DEBT

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2019

NOTE 12. DEBT

Short-Term Debt

On April 12, 2017, we issued a short-term note payable in the principal amount of $3.0 million to a private lender in exchange for cash in the same amount. The agreement, which does not have a stated interest rate, required us to repay the note plus a fee of $115 thousand on the maturity date of June 30, 2017. The note is accruing interest at $500 per day on the unpaid principal until we repay the note in full. As of December 31, 2019, we owed $3.3 million in principal and accrued interest on such note.

Other Debt

The following table presents debt as of (in thousands):



	December 31,
	2019			2018
Loan due May 2020	$	12,025		$	35,500
Unamortized original issue discount	—			(1,418		)
Unamortized debt issuance cost	—			(18		)
Carrying value of Loan	12,025			34,064
Exit fee payable in relation to Loan	—			1,250
Total long-term debt	$	12,025		$	35,314
Less: current portion	(12,025		)	(35,314		)
Long-term debt, less current portion and net of debt issuance cost	$	—		$	—

On September 24, 2015, we entered into the Financing Agreement, pursuant to which the Lenders provided us with the $27.5 million Loan. We entered into Amendment No. 1 to Financing Agreement on September 20, 2016 which, among other changes, increased the Loan by $8.0 million to a total aggregate principal amount of $35.5 million. As of December 31, 2019, after amendments and other events described below, the Loan bore interest at three-month LIBOR (with a floor of 2%) plus 11% per annum, payable monthly, and had a maturity date of May 15, 2020. As of December 31, 2019, the applicable interest rate on the Loan was approximately 13% per annum.

In connection with the Financing Agreement, we also entered into a security agreement dated as of September 24, 2015 (the “Security Agreement”) with the other Borrowers and the Guarantors for the benefit of MGG, as collateral agent for the Secured Parties referred to therein, to secure the obligations of the Borrowers and the Guarantors under the Financing Agreement. The Security Agreement provides for a first-priority lien on, and security interest in, all assets of Remark and our subsidiaries, subject to certain exceptions.

On October 25, 2017, we entered into Amendment No. 2 and Waiver and Consent to Financing Agreement, pursuant to which the Lenders waived specified events of default under the Financing Agreement occurring prior to January 1, 2018, including but not limited to events of default resulting from our non-compliance with covenants requiring minimum consolidated EBITDA of Remark and its subsidiaries and value of our assets. The Lenders also waived the covenant related to restricted cash balance through September 19, 2017.

On December 5, 2017, we entered into Amendment No. 3 to Financing Agreement pursuant to which the Lenders agreed, among other things, to modify certain of our covenants under the Financing Agreement, including (i) replacing the covenant regarding consolidated EBITDA of Remark and our subsidiaries with a covenant regarding consolidated gross revenue of our subsidiaries engaged in the operation of our KanKan business, (ii) modifying the covenants regarding consolidated EBITDA of Vegas.com and its subsidiaries and the value of certain of our assets, and (iii) increasing the amount we are permitted to invest in our non-U.S. subsidiaries operating our KanKan business, subject to certain conditions.

On April 30, 2018, we entered into Amendment No. 4 and Waiver to Financing Agreement (the “Fourth Financing Amendment”), which provided for, among other things, (i) a reduction in the interest rate on the remaining amount outstanding under the Financing Agreement to three-month LIBOR plus 8.5% per annum, (ii) an extension of the maturity date under the Financing Agreement to September 30, 2020, (iii) a modification of certain of our covenants under the Financing Agreement, including covenants regarding capital expenditures, minimum value of certain of our assets, consolidated EBITDA of Vegas.com and its subsidiaries, and revenue generated by KanKan, (iv) an increase in the amount we are permitted to invest in our non-U.S. subsidiaries operating our KanKan business (v) a waiver by the Lenders of certain events of default under the Financing Agreement and (vi) prepayment by the Borrowers of $8.0 million principal amount outstanding and $3.5 million of exit fees under the Financing Agreement within 60 days following the date of the Fourth Financing Amendment. In consideration for the Lenders’ entry into the Fourth Financing Amendment, we also paid a closing fee of approximately $413 thousand.

Effective as of June 29, 2018, we entered into Amendment No. 5 and Waiver to Financing Agreement (the “Fifth Financing Amendment”) pursuant to which the Lenders agreed, among other things, to extend the due date of the prepayments required by the Fourth Financing Amendment for up to three months, provided that we made extension payments on the first business day of each such month. The extension payments were $250,000 for each of the first two months and $500,000 for the third month, with the final extension period ending on September 28, 2018. We made the extension payments required by the Fifth Financing Amendment to extend the due date of the prepayments required by the Fourth Financing Amendment to September 28, 2018; however, we failed to prepay the $8.0 million principal amount and $3.5 million of exit fees due on such date. Such failure to make the required payments constitutes an event of default under the Financing Agreement and as a result, from September 28, 2018, the Loan bore interest at three-month LIBOR plus 11.0%, the default interest rate.

On October 16, 2018, in connection with our discussions with Lenders regarding a resolution of the events of default then existing under the Financing Agreement described herein, we agreed to increase the amount of the exit fees payable to the Lenders under the Financing Agreement by $1.0 million.

On May 15, 2019, we completed the VDC Transaction and used the cash proceeds of $30 million to pay amounts due under the Financing Agreement, of which approximately $10 million remained outstanding after giving effect to the application of such cash proceeds. On the same date, in connection with the closing of the VDC Transaction, we entered into Amendment No. 6 and Waiver to Financing Agreement (the “Sixth Financing Amendment”), pursuant to which, among other things, (i) the Lenders waived all events of default under the Financing Agreement existing as of the date of the Sixth Financing Amendment, (ii) MGG released any and all liens in the equity interests of Vegas.com and its subsidiaries and their assets and properties, (iii) the Borrowers may add the amount of any accrued and unpaid interest to the outstanding principal amount of the Loan, (iv) the remaining principal amount outstanding under the Financing Agreement accrues interest at a rate equal to the three-month LIBOR (with a floor of 2%) plus 8.5% per annum, (v) the continuing Loan has a maturity date of May 15, 2020, (vi) covenants with respect to capital expenditures and revenue generated by our KanKan business were eliminated and covenants regarding the minimum value of certain of our assets, our minimum liquidity and the amount we are permitted to invest in our non-U.S. subsidiaries were modified, and (vii) we were required to commence a sale process with respect to our equity in Sharecare within five business days of the effective date of the Sixth Financing Amendment, and to use the net cash proceeds of such sale to pay in full our outstanding obligations under the Financing Agreement the (“Sharecare Covenant”).

The Financing Agreement contains certain affirmative and negative covenants, including but not limited to a covenant requiring us to maintain a minimum of $1.0 million in unrestricted cash in designated bank accounts. As of December 31, 2019, we were not in compliance with such minimum cash covenant. We are also not in compliance with certain other covenants under the Financing Agreement, including a covenant requiring us to obtain and pay for a tail directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policy (the “Tail Policy”) by June 4, 2019 in connection with the VDC Transaction, and a covenant requiring us to make the final Earnout Payment by June 14, 2019. Additionally, although we continue to actively attempt to monetize our ownership interest in Sharecare, we did not comply with certain procedural requirements stipulated by the Sharecare Covenant. Our non-compliance with such covenants constitutes events of default under the Financing Agreement. In addition, in June 2019, the Lenders paid the $1.1 million of premium under the Tail Policy on our behalf and such amount was added to the amount of principal due under the Financing Agreement. See Note 19 for further updates after December 31, 2019 regarding such events of default.

We accounted for the Second Financing Amendment through the Sixth Financing Amendment as debt modifications, individually and collectively resulting in an immaterial amount of debt issuance cost expensed as incurred. The Sixth Financing Amendment did not add debt discount, while the Fourth Financing Amendment and the Fifth Financing Amendment added additional debt discount totaling $1.5 million during the year ended December 31, 2018.