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Note 8 - Note Payable
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2017
Notes to Financial Statements  
Debt Disclosure [Text Block]
Note
8.
Note Payable
 
In
November 2013,
the Company entered into a loan agreement with Hercules Technology Growth Capital, Inc. (Hercules) which permits up to
$20
million in capital to be distributed in multiple tranches (the Hercules Credit Agreement). The Company drew the
first
tranche of
$5
million upon closing of the Hercules Credit Agreement in
November 2013
and used approximately
$4
million of the proceeds to repay the outstanding obligations under its loan agreement with Oxford Finance LLC and Horizon Technology Finance Corporation as discussed further below. On
June 10, 2014,
the Company closed the
second
$5
million tranche under the Hercules Credit Agreement. The proceeds were used to fund the
$3.0
million upfront cash payment associated with Celsion's acquisition of EGEN, as well as the Company’s transaction costs associated with the EGEN acquisition.  Upon the closing of this
second
tranche, the Company has drawn down a total of
$10
million under the Hercules Credit Agreement. 
  
The obligations under the Hercules Credit Agreement were in the form of secured indebtedness bearing interest at a calculated prime-based variable rate (
11.25%
per annum since inception through
December 17, 2015
and
11.50%
since). Payments under the loan agreement were interest only for the
first
twelve
months after loan closing, followed by a
30
-month amortization period of principal and interest through the scheduled maturity date of
June 1, 2017.
In connection with the Hercules Credit Agreement, the Company incurred cash expenses of
$122,378.
Also in connection with the Hercules Credit Facility, the Company paid loan origination fees of
$230,000.
Collectively, these deferred fees have been classified as a direct deduction from the debt liability consistent with the presentation of a debt discount and are being amortized as interest expense using the effective interest method over the life of the loan.  
 
As a fee in connection with the Hercules Credit Agreement, the Company issued Hercules a warrant for a total of
6,963
shares of the Company’s common stock (the Hercules Warrant) at a per share exercise price of
$50.26,
exercisable for cash or by net exercise from
November 25, 2013.
Upon the closing of the
second
tranche on
June 10, 2014,
this warrant became exercisable for an additional
6,963
shares of the Company’s common stock. The Hercules Warrant will expire
November 25, 2018.
Hercules has certain rights to register the common stock underlying the Hercules Warrant pursuant to a Registration Rights Agreement with the Company dated
November 25, 2013.
The registration rights expire on the date when such stock
may
be sold under Rule
144
without restriction or upon the
first
year anniversary of the registration statement for such stock, whichever is earlier. The common stock issuable pursuant to the Hercules Warrant was filed pursuant to Rule 
415
under the Securities Act of
1933
on the Prospectus for Registration Statement
No.
333
-
193936
and was declared effective on
September 30, 2014.
The Company valued the Hercules Warrants issued using the Black-Scholes option pricing model and recorded a total of
$476,261
as a direct deductions from the debt liability consistent with the presentation of a debt discount and are being amortized as interest expense using the effective interest method over the life of the loan.  Also in connection with each of the
$5.0
million tranches, the Company is required to pay an end of term charge equal to
3.5%
of each original loan amount at time of maturity. Therefore, these amounts totaling
$350,000
were amortized as interest expense using the effective interest method over the life of the loan.
 
The loan balance and end of term charges on the Hercules Credit Agreement was paid in full in
June 2017.
 
For the
three
month periods ended
June 30, 2017
and
2016,
the Company incurred
$11,731
and
$136,438
in interest expense, respectively, and amortized
$17,685
and
$66,915,
respectively as interest expense for deferred fees, debt discount and end of term charges in connection with the Hercules Credit Agreement. For the
six
month periods ended
June 30, 2017
and
2016,
the Company incurred
$56,386
and
$301,996
in interest expense, respectively, and amortized
$35,370
and
$145,586,
respectively as interest expense for deferred fees, debt discount and end of term charges in connection with the Hercules Credit Agreement.
 
The Hercules Credit Agreement contains customary covenants, including covenants that limit or restrict the Company’s ability to grant liens, incur indebtedness, make certain restricted payments, merge or consolidate and make dispositions of assets. Upon the occurrence of an event of default under the Hercules Credit Agreement, the lenders
may
cease making loans, terminate the Hercules Credit Agreement, declare all amounts outstanding to be immediately due and payable and foreclose on or liquidate the Company’s assets that comprise the lenders’ collateral. The Hercules Credit Agreement specifies a number of events of default (some of which are subject to applicable grace or cure periods), including, among other things, non-payment defaults, covenant defaults, a material adverse effect on the Company or its assets, cross-defaults to other material indebtedness, bankruptcy and insolvency defaults and material judgment defaults. The Company has maintained compliance with these covenants.