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BANK DEBT
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2017
BANK DEBT [Abstract]  
BANK DEBT
NOTE 10.
BANK DEBT:

On July 1, 2016, the Company entered into a Loan and Security Agreement (the “Loan Agreement”), with its wholly-owned subsidiaries Ameri and Partners Inc and Ameri Georgia, as borrowers (the “Borrowers”), the Company and its wholly-owned subsidiary Linear Logics, Corp. serving as guarantors, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, Giri Devanur, serving as a validity guarantor, and Sterling National Bank, N.A. (as lender and as agent, “Sterling”). The Company joined Ameri Arizona, Virtuoso and Ameri California as borrowers under the Loan Agreement following their respective acquisition.

Under the Loan Agreement, the Borrowers can borrow up to an aggregate of $10 million, which includes up to $8 million in principal for revolving loans (the “Revolving Loans”) for general working capital purposes, up to $2 million in principal pursuant to a term loan (the “Term Loan”) for the purpose of a permitted business acquisition and up to $200,000 for letters of credit. A portion of the proceeds of the Loan Agreement were also used to repay the November 20, 2015 credit facility that was entered into between the Company, its wholly-owned subsidiary Ameri Georgia and Federal National Payables, Inc.

The maturity of the loans under the Loan Agreement are as follows:

Revolving Loan Maturity Date: July 1, 2019; provided, however, that the Revolving Loan Maturity Date will extend and renew automatically for successive one-year terms on each anniversary of the initial Revolving Loan Maturity Date (each an “Anniversary Date”) thereafter, unless not less than sixty (60) days prior to any such Anniversary Date, written notice of non-renewal is given by either party to the other, in which case the Revolving Loan Maturity Date will be such next Anniversary Date.

Term Loan Maturity Date: The earliest of (a) the date following acceleration of the Term Loan and/or the Revolving Loans; (b) the Revolving Loan Maturity Date; or (c) July 1, 2019.

Interest under the Loan Agreement is payable monthly in arrears and accrues as follows:

(a)
in the case of Revolving Loans, a rate per annum equal to the sum of (i) the Wall Street Journal Prime Rate plus (ii) 2.00%;
 
(b)
in the case of the Term Loan, a rate per annum equal to the sum of (i) the Wall Street Journal Prime Rate plus (ii) 3.75%; and

(c)
in the case of other obligations of the Borrowers, a rate per annum equal to the sum of (i) the greater of (A) 3.25% or (B) Wall Street Journal Prime Rate plus (ii) 3.75%.

The Loan Agreement also requires the payment of certain fees, including, but not limited to letter of credit fees and an unused Revolving Loans fee.

The Loan Agreement contains financial and other covenant requirements, including, but not limited to, financial covenants that require the Borrowers to not permit capital expenditures above $150,000 in any fiscal year, maintain a fixed charge coverage ratio of not less than 2.00 to 1.00 and maintain certain debt to EBITDA ratios. The Loan Agreement also requires the Company and Borrowers to obtain Sterling’s consent before making any permitted acquisitions.  The amounts borrowed by the Borrowers under the Loan Agreement are guaranteed by the guarantors, and the Loan Agreement is secured by substantially all of the Borrowers’ assets.

The principal amount of the Term Loan will be repaid as follows: (i) equal consecutive monthly installments in the amount of $33,333.33 each, paid on the first day of each calendar month and (ii) one final payment of the entire remaining principal balance, together with all accrued unpaid interest on the Term Loan maturity date.

On August 28, 2017, the Company and certain of its subsidiaries obtained an incremental term loan from Sterling National Bank in the amount of $343,200.58, which amount shall be an addition to and comprise a part of the existing term loan under the existing Loan Agreement.
 
The Company has not been in compliance with the financial covenants contained in its Loan Agreement with Sterling National Bank.  The Company received waivers from Sterling National Bank for its non-compliance with the Loan Agreement for the quarters ended March 31, 2017, June 30, 2017 and September 30, 2017 in exchange for the payment of a fee of $5,000 for each quarterly waiver. The Company does not expect to be in compliance with the terms of the Loan Agreement following the conclusion of the terms of the waivers granted by Sterling National Bank. The Company is continuing to work with Sterling National Bank to address its non-compliance.
 
If we are unable to obtain future waivers from Sterling National Bank, the bank could declare our loans with it to be in default and elect to claim all amounts outstanding to be immediately due and payable and terminate all commitments to extend further credit. If we are unable to repay the outstanding amounts, Sterling National Bank could proceed against the collateral granted to it to secure our indebtedness to it. We pledged substantially all of our assets as collateral under the Loan Agreement.  The Loan Agreement is also supported by a limited guaranty from Giri Devanur, our President and Chief Executive Officer. If Sterling National Bank accelerates the repayment of our loans, there is no assurance that we will have sufficient assets to repay the loans. A default under the Loan Agreement may also result in an event of default under the Company’s outstanding convertible notes.  We are currently looking for additional sources of financing, however there is no guarantee that we will have additional financing available to us.
 
Interest paid on the Term Loan during the nine months ended September 30, 2017 amounted to $108,206. Principal repaid on the Term Loan during the nine months ended September 30, 2017 was $304,144. The short term and long-term outstanding balances on the Term Loan as of September 30, 2017 was $406,156 and $1,575,206, respectively. The outstanding balance of the Revolving Loans as of September 30, 2017 was $3,765,391.

Bigtech, which was acquired as of July 1, 2016, had a term loan of $14,695 and a line of credit for $305,282 as of September 30, 2017. The Bigtech line of credit is with an Indian bank, HDFC Bank Limited, and was entered into on September 3, 2015 for Bigtech’s working capital requirements. The line of credit is for up to $416,667 with an interest rate of 11.85% per annum and maturity in June 2020. The Bigtech term loan accrues interest at the rate of 10.30% per annum and matures in 2020. Both the term loan and the line of credit were already in place when the Company acquired Bigtech. Interest paid during the nine months ended September 30, 2017 amounted to $1,486 for the term loan and $28,560 line of credit held by Bigtech.