Financial Liabilities

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2024

Financial Liabilities

Financial Liabilities

9. Financial Liabilities

Barings Credit Agreement

On August 2, 2023 (the “Closing Date”), the Company entered into a credit and security agreement (the “Barings Credit Agreement”) with Barings Finance LLC (“Barings”), as administrative agent, and the lenders party thereto, providing for a secured term loan facility for the Company (the “Barings Credit Facility”) in the aggregate principal amount of $82,474 (the “Total Credit Facility Amount”). The Company borrowed the full amount of $82,474 at closing and received proceeds of $77,290, after the application of an original issue discount and fees. Indebtedness under the Barings Credit Facility matures on the earlier to occur of (i) the six-year anniversary of the Closing Date and (ii) the date that is 91 days prior to the maturity date for the Company’s Convertible Notes (as defined below). Indebtedness under the Barings Credit Facility incurs interest based on the Secured Overnight Financing Rate (“SOFR”), subject to a minimum 1.50% floor, plus 6.75%. The Company is obligated to make interest payments on its indebtedness under the Barings Credit Facility on a monthly basis, commencing on the Closing Date; to pay annual administration fees; and to pay, on the maturity date, any principal and accrued interest that remains outstanding as of such date. In addition, the Company is obligated to pay a fee in an amount equal to the Total Credit Facility Amount, which amount shall be reduced by the total amount of interest and principal prepayment fees paid under the Barings Credit Agreement (such fee, the “Barings Royalty Fee”). The Company is required to pay the Barings Royalty Fee in installments to Barings, for the benefit of the lenders, on a quarterly basis in an amount equal to three and one-half percent (3.5%) of the net sales of DEXTENZA occurring during such quarter, subject to the terms, conditions and limitations specified in the Barings Credit Agreement, until the Barings Royalty Fee is paid in full. The Barings Royalty Fee is due and payable upon a change of control of the Company. The Company may, at its option, prepay any or all of the Barings Royalty Fee at any time without penalty. In connection with the Barings Credit Agreement, the Company granted the lenders thereto a first-priority security interest in all assets of the Company, including its intellectual property, subject to certain agreed-upon exceptions. The Barings Credit Agreement includes customary affirmative and negative covenants and requires the Company to maintain a minimum liquidity amount of $20,000. As of December 31, 2024, the Company was not in violation of any of its covenants under the Barings Credit Agreement.

The Company determined that the embedded obligation to pay the Barings Royalty Fee (the “Barings Royalty Fee Obligation”) is required to be separated from the Barings Credit Facility and accounted for as a freestanding derivative instrument subject to derivative accounting. The allocation of proceeds to the Barings Royalty Fee Obligation resulted in a discount on the Barings Credit Facility. The Company is amortizing the discount to interest expense over the term of the Barings Credit Facility using the effective interest method. Accrued or paid Barings Royalty Fees are included in the change in fair value of derivative liabilities on the consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss. For the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023, Barings Royalty Fees were $2,221 and $901, respectively.

A summary of the Barings Credit Facility is as follows:

	December 31,		December 31,
	2024		2023
Barings Credit Facility	$	82,474		82,474
Less: unamortized discount		(13,969)		(16,687)
Total	$	68,505		65,787

As of December 31, 2024, the full principal for the Barings Credit Facility of $82,474 was due for repayment in 2029.

Convertible Notes

On March 1, 2019, the Company issued $37,500 of convertible notes (as amended, the “Convertible Notes”).

On March 28, 2024, the Company issued 5,769,232 shares of its common stock with a total fair value of $52,500 to the holder of the Convertible Notes in connection with the conversion of the principal amount of the Convertible Notes (the “Conversion”) and paid the holder $11,361 for accrued interest. The extinguishment of obligations under the Convertible Notes and the resulting derecognition of the principal of the Convertible Notes ($37,500), the unamortized discount ($27,950), and the Conversion Option Derivative Liability ($15,000), resulted in a net loss of $27,950, which was charged to gains and losses on extinguishment of debt, net on the consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss for the year ended December 31, 2024.

Concurrently with entering into the Barings Credit Agreement, on August 2, 2023, the Company and the holders of the Convertible Notes extended the maturity of the Convertible Notes, which would otherwise have matured on March 1, 2026, to a date 91 days following the maturity of the indebtedness under the Barings Credit Facility, unless earlier converted, repurchased or redeemed (the “Amendment”). The Company accounted for the Amendment as an extinguishment of debt in accordance with the guidance in Accounting Standards Codification Topic 470-50 Debt (“ASC 470-50”) and derecognized all liabilities related to the Convertible Notes, including the outstanding principal less unamortized discount, a derivative liability, and accrued interest, with a total carrying value of $51,090 as of the date of the Amendment. The Company determined that, after the Amendment, the embedded conversion option continues to be required to be separated from the Convertible Notes and accounted for the embedded conversion option as a freestanding derivative instrument subject to derivative accounting (the “Conversion Option Derivative Liability”). The total fair value of the Convertible Notes on August 2, 2023 after the Amendment, including the conversion option, was $36,183. The Company recognized the Convertible Notes and the Conversion Option Derivative Liability after the Amendment at their fair values as of the date of the Amendment of $18,482 and $17,701, respectively. A portion of the fair value of the Convertible Notes as of the date of the Amendment of $9,943 was presented in accrued expenses and other current liabilities on the consolidated balance sheets as of December 31, 2023 because the Convertible Notes were convertible at that date, and this amount represented interest that was accrued before the Amendment and that would be payable in cash upon conversion. The allocation of a portion of the total fair value of the Convertible Notes to the Conversion Option Derivative Liability results in a discount on the Convertible Notes. Application of ASC 470-50 resulted in a gain on extinguishment of $14,907, which was charged to gains and losses on extinguishment of debt, net on the consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss for the year ended December 31, 2023.

The holders of the Convertible Notes were entitled to convert all or part of the outstanding principal amount of their Convertible Notes into shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, prior to maturity based on certain terms and conditions. The Company determined that the embedded conversion option was required to be separated from the Convertible Notes and accounted for as a freestanding derivative instrument subject to derivative accounting. The allocation of proceeds to the conversion option results in a discount on the Convertible Notes. The Company amortized the discount to interest expense over the term of the Convertible Notes using the effective interest method.

The Company presented accrued interest in accrued current liabilities because the notes were convertible and the interest was payable in cash. The effective annual interest rate for the Convertible Notes was 19.4% and 14.8% for the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively.

A summary of the Convertible Notes at December 31, 2023 is as follows:

	December 31,
	2023
Convertible Notes	$	37,500
Less: unamortized discount and current portion		(28,362)
Total	$	9,138

Interest recognized with regard to the Convertible Notes was as follows:

	Year Ended December 31,
	2024		2023		2022
Coupon Interest	$	475		2,130		2,281
Amortization of discount		412		2,042		2,314
Total	$	887		4,172		4,595

Notes Payable

The Company entered into a credit and security agreement in 2014 (as amended, the “MidCap Credit Agreement”) establishing a credit facility (as amended, the “MidCap Credit Facility”). The Company satisfied its obligations under the MidCap Credit Agreement in August 2023, as discussed below. In connection with its satisfaction of its obligations, the Company extinguished the MidCap Credit Facility, and all liens and security interests securing the indebtedness under the MidCap Credit Agreement were released.

In June 2021, the Company entered into a Fourth Amended and Restated Credit and Security Agreement (the “Fourth Amendment”) to amend the terms of its debt with existing lenders for total indebtedness of $20,833 and borrowed an incremental $4,167, for a total of $25,000. Under the Fourth Amendment, the Company was required to make interest-only payments through April 2024. Commencing in May 2024, the Company was required to make 19 equal monthly installments of principal in the amount of $1,042, plus interest, then on the maturity date, November 30, 2025 the remaining balance of $5,208 plus the exit fee, as defined below. Amounts borrowed under the MidCap Credit Facility based on the Fourth Amendment were initially at LIBOR base rate, subject to 1.00% floor, plus 6.75%.  In addition, a final payment (exit fee) equal to 3.5% of amounts drawn under the MidCap Credit Facility, or $875 based on borrowings of $25,000, was due upon the maturity date of November 30, 2025. The Company had accrued the exit fee through November 30, 2025. The Company accounted for the Fourth Amendment as a modification in accordance with the guidance in ASC 470-50 Debt. Amounts paid to the lenders were recorded as debt discount and a new effective interest rate was established.

On March 12, 2023, the Company requested, and received, a protective advance of $2,000 under the MidCap Credit Agreement as a short-term bridge loan in response to the closure of Silicon Valley Bank by the California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation. This protective advance was deemed a credit extension. The Company repaid the full principal amount of $2,000 in March 2023.

On March 31, 2023, the Company entered into Amendment No. 1 to the MidCap Credit Agreement (“Amendment No. 1”) to replace the LIBOR-based interest rate provisions of the MidCap Credit Agreement with interest rate provisions based on SOFR, establish a benchmark replacement mechanism and make additional administrative updates. The Company accounted for Amendment No. 1 as a modification in accordance with the guidance in ASC 470-50 Debt. Application of the modification accounting guidance did not have a material effect on the carrying amount of the long-term notes payable.

On May 4, 2023, the Company entered into Amendment No. 2 to the MidCap Credit Agreement (“Amendment No. 2”). Amendment No. 2 provided that the Company may maintain up to 50% of its consolidated cash and cash equivalents with banks or financial institutions other than Silicon Valley Bank and made additional administrative updates.

In August 2023, in connection with the Company’s establishment of the Barings Credit Facility, the Company paid an aggregate of $26,157 to MidCap Financial Trust and the other lenders party to the MidCap Credit Agreement, comprised of $25,017 in principal and interest accrued thereunder and $1,140 in exit and prepayment fees, in satisfaction of the Company’s obligations under the MidCap Credit Agreement. In connection with the payment, all liens and security interests securing the indebtedness under the MidCap Credit Agreement were released. The extinguishment of the MidCap Credit Facility has resulted in a loss of $717, which was charged to gains and losses on extinguishment of debt, net on the consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss for the year ended December 31, 2023.