting
contracts (residual purchase agreements). eVance, as successor under one of these residual purchase agreements, has sued a third
party for breach of contract on the residual purchase agreement between the third party and Seller and claimed damages in excess
of $1,500,000. eVance has agreed to apply any recovery from such litigation (less costs) against the principal balance of the
$675,000 note up to a maximum of $675,000. The Company reflected the reduction in the assumed debt by $720,084 as a reduction
in goodwill and a reduction in the debt assumed. In addition, the noteholder returned a warrant to purchase 360,042 shares of
the Company’s common stock. As a result of this agreement, the $9,000,000 of notes payable was reduced to $8,279,916.
On
April 30, 2016, Securus entered into a Purchase and Sale Agreement (the “2016 Purchase Agreement”) with Chyp LLC (“Chyp”).
In connection with the 2016 Purchase Agreement, Chyp executed a three-year preferred marketing agreement with eVance. Chyp acquired
substantially all of the operations of Securus including its sales and marketing operations located in Portland, Oregon and West
Palm Beach, Florida. Securus retained the approximately 5,000 merchants and related merchant processing residual portfolios.
2.
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SUMMARY
OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
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Basis
of Presentation
The
accompanying unaudited consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally
accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) for interim financial information and the instructions to Rule 10-01
of Regulation S-X of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”). Accordingly, they do not include all
of the information and footnotes required by GAAP for complete financial statements. In the opinion of management, these unaudited
consolidated financial statements contain all adjustments, consisting of normal recurring adjustments, considered necessary for
a fair presentation of the results of the interim periods, but are not necessarily indicative of the results of operations to be anticipated for the full year
ending December 31, 2017. These unaudited consolidated financial statements should be read in
conjunction with the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2016.
Principles
of Consolidation
The
consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Excel Corporation and subsidiaries in which the Company has a controlling
financial interest. All intercompany transactions and account balances between Excel Corporation and its subsidiaries have been
eliminated in consolidation. Transactions with its consolidated subsidiaries are generally settled in cash. Investments in unconsolidated
affiliated entities are accounted for under the equity method and are included in “Equity investment” in the accompanying
consolidated balance sheets.
Excel
Corporation and Subsidiaries
Notes
to Consolidated Financial Statements
March
31, 2017
Unaudited
2.
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SUMMARY
OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Continued)
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Reclassification
Certain
prior period amounts have been reclassified to conform to the current period’s presentation.
Use
of Estimates in the Preparation of Financial Statements
The
preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States requires
management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amount of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent
assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting
period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
Material
estimates that are particularly susceptible to significant change relate to the evaluation of deferred tax assets, purchase accounting,
allowances, and equity investments.
3.
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RECENT
ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS
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In
May 2014, the FASB issued ASU 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers Topic 606 (“ASU 2014-09”) which outlines
a single comprehensive model for entities to use in accounting for revenue arising from contracts with customers and supersedes
most current revenue recognition guidance, including industry-specific guidance. Revenue recorded under ASU 2014-09 will depict
the transfer of promised goods or services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration to which the entity expects
to be entitled in exchange for those goods or services. This guidance is effective for the Company’s fiscal year beginning
January 1, 2018 and early adoption is not permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the potential effect of this standard
on its consolidated financial statements.
Excel
Corporation and Subsidiaries
Notes
to Consolidated Financial Statements
March
31, 2017
Unaudited
3.
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RECENT
ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS (Continued)
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In
November 2015, the FASB issued ASU No. 2015-17, Balance Sheet Classification of Deferred Taxes. ASU 2015-17 eliminates the requirement
to bifurcate deferred taxes between current and noncurrent on the balance sheet and requires that deferred tax assets and liabilities
be classified as noncurrent on the balance sheet. The guidance in the ASU is effective for fiscal years beginning after December
15, 2016, including interim periods within those fiscal years. The Company had a 100% valuation allowance on the deferred tax
assets at March 31, 2017, as such this standard does not impact the financial position at March 31, 2017.
In
February 2016, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2016-02, Leases (Topic 842) (“ASU 2016-02”),
which sets out the principles for the recognition, measurement, presentation and disclosure of leases for both parties to a contract.
The new standard requires lessees to apply a dual approach, classifying leases as either finance or operating leases based on
the principle of whether or not the lease is effectively a financed purchase by the lessee. This classification will determine
whether lease expense is recognized based on an effective interest method or on a straight-line basis over the term of the lease.
A lessee is also required to record a right-of-use asset and a lease liability for all leases with a term of greater than 12 months
regardless of their classification. Leases with a term of 12 months or less will be accounted for similar to existing guidance
for operating leases today. The new standard requires lessors to account for leases using an approach that is substantially equivalent
to existing guidance for sales-type leases, direct financing leases and operating leases. ASU 2016-02 supersedes the previous
leases standard, Leases (Topic 840). The standard is effective on January 1, 2019, with early adoption permitted. The Company
is currently evaluating the potential effect of this standard on its consolidated financial statements.
On
August 26, 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-15, “
Statement of Cash Flows - Classification of Certain Cash Receipts and
Cash Payments (Topic 230)
.” This ASU is intended to reduce the diversity in practice around how certain transactions
are classified within the statement of cash flows. The ASU’s amendments add or clarify guidance on eight cash flow issues:
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Debt
prepayment or debt extinguishment costs.
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Settlement
of zero-coupon debt instruments or other debt instruments with coupon interest rates that are insignificant in relation to
the effective interest rate of the borrowing.
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Contingent
consideration payments made after a business combination.
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Proceeds
from the settlement of insurance claims.
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Proceeds
from the settlement of corporate-owned life insurance policies, including bank-owned life insurance policies.
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Distributions
received from equity method investees.
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Beneficial
interests in securitization transactions.
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Separately
identifiable cash flows and application of the predominance principle.
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The
guidance in the ASU is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2017, including interim periods within those fiscal
years. The Company has evaluated the potential effect of this standard on its consolidated financial statements and determined
this standard does not impact the financial position at March 31, 2017.
In
January 2017, the FASB issued ASU 2017-04, Intangibles-Goodwill and Other (Topic 350) (“ASU 2017-04”), which currently
requires an entity that has not elected the private company alternative for goodwill to perform a two-step test to determine the
amount, if any, of goodwill impairment. In Step 1, an entity compares the fair value of a reporting unit with its carrying amount,
including goodwill. If the carrying amount of the reporting unit exceeds its fair value, the entity performs Step 2 and compares
the implied fair value of goodwill with the carrying amount of that goodwill for that reporting unit. An impairment charge equal
to the amount by which the carrying amount of goodwill for the reporting unit exceeds the implied fair value of that goodwill
is recorded, limited to the amount of goodwill allocated to that reporting unit.
To
address concerns over the cost and complexity of the two-step goodwill impairment test, the amendments in this Update remove the
second step of the test. An entity will apply a one-step quantitative test and record the amount of goodwill impairment as the
excess of a reporting unit's carrying amount over its fair value, not to exceed the total amount of goodwill allocated to the
reporting unit. The new guidance does not amend the optional qualitative assessment of goodwill impairment. The guidance in the
ASU is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2019, including interim periods within those fiscal years, early
adoption is permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the potential effect of this standard on its consolidated financial
statements.
Accounting
standards that have been issued or proposed by the FASB or other standards-setting bodies that do not require adoption until a
future date are not expected to have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements upon adoption.
Excel
Corporation and Subsidiaries
Notes
to Consolidated Financial Statements
March
31, 2017
Unaudited
4.
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DISCONTINUED
OPERATIONS
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On
April 30, 2016, Securus entered into the 2016 Purchase Agreement with Chyp. In connection with the 2016 Purchase Agreement, Chyp
executed a three-year preferred marketing agreement with eVance.
Pursuant
to the 2016 Purchase Agreement, Chyp acquired substantially all of the operations of Securus including its sales and marketing
operations located in Portland, Oregon and West Palm Beach, Florida. Securus retained its approximately 5,000 merchants and related
merchant processing residual portfolio. Securus also retained substantially all of its liabilities, including but not limited
to, its note payable with Blue Acre Ventures (BAV), trade payables as well as liabilities to merchants.
Pursuant to the 2016 Purchase Agreement, Securus provided financial assistance to Chyp in the form of
a forgivable loan to support the transition of Securus’ operations to Chyp. Securus advanced Chyp $500,000 during 2016 and
$50,000 in January 2017 for a total of $550,000. Accordingly, Chyp executed a $550,000 promissory note (the “Chyp Note”)
in favor of Securus. The Chyp Note bears an interest rate of 12% per annum with both the principal and interest due on May 1, 2017.
The Company does not believe that Chyp was in material compliance with the 2016 Purchase Agreement and has not cancelled the Chyp
Note. The Company and Chyp are in discussions concerning a resolution of the matter. Securus will also reimburse Chyp for commissions
payable to Chyp employees and agents on Securus’ residual portfolio as if those agents and employees were still employed
by Securus. Chyp is owned by Steven Lemma and Mychol Robirds, who are former executives of Securus.
We
accounted for the sale of the Securus operations to Chyp in accordance with ASC 205-20-45-1 and have classified the assets and
operations sold to Chyp as discontinued operations. In 2016, the Company recorded a loss on disposal of $840,641 related to the
transaction. The charge includes a $290,641 write-off of the net assets acquired by Chyp and $550,000 for the financial assistance
to be provided to Chyp.
A
summary of results of discontinued operations is as follows:
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Three
Months
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Ended
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March
31, 2016
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Revenues
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$
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1,683,135
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Operating
expenses
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(3,030,164
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)
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Pre-tax
loss from discontinued operations
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(1,347,029
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)
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Loss
from discontinued operations, net of tax
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$
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(1,347,029
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)
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5.
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PROPERTY
AND EQUIPMENT
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Property
and equipment consists of the following as of March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016:
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March
31,
2017
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December 31,
2016
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Computer
software
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$
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63,692
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$
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38,607
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Equipment
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181,202
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163,394
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Furniture &
fixtures
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38,682
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38,882
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Leasehold
improvements
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16,503
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16,538
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Total cost
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300,079
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257,421
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Less
accumulated depreciation
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(108,040
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)
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(86,979
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)
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Property
and equipment – net
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$
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192,039
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$
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170,442
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Excel
Corporation and Subsidiaries
Notes
to Consolidated Financial Statements
March
31, 2017
Unaudited
The
Company executed a lease for its corporate offices in Irving Texas. The lease began on November 1, 2014 and has a term of 63 months
with monthly payments ranging from $0 to $6,428.
eVance
leases its Georgia office facilities under an operating lease expiring in November 2019. Monthly lease payments range from $8,278
to $9,046 throughout the term of the lease.
Total rent expense for the period ended
March 31, 2017 was $50,648, compared to $132,623 for the period ended March 31, 2016.
The
future minimum lease payments required under long-term operating leases as of March 31, 2017 are as follows:
2017
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$
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131,775
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2018
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179,489
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2019
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174,946
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2020
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6,430
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2021 and after
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-
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Total
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$
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492,640
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The
following summarizes the Company’s outstanding notes payable:
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March 31, 2017
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December 31, 2016
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Term Loan due November 2019, bearing interest at 18%, secured by substantially all of the assets of the Company
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12,845,667
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12,809,252
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|
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|
|
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Less current portion
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(12,845,667
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)
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(12,809,252
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)
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|
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|
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Long-term portion of notes payable
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$
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-
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$
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-
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On
November 2, 2016, the Company and certain of the Company’s subsidiaries entered into a Loan and Security Agreement (the
“Loan Agreement”) with GACP Finance Co. LLC as administrative agent (“Agent”) and the other lenders as
from time to time party thereto. The Loan Agreement has a three-year term and provides for term loan commitments of up to $25,000,000
consisting of an Initial Term Loan in the amount of $13,500,000 and a Delayed Draw Term Loan in the amount of $11,500,000 (each
a “Loan” or together “Loans”). The Company used the proceeds from the Initial Term Loan to repay all of
its existing secured debt.
Before
the default described below, the Loan accrued interest of 18% per annum of which 13% was payable in cash monthly and 5% is payable
in kind (PIK). The cash interest has been increased from 13% to 16%. Pursuant to the Loan Agreement, the Loan is secured by substantially
all of the assets of the Company including but not limited to the Company’s residual portfolios. In addition, certain of
Excel’s subsidiaries are guarantors under the Loan Agreement.
The
Company incurred financing costs in the amount of $1,075,369 in connection with the Loan Agreement. These costs are shown as a
reduction of the loan amount on the accompanying consolidated balance sheet as of March 31, 2017, and are being amortized as interest
expense over the term of the Loan. In addition, the interest that is payable in kind is added to the Loan balance. The following
chart summarizes the amount outstanding under the Loan.
Excel
Corporation and Subsidiaries
Notes
to Consolidated Financial Statements
March
31, 2017
Unaudited
7.
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NOTES
PAYABLE (Continued)
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March 31,
2017
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Term Loan
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$
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13,500,000
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Net deferred financing costs
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(937,935
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)
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Accrued interest payable in kind
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283,602
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Note payable
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$
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12,845,667
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The Loan Agreement contains
customary events of default, non-payment of principal or other amounts under the Loan Agreement, breach of covenants and certain
voluntary and involuntary bankruptcy events. The Loan Agreement also contains certain financial covenants including maintenance
of certain EBITDA levels and minimum liquidity. If any event of default occurs and is continuing, the Lender may declare all amounts
owed to be due (except for a bankruptcy event of default), in which case such amounts will automatically become due and payable.
On May 5, 2017, the Company received written notice that it was in default under the Loan Agreement for a breach of covenants.
As a result of the default, the Lender increased the cash interest payable on the loan from 13% per annum to 16% per annum (the
“Default Rate”). In addition, as of April 30, 2017, the principal due under the Loan Agreement was $13,783,602. The
April 30, 2017 loan balance was in excess of the borrowing base as calculated under the Loan Agreement and the Company made a
principal payment on May 8, 2017 of $512,583 to reduce the loan balance to be within the borrowing base. The Lender has also terminated
its commitment to lend funds or extend credit to the Company. As such, the note is classified as current on the accompanying consolidated
balance sheets in accordance with ASC 470-10-45. In accordance with ASU 205-40, the classification of the debt as current raises
substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. Management has evaluated its financial position
and future planned operating results with respect to the breach of covenants and determined that it is not probable that the Lender
will declare all amounts due and payable and that in the improbable case that if the Lender declares all amounts under the Loan
Agreement due and payable that the Company would be able to satisfy the obligations. The Company is discussing a resolution of
the default with the Lender and believes that it will be able to do so. The Company is currently able to meet its debt service
requirements and operating expenses out of its cash flows from operations and expects to be able to do so for at least the next
twelve months. The Company’s strategy includes acquisitions of residual portfolios and the execution of any such portfolio
would likely be accretive to earnings and improve the Company’s cash flow and debt service capabilities. In the event that
the Lender accelerates all amounts due or requested that the Company reduce the outstanding debt, management currently believes
that it would be able to satisfy such obligations by selling a portion of its residual portfolio of monthly recurring revenue
without disrupting its operations. Management also believes that if required, the debt outstanding under the Loan Agreement could
be refinanced with another lender. There can be no assurance that the Company will be able to resolve the matter with the Lender
or execute on its contingency plans in the event it is unable to resolve the matter with the Lender.
The Company accounts for income taxes in accordance with FASB Accounting Standards Codification Topic 740-10 which requires
the Company to provide a net deferred tax asset/liability equal to the expected future tax benefit/expense of temporary reporting
differences between book and tax accounting methods and any available operating loss or tax credit carryforwards. At March
31, 2017 and December 31, 2016, the Company had available unused operating loss carryforwards of $4,772,677 and $4,194,335,
respectively, which generated a deferred tax benefits of $1,765,890 and $1,551,904, respectively. The Company had a 100% valuation
allowance on the deferred tax assets at March 31, 2017. The net operating loss carryforwards will begin to expire in 2036.
After analyzing our forecasted tax position at March 31, 2017, we currently expect to utilize all of our net operating loss
carryforwards prior to their expiration dates.
The
Company accounts for uncertainties in income taxes in accordance with FASB ASC Topic 740 “Accounting for Uncertainty in
Income Taxes”. The Company has determined that there are no significant uncertain tax positions requiring recognition in
its financial statements.
In
the event the Company is assessed for interest and/or penalties by taxing authorities, such assessed amounts will be classified
in the financial statements as income tax expense. Tax years 2014 through 2016 remain subject to examination by Federal and state
taxing authorities.
Excel
Corporation and Subsidiaries
Notes
to Consolidated Financial Statements
March
31, 2017
Unaudited
On
March 18, 2016, the Company issued 2,300,000 Shares of Series B Convertible Preferred Stock (“Series B Shares”) to
each of Thomas A. Hyde Jr. and Robert L. Winspear (each a “Holder” and collectively the “Holders”) at
a price of $0.05 per share pursuant to subscription agreements between the Company and the Holders. Mr. Hyde is the President,
Chief Executive Officer and a Director of the Company. Mr. Winspear is the Chief Financial Officer of the Company.
The
Series B Shares are convertible into shares of the Company’s common stock par value $0.0001 (“Common Stock”)
on a ratio of 1-to-1, subject to adjustment for stock splits and stock dividends. The Series B Shares rank senior to the Common
Stock and other preferred shares and carry a liquidation preference of $.05 per share. Holders of the Series B Shares are entitled
to receive dividends declared on the Company’s Common Stock on an as converted basis. Each Series B Share entitles the Holder
thereof to 20 votes per share on all matters subject to voting by holders of the Company’s Common Stock. The issuance of
a total of 4,600,000 shares of Series B Shares, entitles the Holders thereof to a combined 92,000,000 votes. Under the terms of
the Series B Shares, the Company has the right to require a Holder to convert the Series B Shares into Common Stock at any time
after the Holder resigns, is terminated or otherwise ceases to be an officer of the Company. In addition, the Company has the
right at any time after July 18, 2016 to repurchase and retire all but not less than all of the Series B Preferred Stock for $0.05
per share provided that it gives notice to the Holder of the Company’s intent to redeem the shares and the Holder does not
elect to convert the Series B Shares into Common Stock in lieu of the redemption.
In
connection with the issuance of the Series B Shares, the Company and the Holders executed a Stockholders Agreement (the “Agreement”)
whereby the Holders agreed not to initiate directly or indirectly any stockholder vote or action, by written consent or otherwise,
to increase the size or structure of the Company’s board of directors or remove any existing director, nor initiate directly
or indirectly any stockholder vote or action by written consent or otherwise, to affect Holders’ executive compensation,
bonus criteria and amounts, or other similar action. The Holders also agreed to convert the Series B Shares immediately upon termination,
whether voluntary or involuntary, or upon their resignation for any reason.
The table below lists outstanding
warrants as of March 31, 2017:
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Shares
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|
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Exercise Price
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|
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Warrants
Expire
|
Warrants issued November 30, 2015
|
|
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5,452,458
|
|
|
$
|
0.05
|
|
|
November 30, 2025
|
Warrants issued April 12, 2016
|
|
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500,000
|
|
|
$
|
0.06
|
|
|
October 12, 2017
|
Warrants outstanding March 31
|
|
|
5,952,458
|
|
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—
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The Company has no stock options
outstanding as of March 31, 2017.