NOTES PAYABLE

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2023

7.	NOTES PAYABLE

Senior Notes Payable

A summary of outstanding senior notes payable is as follows:

	December 31, 2023			December 31, 2022
	(In thousands)
Term loan	$	62,500		$	154,748
Revolving credit facility		72,500			-
Less:
Debt discount		(4,406	)		(11,915	)
Senior notes payable	$	130,594		$	142,833

On December 18, 2023 (the “Ares Closing Date”), the Company and all of its subsidiaries entered into a new senior secured credit facility (the “Ares Credit Agreement”) with Ares Capital Corporation and certain credit funds affiliated with Ares Capital Corporation (collectively, “Ares”). The Ares Credit Agreement provides for a total of $135.0 million in senior secured credit facilities (the “Ares Credit Facility”) consisting of (i) a term loan in the aggregate principal amount of $62.5 million and (ii) a revolving credit facility in the aggregate principal amount of $72.5 million (collectively, the “Ares Loans”), both of which were fully drawn on the Ares Closing Date. The Ares Credit Facility has a maturity date of December 20, 2027 (the “Ares Maturity Date”). On the Ares Closing Date, the Company used the proceeds from the Ares Loans, along with a portion of its existing cash on hand, to terminate and pay in full all of the outstanding obligations under the Company’s previous senior credit facility (the “Hayfin Credit Facility”) with Hayfin Services LLP (“Hayfin”) including the outstanding principal in the amount of $158.6 million, a prepayment penalty in the amount $11.1 million, an exit fee of $1.6 million, all accrued and unpaid interest outstanding on the Hayfin Credit Facility as of the Ares Closing date, as well as certain fees and expenses related thereto. In connection with the payoff and termination of the Hayfin Credit Facility, the Company also wrote off $15.0 million of unamortized debt discount related to the Hayfin Credit Facility. As a result of this transaction, the Company recorded a loss on the extinguishment of the Hayfin Credit Facility in the amount of $26.2 million, which is mainly comprised of the write-off of unamortized debt discount and the prepayment penalty.

Borrowings under the term loan initially bear interest at the adjusted Term SOFR for a three-month tenor in effect on the day that is two business days prior to the first day of the applicable calendar quarter plus 6.50% (the “Initial SOFR Term Loan Applicable Margin”). Borrowings under the revolving facility initially bear interest at the adjusted Term SOFR for a three-month tenor in effect on the day that is two business days prior to the first day of the applicable calendar quarter plus 3.75% (the “SOFR Revolving Facility Applicable Margin”). On the Ares Closing Date, the interest rate on the term loan was 11.87774% and the interest rate on the revolving facility was 9.12774%.

On the Ares Maturity Date, the Company is required to pay Ares the entire outstanding principal amount underlying the Ares Loans and any accrued and unpaid interest thereon. Prior to the Ares Maturity Date, there are no scheduled principal payments on the Ares Credit Facilities, and the Company is required to make quarterly interest payments to Ares of approximately $3.7 million. The Company may prepay the outstanding principal under the revolving facility, together with any accrued but unpaid interest on the prepaid principal amount, at any time and from time to time upon three business days’ prior written notice with no prepayment premium. However, in the event the Company prepays an amount under the Revolving Facility that is greater than 50% of the current $72.5 million outstanding balance, the Company will still be required to pay interest on 50% of this balance, or $36.3 million, through the term of Ares Credit Facility. The Company may prepay the outstanding principal on the term loan, together with any accrued but unpaid interest on the prepaid principal amount, at any time and from time to time upon three business days’ prior written notice, subject to the payment to Ares of a prepayment premium equal to (i) the present value as of such date of all remaining required interest payments on the principal amount being repaid plus 1.5% of the prepaid principal amount, if prepaid on or prior to the first anniversary of the Ares Closing Date, (ii) 1.5% of the prepaid principal amount, if prepaid after the first anniversary of the Ares Closing Date and on or prior to the second anniversary of the Ares Closing Date, or (iii) 1.0% of the prepaid principal amount, if prepaid on or prior to the third anniversary of the Ares Closing Date.

In connection with the closing of the Ares Credit Facility, the Company incurred fees and expenses related to the transaction of $2.8 million, including a $1.7 million original discount payable to Ares, all of which was deducted from the Ares loan proceeds. In addition, the Company is also required to pay Ares an exit fee of $1.7 million upon the earlier of any prepayment date or the Ares Maturity Date, and this amount has been accrued as a separate liability in the Company’s consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2023. As a result, the Company recognized an aggregate debt discount of $4.4 million as of the Ares Closing Date, and the weighted-average effective interest rate on the Ares Loans as of December 31, 2023 was 11.39%. This debt discount was recorded as a reduction to the face amount of the debt and is being amortized as interest expense over the term of the debt using the interest method.

All of the Company’s obligations under the Ares Credit Agreement are secured by a first-priority lien and security interest in substantially all of the Company’s tangible and intangible assets, including intellectual property and all of the equity interests in the Company’s subsidiaries. The Ares Credit Agreement contains certain representations and warranties, affirmative covenants, negative covenants and conditions that are customarily required for similar debt financings. The negative covenants include certain financial covenants, including maximum total leverage ratios and a $15,000,000 minimum liquidity covenant, and also restrict or limit the Company’s ability and the ability of the Company’s subsidiaries to, among other things and subject to certain exceptions contained in the Ares Credit Agreement, incur new indebtedness; create liens on assets; engage in certain fundamental corporate changes, such as mergers or acquisitions, or changes to the Company’s or the Company’s subsidiaries’ business activities; make certain Investments or Restricted Payments (each as defined in the Ares Credit Agreement); engage in certain affiliate transactions; or enter into, amend or terminate any other agreements that have the impact of restricting the Company’s ability to make loan repayments under the Ares Credit Agreement. As of December 31, 2023 the Company was in compliance with all of the covenants contained in the Ares Credit Agreement.

Events of Default on the Ares Loans include, among others, non-payment of principal, interest or fees, violation of covenants, inaccuracy of representations and warranties, bankruptcy and insolvency events, material judgments, cross-defaults to material contracts and events constituting a change of control. If there is an event of default, the Company will incur an increase in the rate of interest on the Ares Loans of 2% per annum.

On March 23, 2022 (the “Hayfin Closing Date”), the Company and all of its subsidiaries entered into the Hayfin Credit Agreement with Hayfin. The Hayfin Credit Agreement provided for a senior secured term loan facility in a principal amount of up to $175.0 million (the “Hayfin Credit Facility”), composed of (i) a term loan made on the Hayfin Closing Date in the principal amount of $ 150.0 million (the “Hayfin Closing Date Loan”), and (ii) a delayed draw term loan in the principal amount of $25.0 million (the “Hayfin Delayed Draw Loan” and, together with the Hayfin Closing Date Loan, the “Hayfin Loans”). The Hayfin Delayed Draw Loan was not drawn prior to the Ares Closing Date. The Hayfin Credit Facility had a maturity date of March 23, 2027 (the “Hayfin Maturity Date”), subject to acceleration pursuant to the Hayfin Credit Agreement, including upon an Event of Default (as defined in the Hayfin Credit Agreement).

On the Hayfin Closing Date, the Company used $100.0 million of the Hayfin Closing Date Loan to terminate and pay in full all of the outstanding obligations under the Company’s previously existing credit facility (the “Perceptive Credit Facility”) with Perceptive Credit Holdings II, LP (“Perceptive”). The Company also used $2.0 million of the Hayfin Closing Date Loan proceeds to pay a redemption premium to Perceptive and used approximately $1.0 million of the Hayfin Closing Date Loan proceeds to pay certain fees and expenses incurred in connection with this transaction. In addition, a $1.8 million upfront fee payable to Hayfin was paid “in kind” and was added to the outstanding principal balance in accordance with the terms of the Hayfin Credit Agreement. In connection with the retirement of the Perceptive Credit Facility and all of the obligations thereunder, the Company recorded a loss on extinguishment of debt in the amount of $6.7 million, consisting of the write-off of unamortized discount related to the Perceptive indebtedness and the redemption premium paid to Perceptive.

Borrowings under the Hayfin Credit Agreement bore interest, at the Company’s election, at the adjusted Term SOFR for a one-month tenor, subject to a floor of 1.25%, plus an applicable margin of 9.5% (the “Applicable Margin”); provided, however, that upon, and during the continuance of, an Event of Default, the Applicable Margin would increase by an additional 3% per annum. On May 1, 2023 the Hayfin Credit Agreement was amended to reduce the Applicable Margin from 9.5% to 8.5%. On the last day of each calendar month prior to the Ares Closing Date, the Company paid accrued interest to Hayfin. The rate of interest in effect as of the Hayfin Closing Date, December 31, 2022 and the Ares Closing Date was 10.75%, approximately 13.7% and approximately 13.9%, respectively. The Company was also permitted to pay “in kind” a portion of the interest on the Hayfin Loans for each monthly interest period in an amount equal to 2.5% per annum, which was added to the principal amount of the outstanding debt under the Hayfin Credit Facility. From the Hayfin Closing Date through December 31, 2022, $3.0 million of interest was paid in kind and added to the balance of the outstanding Hayfin Loans. For the year ended December 31, 2023, $3.8 million of interest was paid in kind and added to the balance of the outstanding Hayfin Loans.

On the Ares Closing Date, the Company paid Hayfin the entire outstanding principal amount underlying the Hayfin Loans and all accrued and unpaid interest thereon, as well as the exit fee of 1.0% of the outstanding principal amount paid. This exit fee had been recorded separately as a non-current liability on the accompanying consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2022. In accordance with the terms of the Hayfin Credit Agreement, the Company also paid Hayfin the early prepayment fee in the amount equal 7.0% of the prepaid principal amount of $158.6 million, or $11.1 million.

All of the Company’s obligations under the Hayfin Credit Agreement were secured by a first-priority lien and security interest in substantially all of the Company’s tangible and intangible assets, including intellectual property, and all of the equity interests in the Company’s subsidiaries. The Hayfin Credit Agreement contained certain representations and warranties, affirmative covenants, negative covenants and conditions that are customarily required for similar debt financings. The negative covenants restricted or limited the ability of the Company and its subsidiaries to, among other things and subject to certain exceptions contained in the Hayfin Credit Agreement, incur new indebtedness; create liens on assets; engage in certain fundamental corporate changes, such as mergers or acquisitions, or changes to the Company’s or its subsidiaries’ business activities; make certain Investments or Restricted Payments (each as defined in the Hayfin Credit Agreement); change its fiscal year; pay dividends; repay certain other indebtedness; engage in certain affiliate transactions; or enter into, amend or terminate any other agreements that have the impact of restricting the Company’s ability to make loan repayments under the Hayfin Credit Agreement. In addition, the Company was required (i) at all times prior to the Hayfin Maturity Date to maintain a minimum cash balance of $6.0 million; and (ii) as of the last day of each fiscal quarter, report IVIG product and related revenues for the trailing 12-month period that exceed the amounts set forth in the Hayfin Credit Agreement, which ranged from $75.0 million for the fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2022 to $110.0 million for the fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2023. As of the Ares Closing Date and December 31, 2022, the Company was in compliance with all of the covenants contained in the Hayfin Credit Agreement.

As consideration for the Hayfin Credit Agreement, on the Hayfin Closing Date the Company issued to various entities affiliated with Hayfin warrants to purchase an aggregate of 9,103,047 shares of the Company’s common stock (the “Hayfin Warrants”). The Hayfin Warrants have an exercise price equal to $1.6478 per share, which is equal to the trailing 30-day Volume Weighted-average Price of the Company’s common stock on the business day immediately prior to the Hayfin Closing Date. The Hayfin Warrants were valued by the Company at approximately $9.6 million as of the Hayfin Closing Date and have an expiration date of March 23, 2029 (see Note 8). As consideration for the foregoing amendment to the Hayfin Credit Agreement on May 1, 2023, the Company issued additional warrants to the lenders to purchase 2,391,244 shares of the Company’s common stock at an exercise price of $3.2619 per share (the “Hayfin Second Amendment Warrants”). The Hayfin Second Amendment Warrants were valued at approximately $5.6 million and have an expiration date of May 1, 2030.

As a result of the upfront fee and exit fee paid or payable to Hayfin, the expenses incurred by the Company in connection with this transaction and the value of the Hayfin Warrants and Hayfin Second Amendment Warrants, the Company recognized a discount on the Hayfin Loans in the amount of $13.9 million for the year ended December 31, 2022 and an additional debt discount in the year ended December 31, 2023 in the amount of $5.7 million. The Company records debt discount as a reduction to the face amount of the debt, and the debt discount is amortized as interest expense over the life of the debt using the interest method. As of the Ares Closing Date, $15.0 million of the aggregate debt discount associated with the Hayfin Credit Facility was unamortized, and this amount is reflected in the loss on extinguishment of debt for the year ended December 31, 2023. Based on the fair value of the Hayfin Warrants and the aggregate amount of fees and expenses associated with obtaining the Hayfin Credit Facility, the effective interest rate on the Hayfin Loans as of the Hayfin Closing Date and as of December 31, 2022 was approximately 13.0% and 16.1%, respectively.