Debt

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2019

2024 Notes

In September 2019, the Company entered into a Note Agreement dated September 24, 2019 (the “Note Agreement”) with certain subsidiaries of the Company party thereto as guarantors, Goldman Sachs Specialty Lending Holdings, Inc. and any other purchasers party thereto from time to time (collectively, the “Holders”). Under the Note Agreement, the Company initially issued

$35.0 million aggregate principal amount of senior secured notes (the "2024 Notes"), which bear interest at either a floating rate plus an applicable margin in the case of 2024 Notes subject to cash interest payments or a floating rate plus a slightly higher applicable margin in the case of 2024 Notes as to which current interest has been accrued during the period ending September 24, 2020, which resulted in interest rate of 15.75% for the year-ended December 31, 2019. The applicable margins are subject to stepdowns, in each case, following the achievement of certain financial ratios. The Company has elected for the $35 million in aggregate principal amount of 2024 Notes issued on the date of the Note Agreement that such interest shall be payable in cash. The Holder is obligated to purchase up to an additional $10.0 million in principal amount of 2024 Notes during the period from the date of the Note Agreement until the second anniversary thereof. The entire principal amount of the 2024 Notes is due and payable on the fifth anniversary of the Note Agreement unless earlier redeemed upon the occurrence of certain mandatory prepayment events, including with the proceeds of equity or debt issuances, 50% of excess cash flow, asset sales and the amount by which total debt exceeds an applicable leverage multiple.

The Note Agreement contains customary covenants, including, among others, covenants that restrict the Company’s ability to incur debt, grant liens, make certain investments and acquisitions, pay dividends, repurchase equity interests, repay certain debt, amend certain contracts, enter into affiliate transactions and asset sales or make certain equity issuances, and covenants that require the Company to, among other things, provide annual, quarterly and monthly financial statements, together with related compliance certificates, maintain its property in good repair, maintain insurance and comply with applicable laws. The Note Agreement also includes covenants with respect to the Company’s maintenance of certain financial ratios, including a fixed charge coverage ratio, leverage ratio and consolidated liquidity as well as minimum levels of consolidated adjusted EBITDA and revenue. The Note Agreement also contains customary events of default, including, among others, payment default, bankruptcy events, cross-default, breaches of covenants and representations and warranties, change of control, judgment defaults and an ownership change within the meaning of Section 382 of the Internal Revenue Code. In the case of an event of default, the Holder may, among other remedies, accelerate the payment of all obligations under the 2024 Notes and all assets of the Company serves as collateral. Any prepayment of the 2024 Notes or reduction of the purchase commitments made on or prior to the second anniversary of the Closing Date must be accompanied by a yield maintenance premium and on or prior to the third anniversary of the Closing Date must be accompanied by a prepayment premium.

In accounting for the issuance of the 2024 Notes, the Company separated the 2024 Notes into liability and equity components. The fair value of the liability component was estimated using an interest rate for debt with terms similar to the 2024 Notes. The carrying amount of the equity component was calculated by measuring the fair value based on the Black-Scholes model. The gross proceeds from the transaction was allocated between liability and equity based on the proportionate value. The debt discount is accreted to interest expense over the term of the 2024 Notes using the interest method. The equity component is not re-measured as long as it continues to meet the conditions for equity classification.

The assumptions used in the Black-Scholes option-pricing model are determined as follows:


	December 31, 2019
Volatility	98.01	%
Risk-free interest rate	1.58	%
Expected life (in years)	7
Dividend yield	0	%

The Company is in compliance with all debt covenants at December 31, 2019.

2022 Loan

In June 2018, the Company entered into a venture loan and security agreement (the “2022 Loan”) with Horizon Technology Finance Corporation (“Horizon”), which provides for up to $7.5 million in loans to the Company. In addition, in June 2018, the Company entered into a loan and security agreement (the “A/R Facility”) in connection with a $2.5 million receivables financing facility with Corporate Finance, a division of Heritage Bank of Commerce (“Heritage”). The Company borrowed and subsequently repaid $1.9 million on the A/R Facility during the six months ended June 30, 2019.

In March 2019, the Company entered into an amended and restated 2022 Loan with Horizon, which provides for up to $15.0 million in loans to the Company, including initial term loans in the amount of $7.5 million previously funded under the

original agreement and an additional up to $7.5 million loan in three revolving tranches of $2.5 million in availability, subject to the Company's achievement of trailing three month billings exceeding $5.0 million, $7.0 million and $8.0 million, respectively (collectively, the “Billing Requirements”). An initial advance of $2.5 million was funded upon the execution and delivery of the Amended Loan Agreement, subject to repayment if the foregoing $5.0 million threshold is not reached by July 1, 2019. The Company concurrently entered into an amendment to the previously disclosed $2.5 million A/R Facility with Heritage intended primarily to reflect the amendment and restatement of the Amended Loan Agreement. The Company have met all three of the Billing Requirements and as a result have incurred the full $7.5 million under the Amended Loan Agreement. In connection with our entry into the Amended Loan Agreement, the Company issued Horizon 40,279 seven-year warrants to purchase an aggregate of $600,000 (depending on the level of availability under the Amended Loan Agreement) at the trailing volume weighted average price (“VWAP”) of our common stock on the NASDAQ Capital Market for the five days preceding the relative dates of grants at a per share exercise price equal to the lower of (i) $9.93 or (ii) the price per share of any securities that may be issued by us in an equity financing during the 18 months following the agreement date.

The 2022 Loan bears interest at a floating coupon rate of the amount by which one-month LIBOR exceeds 2.00% plus 9.75%. After September 30, 2020, upon the earlier of (i) payment in full of the principal balance of the 2022 Loan, (ii) an event of default and demand by Lender of payment in full or (iii) on the Loan Maturity Date (September 30, 2022), as applicable, the Company shall pay to Lender a payment equal to the greater of $150,000 or 6% of the outstanding principal balance on August 31, 2020.

Upon the issuance of the 2024 Notes, the balance of the 2022 Loan was repaid and terminated. As part of the termination, the Company incurred $1.1 million of early termination costs and wrote off deferred debt issuance costs of $1.5 million, which has been recorded in other income/(expense) in the consolidated statement of operations.

2024 Notes and 2022 Loan

The 2024 Notes and 2022 Loan consist of the following (in thousands):


	December 31,		December 31,
Liability component	2019		2018
Principal	$	36,502	$	7,950
Less: debt discount	(4,905)		(478)
Net carrying amount	$	31,597	$	7,472

The following table sets forth total interest expense recognized related to the 2024 Notes and 2022 Loan (in thousands):


	December 31,		December 31,
	2019		2018
Contractual interest expense	$	2,653	$	388
Accretion of debt discount	394		182
Total	$	3,047	$	570