NOTE 5. BORROWING

Solar Capital and Western Alliance Bank Loan Agreement

On May 16, 2018, the Company entered into a loan and security agreement (the “Loan Agreement”), with Solar Capital Ltd. and Western Alliance Bank (collectively the “Lenders”). The Loan Agreement provides for a $50.0 million term loan facility with a maturity date of November 1, 2022 (the “Term Loan”).

Borrowings under the Term Loan bear interest at a floating per annum rate equal to 7.45% plus the one-month LIBOR. The Company is permitted to make interest-only payments on the Term Loan through June 1, 2020, unless prior to that date the Company achieves its primary endpoint in the Phase 3 study of tenapanor for the treatment of hyperphosphatemia in end-stage renal disease patients on dialysis (the “Phase 3 Endpoint”), in which case the Company is permitted to make interest-only payments on the Term Loan until December 1, 2020. On December 3, 2019, the Company reported positive topline results for PHREEDOM, a long-term Phase 3 study evaluating the efficacy and safety of tenapanor as monotherapy for the treatment of hyperphosphatemia in patients with CKD on dialysis. The Lenders are in agreement that these positive data from the Phase 3 PHREEDOM study meet the definition of the Phase 3 Endpoint. Accordingly, beginning on December 1, 2020 and through the maturity date, in addition to monthly interest payments, the Company will be required to make monthly principal payments in equal monthly installments of approximately $2.1 million.

The Company paid a closing fee of 1% of the Term Loan, or $0.5 million, upon the closing of the Term Loan, and the Company is obligated to pay a final fee equal to 3.95% of the Term Loan upon the earliest to occur of the maturity date, the acceleration of the Term Loan, the prepayment or repayment of the Term Loan or the termination of the Loan Agreement. The Company may voluntarily prepay the outstanding Term Loan, subject to a prepayment premium of (i) 3% of the principal amount of the Term Loan if prepaid prior to or on the first anniversary of the Closing Date, (ii) 2% of the principal amount of the Term Loan if prepaid after the first anniversary of the Closing Date through and including the second anniversary of the Closing Date, or (iii) 1% of the principal amount of the Term Loan if prepaid after the second anniversary of the Closing Date and prior to the maturity date. The Term Loan is secured by substantially all the Company’s assets, except for the Company’s intellectual property and certain other customary exclusions. Additionally, in connection with the Term Loan, the Company entered into the Exit Fee Agreement, as discussed in Note 4.

The Loan Agreement contains customary representations and warranties and customary affirmative and negative covenants. As of March 31, 2020, the Company was in compliance with all of the covenants set forth in the Loan Agreement.

The Loan Agreement also contains customary events of default that entitle the Lender to cause the Company’s indebtedness under the Loan Agreement to become immediately due and payable, and to exercise remedies against the Company and the collateral securing the Term Loan, including the Company’s cash. Upon the occurrence and for the duration of an event of default, an additional default interest rate equal to 4.0% per annum will apply to all amounts owed under the Loan Agreement. As of March 31, 2020, to the Company’s knowledge, there were no facts or circumstances in existence that would give rise to an event of default.

As of March 31, 2020, the Company’s future payment obligations related to the Term Loan, excluding interest payments and the Exit Fee, are as follows:


Remainder of 2020	$	2,083
2021		25,000
2022		24,892
Total principal and final fee payments		51,975
Less: Unamortized discount and debt issuance costs		(652)
Less: Unaccreted value of final fee		(1,093)
Loan payable		50,230
Less: Loan payable, current portion		7,437
Loan payable, net of current portion	$	42,793