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Debt and Leases
9 Months Ended
Jul. 31, 2014
Debt and Capital Lease Obligations [Abstract]  
Debt and Capital Leases Disclosures [Text Block]
Debt and Leases
As of July 31, 2014 and October 31, 2013, debt consisted of the following:
 
 
July 31, 2014
 
October 31, 2013
Revolving credit facility
 
$
945

 
$
6,500

Senior Unsecured Convertible Notes
 

 
38,000

Connecticut Development Authority Note
 
3,086

 
3,246

Connecticut Clean Energy and Finance Investment Authority Note
 
6,052

 
5,744

Capitalized lease obligations
 
713

 
497

Total debt
 
10,796

 
53,987

Unamortized debt discount
 

 
(3,106
)
 
 
10,796

 
50,881

Current portion of long-term debt
 
(1,404
)
 
(6,931
)
Long-term debt
 
$
9,392

 
$
43,950





Aggregate annual principal payments under our loan agreements and capital lease obligations, excluding payments relating to the revolving credit facility, for the years subsequent to July 31, 2014 are as follows:
 
 
 
 
Year 1
$
459

Year 2
500

Year 3
401

Year 4
2,434

Year 5
6

  Thereafter
6,051

 
$
9,851

 
 


On July 30, 2014, the Company's subsidiary, FuelCell Energy Finance, LLC (“FuelCell Finance”) entered into a Loan Agreement (the “Loan Agreement”) with NRG Energy, Inc. ("NRG"). Pursuant to the Loan Agreement, NRG has extended a $40.0 million revolving construction and term financing facility to FuelCell Finance for the purpose of accelerating project development by the Company and its subsidiaries. FuelCell Finance and its subsidiaries may draw on the facility to finance the construction of projects through the commercial operating date of the power plants. FuelCell Finance has the option to continue the financing term for each project after the commercial operating date for a maximum term of five years per project. The interest rate is 8.5 percent per annum for construction-period financing and 8 percent percent thereafter. Fees that were paid by FuelCell Finance to NRG for making the loan facility available and related legal fees incurred were capitalized and will be amortized straight-line over the life of the related loan agreement, which is five years.
On June 25, 2013, the Company sold $38.0 million in aggregate principal amount of 8.0% Senior Unsecured Convertible Notes ("Notes"). During the nine months ended July 31, 2014, the total $38.0 million of outstanding principal was converted by Note holders and the Company issued 24,516,141 shares of common stock. In connection with the conversion of the Notes, the Company recorded an increase in common stock and additional paid in capital based on the carrying value of the converted Notes which included the converted Notes principal, a proportional amount of unamortized debt discount, and a proportional amount of unamortized debt issuance costs. The change of control put redemption and interest make-whole payment upon conversion features embedded in the Notes required bifurcation from the host debt contract. The aggregate fair value of these derivatives as of July 31, 2014 and October 31, 2013 is $0 and $4.7 million, respectively. As a result of the Note conversions, 5,514,272 shares were issued and a payment of $0.3 million was made to settle the make-whole payment. The total fair value of the shares issued for the make-whole payment was $12.9 million which resulted in a charge of $8.7 million and a reduction to the embedded derivative liability of $4.6 million. The derivatives were included in Long term debt and other liabilities on the consolidated balance sheets and the make-whole charge is included in Other income (expense), net on the consolidated statements of operations.
As of July 31, 2014, the Company had outstanding principal on its revolving credit facility with JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. (the "Bank") totaling $0.9 million. On August 1, 2014, the Company entered into a new revolving credit facility with the Bank which has a total available borrowing capacity of $4.0 million. This credit facility replaces the Company’s previous credit facility with the Bank which expired concurrent with this agreement. The agreement has a one year term with renewal provisions. The outstanding principal balance of the facility bears interest, at the option of the Company, of either the one-month LIBOR plus 1.5 percent or the prime rate of JP Morgan Chase. The facility is secured by certain working capital assets and general intangibles, up to the amount of the outstanding facility balance.
In April 2008, we entered into a 10-year loan agreement with the Connecticut Development Authority allowing for a maximum amount borrowed of $4.0 million. The interest rate is 5% and the loan is collateralized by the assets procured under this loan as well as $4.0 million of additional machinery and equipment. Repayment terms require interest and principal payments through May 2018.

On March 5, 2013 the Company closed on a long-term loan agreement with the Connecticut Clean Energy and Finance Investment Authority (CEFIA) totaling $5.9 million in support of the Bridgeport Fuel Cell Park project. The loan agreement carries an interest rate of 5.0%. Interest only payments commenced in January 2014 and principal payments will commence on the eighth anniversary of the project's provisional acceptance date, which is December 20, 2021, payable in forty eight equal monthly installments. Outstanding amounts are secured by future cash flows from the Bridgeport Fuel Cell Park service agreement.