Borrowing

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2021

Debt Disclosure [Abstract]

Borrowing

BORROWING

Solar Capital and Western Alliance Bank Loan Agreement

On May 16, 2018, we 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”).

On October 9, 2020, we and the Lenders entered into an amendment to the Loan Agreement (“the 2020 Amendment”) to extend the date through which we are permitted to make interest-only payments on the Term Loan by twelve months to December 1, 2021. The 2020 amendment also required that if either the FDA does not approve our NDA for tenapanor for the control of serum phosphorus in adult patients with CKD on dialysis on or before May 31, 2021 or the FDA issues a CRL with

respect to our NDA Number 213931, then we are to begin principal payments on the earlier of June 1, 2021 or the first day of the month immediately following the date that the FDA issues us a CRL. On April 29, 2021, the FDA extended the Prescription Drug User Fee Act ("PDUFA") date for tenapanor for the control of serum phosphorus in adult patients with CKD on dialysis by three months to July 29, 2021, making it unlikely that the FDA would approve our NDA for tenapanor for the control of serum phosphorus in adult patients with CKD on dialysis on or before May 31, 2021.

In May and July 2021, we and the Lenders entered into additional amendments to the Loan Agreement (“the 2021 Amendments”) which together extended the period of time that we are permitted to make interest-only payments on the Term Loan to December 1, 2021; provided that if we have not received FDA approval for our NDA for tenapanor for the control of serum phosphorus in adult patients with CDK on dialysis on or before October 25, 2021, the interest-only period will expire and principal repayments shall be required to begin on November 1, 2021. If principal repayments are required to begin prior to December 1, 2021 under the 2021 Amendments, then the first such repayment shall include all payments that would have been due if monthly principal repayment had begun on June 1, 2021. As of September 30, 2021, we have classified our loan payable, current to include all principal payments that would have been due beginning on June 1, 2021. During November 2021, in compliance with the terms of our Loan Agreement, we paid the first principal repayment on the Term Loan in the amount of $16.7 million. For additional information see Note 13, Subsequent Events.

We paid a closing fee of 1% of the Term Loan, or $0.5 million, upon the closing of the Term Loan, $0.1 million upon closing of the 2020 Amendment and $0.1 million upon closing of the 2021 Amendments. Under the Term Loan, we are also obligated to pay a final fee equal to 4.95% 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. We 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 our assets, except for our intellectual property and certain other customary exclusions. Additionally, in connection with the Term Loan, we entered into the Exit Fee Agreement, as discussed in Note 6.

The Loan Agreement also contains customary events of default that entitle the Lenders to cause us indebtedness under the Loan Agreement to become immediately due and payable, and to exercise remedies against us and the collateral securing the Term Loan, including our cash. Upon the occurrence and for the duration of an event of default, an additional default interest rate equal to 4% per annum will apply to all amounts owed under the Loan Agreement. As of September 30, 2021 and as of the date of filing this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, to our knowledge, there were no facts or circumstances in existence that would give rise to an event of default.

As of September 30, 2021, our future payment obligations related to the Term Loan, excluding interest payments and the Exit Fee, are as follows (in thousands):

Total repayment obligations	$	52,475
Less: Unamortized discount and debt issuance costs	(307)
Less: Unaccreted value of final fee	(692)
Loan payable	51,476
Less: Loan payable, current portion	(44,444)
Loan payable, net of current portion	$	7,032