Debt



	September 30, 2019			December 31, 2018
Convertible Bond Debt	$	114,120,000		$	—
Debt discount and debt issuance costs - Convertible Bond Debt	(22,195,126		)	—
Convertible Bond Debt, net of debt discount and debt issuance costs	91,924,874			—
Norwegian Bond Debt	192,000,000			196,000,000
Debt discount and debt issuance costs - Norwegian Bond Debt	(4,490,435		)	(5,530,845		)
Less: Current Portion - Norwegian Bond Debt	(8,000,000		)	(8,000,000		)
Norwegian Bond Debt, net of debt discount and debt issuance costs	179,509,565			182,469,155
New Ultraco Debt Facility	143,342,658			—
Debt issuance costs - New Ultraco Debt Facility	(2,949,923		)	—
Less: Current Portion - New Ultraco Debt Facility	(23,164,490		)	—
New Ultraco Debt Facility, net of debt discount and debt issuance costs	117,228,245			—
New First Lien Facility	—			60,000,000
Debt discount and debt issuance costs - New First Lien Facility	—			(1,060,693		)
Less: Current Portion - New First Lien Facility	—			(10,750,000		)
New First Lien Facility, net of debt discount and debt issuance costs	—			48,189,307
Original Ultraco Debt Facility	—			82,600,000
Debt discount and debt issuance costs - Original Ultraco Debt Facility	—			(1,248,885		)
Less: Current portion - Original Ultraco Debt Facility	—			(10,426,230		)
Original Ultraco Debt Facility, net of debt discount and debt issuance costs	—			70,924,885
Total long-term debt	$	388,662,684		$	301,583,347

Convertible Bond Debt

On July 29, 2019, the Company issued $114.12 million in aggregate principal amount of 5.00% Convertible Senior Notes due 2024 (the “Convertible Bond Debt”) in a private placement to qualified institutional buyers pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and to certain non-U.S. persons in offshore transactions outside of the United States in reliance on Regulation S under the Securities Act, of which $45.5 million was purchased by affiliates of Oaktree Capital Management, L.P. and $23.7 million was purchased by affiliates of Golden Tree Asset Management LP. After deducting debt discount of $1.6 million, the Company received net proceeds of approximately $112.5 million. Additionally, the Company incurred $0.5 million of debt issuance costs relating to this transaction which is recorded in Other accrued liabilities in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet as of September, 30, 2019. The Company intends to use the proceeds for purchase of six identified modern Ultramax vessels and for general corporate purposes, including working capital. As of September 30, 2019, the Company utilized $62.1 million of the net proceeds for purchase of three Ultramax vessels which were delivered to the Company in September 2019. Additionally, the Company paid a deposit of $6.0 million for the three remaining vessels. The vessels are expected to be delivered in the fourth quarter of 2019.

The Convertible Bond Debt was issued under an indenture (the “Indenture”), dated as of July 29, 2019, between the Company and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as trustee (the “Trustee”). Pursuant to the Indenture, the Convertible Bond Debt bears interest at a rate of 5.00% per annum on the outstanding principal amount thereof, payable semi-annually in arrears on February 1 and August 1 of each year, commencing on February 1, 2020. The Convertible Bond Debt may bear additional interest upon certain events, including the Company’s failure to comply with its reporting requirements or failure to remove the restrictive legend on the Convertible Bond Debt. The Convertible Bond Debt may also bear special interest if the Company fails to satisfy certain conditions in connection with its share lending arrangements, including its obligation to file promptly after the date of the original issuance of the Convertible Bond Debt, and to seek to have declared effective no later than October 27, 2019, a resale registration statement (the “ Resale Registration Statement ”) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “ SEC ”) with respect to 3,582,880 shares of its common stock. The Company filed the Resale Registration Statement, which was declared effective October 15, 2019. If the Company becomes obligated to pay special interest the Company may, on or after October 27, 2019 and prior to July 29, 2020, at its option, redeem for cash all (but not less than all) of the Convertible Bond Debt at a redemption price equal to 101% of the principal amount of Convertible Bond Debt to be redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but not including, the redemption date, plus the applicable premium as set forth in the Indenture. The Convertible Bond Debt will mature on August 1, 2024 (the “Maturity Date”), unless earlier repurchased, redeemed or converted pursuant to its terms. The Company may not otherwise redeem the Convertible Bond Debt prior to the Maturity Date.

Each holder has the right to convert any portion of the Convertible Bond Debt, provided such portion is of $1,000 or a multiple thereof, at any time prior to the close of business on the business day immediately preceding the Maturity Date. The initial conversion rate of the Convertible Bond Debt is 178.1737 shares of the Company's common stock per $1,000 principal amount of Convertible Bond Debt (which is equivalent to an initial conversion price of approximately $5.61 per share of its common stock). The conversion rate will be subject to adjustment upon the occurrence of certain specified corporate events, but will not be adjusted for any accrued and unpaid interest.

Upon conversion, the Company will pay or deliver, as the case may be, either cash, shares of its common stock or a combination of cash and shares of its common stock, at the Company’s election, to the holder. However, without first obtaining shareholder approval in accordance with the listing standards of the Nasdaq Global Select Market, the Company may not issue shares of its common stock in excess of 19.9% of the common stock outstanding at the time the Convertible Bond Debt was initially issued.

If the Company undergoes a fundamental change, as set forth in the Indenture, each holder may require the Company to repurchase all or part of their Convertible Bond Debt for cash in principal amounts of $1,000 or a multiple thereof. The fundamental change repurchase price will be equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Convertible Bond Debt to be repurchased, plus accrued and unpaid interest. If, however, the holders instead elect to convert their Convertible Bond Debt in connection with the fundamental change, the Company will be required to increase the conversion rate of the Convertible Bond Debt at a rate determined by a combination of the date the fundamental change occurs and the stock price of the Company's common stock on such date.

The Convertible Bond Debt is the general, unsecured senior obligations of the Company. It will rank: (i) senior in right of payment to any of the Company’s indebtedness that is expressly subordinated in right of payment to the Convertible Bond Debt; (ii) equal in right of payment to any of the Company’s unsecured indebtedness that is not so subordinated; (iii) effectively junior in right of payment to any of the Company’s secured indebtedness to the extent of the value of the assets securing such indebtedness; and (iv) structurally junior to all indebtedness and other liabilities of current or future subsidiaries of the Company.

The Indenture also provides for customary events of default which include, among other things: a failure to pay interest that continues for a period of 30 days; a failure to pay principal of the Convertible Bond Debt when due and payable (whether at stated maturity, upon any redemption, upon any required purchase, upon declaration of acceleration or otherwise); a failure to comply with the conversion obligations under the Convertible Bond Debt and such failure continues for a period of five business days; a failure to comply with certain obligations in connection with a fundamental change; a failure to comply with any of obligations with respect to consolidation, merger and sale of assets of the Company; certain defaults of the Company or its significant subsidiaries with respect to certain indebtedness in excess of $10 million; a final legal judgment rendered against the Company or its significant subsidiaries which exceeds, in the aggregate, $10 million in damages; and certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency, or reorganization with respect to the Company or any of its significant subsidiaries.

Generally, if an event of default occurs and is continuing, then the Trustee or the holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Convertible Bond Debt then outstanding may declare 100% of the principal of and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on all the Convertible Bond Debt then outstanding to be due and payable.

In accordance with ASC 470-Debt, the liability and equity components of convertible debt instruments that may be settled in cash upon conversion ( including partial cash settlement) is to be separately accounted for in a manner that reflects the issuer's non-convertible debt borrowing rate. The guidance requires the initial proceeds received from the sale of convertible debt instruments to be allocated between a liability component and equity component in a manner that reflects the interest expense at the interest rate of similar non-convertible debt that could have been issued by the Company at the time of issuance. The Company measured the fair value of the debt component of the Convertible Bond Debt on the date of issuance and attributed $21.1 million of the proceeds to the equity component, which represents the excess of proceeds received over the fair value of the debt component. The equity component of the Convertible Bond Debt is recorded in Additional Paid-in capital in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet as of September 30, 2019. The resulting debt discount is amortized using the effective interest method over the expected life of the Convertible Bond Debt as non-cash interest expense. The amount of non-cash interest expense recorded as interest expense in the Condensed Statement of Operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019 was $0.6 million. Additionally, the debt discount and issuance costs were allocated based on the total amount incurred to the liability and equity components using the same proportions as the proceeds from the Convertible Bond Debt. The equity issuance costs of $0.9 million were recorded as a reduction to the Additional Paid-in capital in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet as of September 30, 2019.

Share Lending Agreement

In connection with the issuance of the Convertible Bond Debt, certain persons entered into an arrangement ( the "Share Lending Agreement") to borrow up to 3,582,880 shares of the Company’s common stock through share lending arrangements from Jefferies LLC (“Jefferies”), an initial purchaser of the Convertible Bond Debt, which in turn entered into an arrangement to borrow the shares from an entity affiliated with Oaktree Capital Management, LP, one of the Company’s shareholders.

In connection with the foregoing, the Company also agreed to lend Jefferies Capital Services, LLC (the “JCS”), an affiliate of Jeffries, up to 3,582,880 newly issued shares of common stock , which the Company registered for resale on the Resale Registration Statement. The Company expects JCS to lend these shares to borrowers who will sell the shares and use the resulting short position to replace any hedge position created in connection with the initial share loans with Jeffries. The borrowers may effect such transactions by selling the shares at various prices from time to time through Jefferies, which may receive compensation in the form of discounts, concessions or commissions from the selling shareholders and/or from purchasers of Company's common stock for whom Jefferies may act as agent. As of September 30, 2019, the fair value of the 3.5 million outstanding loaned shares was $15.7 million based on the closing price of the common stock on September 30, 2019.

The shares borrowed under the Share Lending Agreement would need to be returned to the Company, upon the maturity of the Convertible Bond Debt, as well as under the following circumstances:

•JCS may terminate all or any portion of a loan at any time; and

•JCS or the Company may terminate any or all outstanding loss upon a default by the other party or the bankruptcy of JCS or the Company.

The holders of the shares issued under the Share Lending Agreement will have the right to vote the shares on all matters submitted to a vote of the Company’s shareholders and the right to receive any dividends or other distributions that the Company may pay or make on its outstanding shares of common stock. However, the Company expects JCS:

(a) to pay to the Company an amount equal to cash dividends, if any, that the Company pays on the shares borrowed under the Replacement Loan;

(b) to pay or deliver, as the case may be, to the Company any other distribution, other than in a liquidation or a reorganization in bankruptcy, that the Company makes on the shares borrowed under the Share Lending Agreement; and

(c) not to vote the shares borrowed under the Share Lending Agreement on any matter submitted to a vote of the Company’s shareholders, except in certain circumstances where such vote is required for quorum purposes.

In connection with the Share Lending Agreement, JCS paid $0.03 million representing a nominal fee per borrowed share, equal to the par value of the Company’s common stock. This amount and certain related transaction costs have been recorded in the Additional paid-in capital in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet as of September 30, 2019.

While the share lending agreement does not require cash payment upon return of the shares, physical settlement is required ( i.e., the loaned shares must be returned at the end of the arrangement). In view of this share return provision and other contractual undertakings of JCS in the share lending agreement, which have the effect of substantially eliminating the economic dilution that otherwise would result from the issuance of borrowed shares, the loaned shares are not considered issued and outstanding for the purpose of computing and reporting the Company's basic and diluted weighted average shares or earnings per share. If JCS were to file bankruptcy or commence similar administrative, liquidating or restructuring proceedings, the Company will have to consider 3.5 million shares lent to JCS as issued and outstanding for the purposes of calculating earnings per share.

New Ultraco Debt Facility

On January 25, 2019, Ultraco Shipping LLC ("Ultraco"), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, entered into a new senior secured credit facility, as the borrower (the "New Ultraco Debt Facility"), with the Company and certain of its indirect vessel-owning subsidiaries, as guarantors (the “Guarantors”), the lenders party thereto, the swap banks party thereto, ABN AMRO Capital USA LLC ("ABN AMRO"), Credit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank, Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB ( PUBL) and DNB Markets Inc., as mandated lead arrangers and bookrunners, and ABNAMRO, as arranger, security trustee and facility agent. The New Ultraco Debt Facility provides for an aggregate principal amount of $208.4 million, which consists of (i) a term loan facility of $153.4 million (the "Term Facility Loan") and (ii) a revolving credit facility of $55.0 million. The proceeds from the New Ultraco Debt Facility were used to repay the outstanding debt including accrued interest under the Original Ultraco Debt Facility (as defined below) and the New First Lien Facility (as defined below) in full and for general corporate purposes. Subject to certain conditions set forth in the New Ultraco Debt Facility, Ultraco may request an increase of up to $60.0 million in the aggregate principal amount of the Term Facility Loan. Outstanding borrowings under the New Ultraco Debt Facility bear interest at LIBOR plus 2.50% per annum. The Company paid $3.1 million as debt issuance costs to the lenders.

As of September 30, 2019, the availability under the revolving credit facility was $55.0 million.

On October 1, 2019, Ultraco, the Company, and certain initial and additional guarantors entered into a first amendment to the New Ultraco Debt Facility (the "First Amendment"). Pursuant to the First Amendment, Ultraco requested that the incremental lenders under the New Ultraco Debt Facility make incremental commitments and loans to Ultraco (the "First Incremental Borrowings").

Pursuant to the First Amendment, Ultraco requested that the incremental lenders under the New Ultraco Debt Facility make (i) incremental commitments (the “Incremental Commitments”) pursuant to the first of up to two increases in the term facility commitments and (ii) loans to Ultraco in up to two borrowings during the period from the effective date of the First Amendment to December 31, 2019 (the “First Incremental Commitment Availability Period”) in an aggregate principal amount equal to the lesser of (x) $34,320,000 and (y) the sum of 50% of the aggregate fair market value of certain additional vessels to be financed by such Incremental Commitments, plus 55% of the aggregate fair market value of any additional young vessels to be financed by such Incremental Commitments, and in any case in a maximum borrowed amount of $11,440,000 per Additional Young Vessel financed by the relevant borrowing (collectively, the “First Incremental Borrowings”). Ultraco must repay the aggregate principal amount of the First Incremental Borrowings in (i) sixteen consecutive quarterly principal repayment installments of an amount equal to $765,000 (subject to pro rata reduction if the total amount of the First Incremental Borrowings is less than $34,320,000) beginning on January 29, 2020 and occurring every 90 days thereafter and (ii) a final balloon payment in an amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of the First Incremental Borrowings on January 25, 2024, the maturity date of the New Ultraco Debt Facility.

On October 4, 2019, pursuant to the Incremental Commitments, Ultraco borrowed $34.3 million, which the Company will use for general corporate purposes, including capital expenditures relating to the installation of scrubbers. The First Incremental Borrowings are secured by the three Ultramax vessels that the Company acquired in September 2019 and took possession -M/V Copenhagen Eagle, M/V Dublin Eagle and M/V Sydney Eagle.

The New Ultraco Debt Facility matures on January 25, 2024 (the “New Ultraco Maturity Date”). Pursuant to the terms of the facility, Ultraco must repay the aggregate principal amount excluding the amounts borrowed under the First Amendment, of $5.1 million in quarterly installments for the first year and $6.5 million in quarterly installments from the second year until the New Ultraco Maturity Date. Additionally, there are semi-annual catch up amortization payments from excess cash flow with a maximum cumulative payable of $4.6 million, with a final balloon payment of all remaining outstanding debt to be made on the New Ultraco Maturity Date.

Ultraco’s obligations under the New Ultraco Debt Facility are secured by, among other items, a first priority mortgage on 24 vessels owned by the Guarantors as identified in the New Ultraco Debt Facility and such other vessels that it may from time to time include with the approval of the Lenders (the “Ultraco Vessels”).

The New Ultraco Debt Facility contains financial covenants requiring the Company, on a consolidated basis excluding Shipco (as defined below) and any of Shipco’s subsidiaries (each, a “Restricted Subsidiary”) and any of the vessels owned by any Restricted Subsidiary to maintain a minimum amount of free cash or cash equivalents in an amount not less than the greater of (i) $0.6 million per owned vessel and (ii) 7.5% of the total consolidated debt of the Company and its subsidiaries, excluding any Restricted Subsidiary, which currently consists of amounts outstanding under the New Ultraco Debt Facility. The New Ultraco Debt Facility also requires the Company to maintain a liquidity reserve of $0.6 million per Ultraco Vessel in an unblocked account. Additionally, the New Ultraco Debt Facility requires the Company, on a consolidated basis, excluding any Restricted Subsidiary and the vessels owned by any Restricted Subsidiary, to maintain (i) a ratio of minimum value adjusted tangible equity to total assets ratio of not less than 0.30:1, (ii) a consolidated interest coverage ratio of not less than a range varying from 1.50 to 1.00 to 2.50 to 1.00, and (iii) a positive working capital. The New Ultraco Debt Facility also imposes operating restrictions on Ultraco and the Guarantors. The Company is in compliance with its financial covenants under the New Ultraco Debt Facility as of September 30, 2019.

Norwegian Bond Debt

On November 28, 2017, Eagle Bulk Shipco LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company ("Shipco" or "Issuer") issued $200,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of 8.250% Senior Secured Bonds (the "Bonds" or the "Norwegian Bond Debt"), pursuant to those certain bond terms (the "Bond Terms"), dated as of November 22, 2017, by and between the Issuer and Nordic Trustee AS, as the Bond Trustee. After giving effect to an original issue discount of approximately 1% and deducting offering expenses of $3.1 million, the net proceeds from the issuance of the Bonds were approximately $195.0 million. These net proceeds from the Bonds, together with the proceeds from the New First Lien Facility and cash on hand, were used to repay all amounts outstanding, including accrued interest under various debt facilities outstanding at that time and to pay expenses associated with the refinancing transactions. Shipco incurred $1.3 million in other financing costs in connection with the transaction.

The Norwegian Bond Debt is guaranteed by the limited liability companies that are subsidiaries of the Issuer and the legal and beneficial owners of 23 security vessels (the "Shipco Vessels") in the Company’s fleet, and are secured by, among other things, mortgages over such security vessels. Pursuant to the Bond Terms, interest on the Bonds will accrue at a rate of 8.25% per annum on the nominal amount of each of the Bonds from November 28, 2017, payable semi-annually on May 29 and November 29 of each year (each, an “Interest Payment Date”), commencing May 29, 2018. The Bonds will mature on November 28, 2022. On each Interest Payment Date from and including November 29, 2018, the Issuer must repay an amount of $4.0 million, plus accrued interest thereon. Any outstanding Bonds must be repaid in full on the maturity date at a price equal to 100% of the nominal amount, plus accrued interest thereon.

The Issuer may redeem some or all of the outstanding Bonds at any time on or after the Interest Payment Date in May 2020 (" the First Call Date") at the redemption prices set forth in the Bond Terms, plus accrued interest on the redeemed amount. Prior to the First Call Date, the Issuer may redeem some or all of the outstanding Bonds at a price equal to 100% of the nominal amount of the Bonds plus a "make-whole" premium and accrued and unpaid interest to the redemption date. Upon a change of control of the Company, each holder of the Bonds has the right to require that the Issuer purchase all or some of the Bonds held by such holder at a price equal to 101% of the nominal amount, plus accrued interest.

The Bond Terms contain certain financial covenants that the Issuer’s leverage ratio, defined as the ratio of outstanding bond amount and any drawn amounts under the Super Senior Facility less consolidated cash balance to the aggregate book value of the Shipco Vessels, must not exceed 75.0% and its subsidiaries’ free liquidity must at all times be at least $12.5 million. Shipco is in compliance with its financial covenants under the Bond Terms as of September 30, 2019.

During the nine months ended September 30, 2019, the Company sold four vessels, Kestrel, Thrasher, Condor and Merlin, for combined net proceeds of $29.6 million. Additionally, the Company sold one vessel, Thrush, in 2018 for net proceeds of $10.8 million. Pursuant to the Bond Terms governing the Norwegian Bond Debt, the proceeds from the sale of vessels are to be held in a restricted account to be used for the financing of the acquisition of additional vessels by Shipco. As a result, the Company recorded the proceeds from the sale of these vessels as restricted cash in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet.

On November 6, 2018, the Company received approval for an amendment to the Bond Terms to allow for the proceeds from the sale of vessels owned by for partial financing of scrubbers. As of September 30, 2019, the Company used $11.0 million of proceeds received from sale of Shipco Vessels for financing of scrubbers.

The Bond Terms also contain certain customary events of default. The Bond Terms also contain certain customary negative covenants that may restrict the Company's and the Issuer's ability to take certain actions.

Super Senior Facility

On December 8, 2017, Shipco entered into the Super Senior Revolving Facility Agreement (the "Super Senior Facility"), by and among Shipco as borrower, and ABN AMRO Capital USA LLC, as original lender, mandated lead arranger and agent, which provides for a revolving credit facility in an aggregate amount of up to $15.0 million. The proceeds of the Super Senior Facility, which are currently undrawn, are expected, pursuant to the terms of the Super Senior Facility, to be used (i) to acquire additional vessels or vessel owners and (ii) for general corporate and working capital purposes of Shipco and its subsidiaries. The Super Senior Facility matures on August 28, 2022. Shipco incurred $0.2 million as other financing costs in connection with the transaction, which was recorded as deferred financing costs on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet at September 30, 2019.

As of September 30, 2019, the availability under the Super Senior Facility is $15.0 million.

The outstanding borrowings under the Super Senior Facility bear interest at LIBOR plus 2.00% per annum and commitment fees of 40% of the applicable margin on the undrawn portion of the facility. For each loan that is requested under the Super Senior Facility, Shipco must repay such loan along with accrued interest on the last day of each interest period relating to the loan.

Shipco’s obligations under the Super Senior Facility are guaranteed by the limited liability companies that are subsidiaries of Shipco and the legal and beneficial owners of 23 vessels in the Company’s fleet (the “Eagle Shipco Vessel Owners”), and are secured by, among other things, mortgages over such vessels.The Super Senior Facility ranks super senior to the Bonds with respect to any proceeds from any enforcement action relating to security or guarantees for both the Super Senior Facility and the Bonds.

The Super Senior Facility contains certain covenants that, subject to certain exceptions and qualifications, limit Shipco’s and its subsidiaries’ ability to, among other things, do the following: make distributions; carry out any merger, other business combination, or corporate reorganization; make substantial changes to the general nature of their respective businesses; incur certain indebtedness; incur liens; make loans or guarantees; make certain investments; transact other than on arm’s-length terms; enter into sale and leaseback transactions; engage in certain chartering-in of vessels; or dispose of shares of Eagle Shipco Vessel Owners. Additionally, Shipco’s leverage ratio must not exceed 75% and its subsidiaries’ free liquidity must at all times be at least $12.5 million. Also, the total commitments under the Super Senior Facility will be cancelled if (i) at any time the aggregate market value of the security vessels for the Super Senior Facility is less than 300% of the total commitments under the Super Senior Facility or (ii) if Shipco or any of its subsidiaries redeems or otherwise repays the Bonds so that less than $100.0 million is outstanding under the Bond Terms. Shipco is in compliance with its financial covenants under the Super Senior Facility as of September 30, 2019.

The Super Senior Facility also contains certain customary events of default.

New First Lien Facility

On December 8, 2017, Eagle Shipping LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company ("Eagle Shipping") entered into a credit agreement (the "New First Lien Facility"), which provided for (i) a term loan facility in an aggregate principal amount of up to $60.0 million (the “Term Loan”) and (ii) a revolving credit facility in an aggregate principal amount of up to $5.0 million (the “Revolving Loan”). Outstanding borrowings under the New First Lien Facility bore interest at LIBOR plus 3.50% per annum. Eagle Shipping paid $1.0 million to the lenders and incurred $0.4 million of other financing costs in connection with the transaction.

On January 25, 2019, the Company repaid the outstanding balances of the Term Loan and the Revolving Loan together with accrued interest as of that date and discharged the debt under the New First Lien Facility in full from the proceeds of the New Ultraco Debt Facility. The Company accounted for the above transaction as a debt extinguishment. As a result, the Company recognized $1.1 million representing the outstanding balance of debt issuance costs as a loss on debt extinguishment in the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations for the nine months ended September 30, 2019.

Original Ultraco Debt Facility

On June 28, 2017, Ultraco, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, entered into a credit agreement (the “Original Ultraco Debt Facility”), by and among Ultraco, as borrower, certain wholly-owned vessel-owning subsidiaries of Ultraco, as guarantors (the “Ultraco Guarantors”), and certain lenders thereto.

On January 25, 2019, the Company repaid the outstanding balance of the Original Ultraco Debt facility and discharged the debt in full from the proceeds of the New Ultraco Debt Facility. The Company accounted for the above transaction as a debt extinguishment. As a result, the Company recognized $1.2 million representing the outstanding balance of debt issuance costs as a loss on debt extinguishment in the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations for the nine months ended September 30, 2019.

Interest Rates

2019

For the nine months ended September 30, 2019, the interest rate on the New First Lien Facility, which was repaid on January 25, 2019, ranged from 5.89% to 6.01% including a margin over LIBOR applicable under the terms of the New First Lien Facility and commitment fees of 40% of the margin on the undrawn portion of the revolver credit facility of the New First Lien Facility. The weighted average effective interest rate including the amortization of debt discount and debt issuance costs for this period was 6.45%.

For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019, the interest rate on the Convertible Bond Debt was 5.0%. The weighted average effective interest rate including the amortization of debt discount and debt issuance costs for this period was 10.14%.

For the three months ended September 30, 2019, the interest rate on the New Ultraco Debt Facility ranged from 4.68% to 4.76% including a margin over LIBOR applicable under the terms of the New Ultraco Debt Facility and commitment fees of 40% of the margin on the undrawn portion of the revolver credit facility of the New Ultraco Debt Facility. The weighted average effective interest rate including the amortization of debt discount and debt issuance costs for this period was 5.27%.

For the nine months ended September 30, 2019, the interest rate on the New Ultraco Debt Facility ranged from 4.15% to 5.26% including a margin over LIBOR applicable under the terms of the New Ultraco Debt Facility and commitment fees of 40% of the margin on the undrawn portion of the revolver credit facility of the New Ultraco Debt Facility. The weighted average effective interest rate including the amortization of debt discount and debt issuance costs for this period was 4.93%.

For the nine months ended September 30, 2019, the interest rate on the Original Ultraco Debt Facility, which was repaid on January 25, 2019, was 5.28% including a margin over LIBOR and commitment fees of 40% of the margin on the undrawn portion of the facility. The weighted average effective interest rate for this period was 6.80%.

For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019, interest rates on our outstanding debt under the Norwegian Bond Debt was 8.25%. The weighted average effective interest rate including the amortization of debt discount and debt issuance costs for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019 was 9.07% and 8.97%, respectively. Additionally, we pay commitment fees of 40% of the margin on the undrawn portion of the Super Senior Revolver Facility.

2018

For the three months ended September 30, 2018, the interest rate on the New First Lien Facility was 5.82% including a margin over LIBOR applicable under the terms of the New First Lien Facility and commitment fees of 40% of the margin on the undrawn portion of the revolver credit facility of the New First Lien Facility. The weighted average effective interest rate including the amortization of debt discount for this period was 6.45%.

For the nine months ended September 30, 2018, interest rates on the New First Lien Facility ranged from 4.91% to 5.82% including a margin over LIBOR applicable under the terms of the New First Lien Facility and commitment fees of 40% of the margin on the undrawn portion of the revolver credit facility of the New First Lien Facility. The weighted average effective interest rate including the amortization of debt discount for this period was 6.03%.

For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2018, the interest rate on the Norwegian Bond Debt was 8.25%. The weighted average effective interest rate including the amortization of debt discount and debt issuance costs for these periods was 8.80%.

For the three months ended September 30, 2018, the interest rate on the Original Ultraco Debt Facility ranged from 5.28% to 5.34% including a margin over LIBOR and commitment fees of 40% of the margin on the undrawn portion of the facility. The weighted average effective interest rate for this period was 5.70%.

For the nine months ended September 30, 2018, the interest rates on the Original Ultraco Debt Facility ranged from 4.64% to 5.34% including a margin over LIBOR and commitment fees of 40% of the margin on the undrawn portion of the facility. The weighted average effective interest rate for this period was 5.60%.

The following table summarizes the Company’s total interest expense for:



	Three Months Ended				Nine Months Ended
	September 30, 2019		September 30, 2018		September 30, 2019		September 30, 2018
New First Lien Facility interest	$	—	$	920,662	$	293,544	$	2,596,855
Convertible Bond Debt interest	951,050		—		951,050		—
New Ultraco Debt Facility interest	1,781,577		—		5,122,441		—
Norwegian Bond Debt interest	4,077,332		4,216,667		12,133,000		12,420,834
Original Ultraco Debt Facility interest	—		942,879		362,257		2,680,580
Amortization of debt discount and debt issuance costs	1,136,445		463,618		2,265,374		1,433,971
Commitment fees on revolving credit facilities	170,889		31,000		484,785		90,666
Total Interest Expense	$	8,117,293	$	6,574,826	$	21,612,451	$	19,222,906

Scheduled Debt Maturities

The following table presents the scheduled maturities of principal amounts of our debt obligations, excluding the impact of any future vessel sales for the next five years.



	Norwegian Bond Debt		New Ultraco Debt Facility *		Convertible Bond Debt		Total
Three months ending December 31, 2019	$	4,000,000	$	5,048,671	$	—	$	9,048,671
2020	8,000,000		24,649,394		—		32,649,394
2021	8,000,000		26,134,297		—		34,134,297
2022	172,000,000		26,134,297		—		198,134,297
2023	—		26,134,297		—		26,134,297
Thereafter	—		35,241,702		114,120,000		149,361,702
	$	192,000,000	$	143,342,658	$	114,120,000	$	449,462,658

* The scheduled maturities exclude the impact of the additional debt incurred under the First Amendment of the New Ultraco Debt Facility on October 1, 2019.