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FINANCING ARRANGEMENTS
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2012
FINANCING ARRANGEMENTS [abstract]  
FINANCING ARRANGEMENTS
FINANCING ARRANGEMENTS

     The Company has a variety of debt and credit facilities to satisfy the financing requirements of its operations and the countries within which it operates. These arrangements are tabulated below.

All amounts are in $ thousands

Lines of credit
September 30, 2012

December 31, 2011

Lloyds TSB Commercial Finance

139

FACTOCIC
222

329

Bridge Bank
126


Lines of credit
$
348

$
468

 
 
 
Long-term debt
September 30, 2012

December 31, 2011

Lloyds TSB term loan
982

1,093

PEM credit agreement

1,000

Promissory notes payable
2,877

2,877

Capital lease obligations
224

258

 
4,083

5,228

Unamortized premium on debt

45

 
4,083

5,273

Current portion of long-term debt
(1,069
)
(1,658
)
Long-term debt
$
3,014

$
3,615



Details of the borrowings set out in the table above are explained below.

Lloyds TSB Commercial Finance

On August 31, 2010, two of the Company’s UK subsidiaries, Pascall Electronics Limited (“Pascall”) and XCEL Power Systems, Ltd. (“XCEL”), each entered into a Receivables Finance Agreement with Lloyds TSB Commercial Finance (“Lloyds”) (each, a “Receivables Finance Agreement” and, collectively, the “Receivables Finance Agreements”), pursuant to which Lloyds agreed to provide Pascall and XCEL with a credit facility to support their UK operations in the aggregate principal amount of £2,750,000 ($4,446,200 based on the exchange rate on September 30, 2012), in each case at a discount charge of 2.5% above the base rate, and a service fee of 0.2%.  The Receivables Finance Agreement between Pascall and Lloyds is secured by the All Assets Debenture, dated August 31, 2010, given by Pascall Electronics Limited in favor of Lloyds TSB Commercial Finance Limited (the “Pascall Debenture”) and the Receivables Finance Agreement between XCEL and Lloyds is secured by the All Assets Debenture, dated August 31, 2010, given by XCEL Power Systems Limited in favor of Lloyds TSB Commercial Finance Limited (the “XCEL Debenture”).  The Receivables Finance Agreements bear interest at the base rate plus 2.5% on the outstanding balance which is paid monthly.  As of September 30, 2012, outstanding borrowings under the Receivable Finance Agreements were $0.
 
FACTOCIC

On September 20, 2010, the Company’s French subsidiary, CXR AJ entered into an accounts receivable financing arrangement with FACTOCIC S.A., a subsidiary of CIC Group (“CIC”) (the “CIC Agreement”), pursuant to which CIC agreed to provide CXR AJ a financing arrangement to support its French operations at an advance rate of 90% of presented receivables. The CIC Agreement bears interest at the three month EURIBOR plus 1.4%As of September 30, 2012, CXR AJ had $222,000 of outstanding borrowings under the CIC Agreement.

Bridge Bank

On November 15, 2010, CXR Larus and Bridge Bank, National Association (“Bridge Bank”) executed a Business Financing Agreement, dated as of October 22, 2010 (the “Business Financing Agreement”), pursuant to which, Bridge Bank agreed to provide to CXR Larus up to $800,000 of advance on trade accounts receivable at an advance rate of 80% with interest at the Prime Rate plus 3.25%  To secure Bridge Bank’s obligations, Bridge Bank was granted a continuing security interest in certain collateral of CXR Larus.  The Company has guaranteed the obligations of CXR Larus under the Business Financing Agreement pursuant to a Guaranty dated as of October 22, 2010, effective November 15, 2010.  As of September 30, 2012, CXR Larus had borrowings of $126,000 under the Business Financing Agreement.

Lloyds TSB Term Loan

On August 2, 2011, EMRISE Electronics Limited (“EEL”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of EMRISE Corporation, entered into a term loan with Lloyds TSB Bank plc (“Lloyds Bank”) in the amount of £750,000 (“Lloyds Term Loan”).  As a condition to issuing the Lloyds Term Loan, each of the operating subsidiaries of EEL, Pascall and XCEL, were required to provide £125,000 to an escrow account in each subsidiary's name. The agreement required the funds to be held in escrow through September 2012, at which time Lloyds Bank could review and either renew or release the funds. At September 30, 2012 these sums remained in escrow with Lloyds Bank. Since the timing of release of the restricted funds is uncertain and Lloyds Bank is allowed to renew the restriction annually for the term of the loan, the total amount of £250,000 ($404,000 based on the exchange rate at September 30, 2012) is included in the accompanying balance sheet as a non-current asset. The Lloyds Term Loan bears interest at a fixed rate of the aggregate of 4.75% per annum and the rate quoted by the Lloyds Bank Wholesale Markets division at or about the time of borrowing.  Principal and interest are payable monthly over 60 months commencing one month after the date of borrowing.  The Lloyds Term Loan is subject to a financial covenant requiring a minimum net worth at EEL from and after December 31, 2011 of not less than £4,200,000 and shall increase annually by not less than £200,000.  The Lloyds Term Loan was funded on August 30, 2011. As of September 30, 2012, £607,599 ($982,000 based on the exchange rate at September 30, 2012) was outstanding under the Lloyds Term Loan.

PEM
 
The PEM Credit Agreement was originally advanced in November 2007 for an aggregate amount of $26 million. Since that date, the Company has repaid portions of the loan in accordance with the loan terms. On February 8, 2012, the Lender accepted a Second Amended and Restated Term Loan A Note, which was amended for terms both of principal repayment and maturity date (the “Note”). The Note was payable on a monthly interest only basis through to February 28, 2013 (the “Maturity Date"). The Note was payable at a rate of 15.5% per annum until paid in full, plus any applicable default rate or late fees. The Note required a one-time principal payment to the Lender on or before February 29, 2012 in the amount of $500,000. This was paid on schedule. In addition, if the Company paid certain amounts of principal before specific dates, the remainder of the principal amount would be deemed to be paid in full. Under this provision, the Company paid $225,000 prior to June 30, 2012 and as a result, the accrued balance outstanding (including an accrual for the debt premium) was extinguished.

Promissory Notes Payable 
 
The promissory notes are subordinated contingent promissory notes, which were originally issued in May 2008. Since this date there have been further amendments, most recently, effective November 1, 2012 (the “Amended Subordinated Contingent Notes”).  The Amended Subordinated Contingent Notes bear interest at the prime rate as reported in The Wall Street Journal plus 4% (previously prime rate plus 1%) and mature on December 15, 2014 (the ''Maturity Date'')(previously August 31, 2013). Interest is payable quarterly through to the Maturity Date. Principal payments are now scheduled to commence on January 15, 2013 in the amount of $0.3 million. Further payments of principal amounting to $0.3 million will be payable on each of September 15, 2013, March 15, 2014, and September 15, 2014. The outstanding principal balance of $1.7 million is due at the Maturity Date.  As of September 30, 2012, the outstanding principal balance under the Amended Subordinated Contingent Promissory Notes was $2,877,000.