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Senior Secured Notes
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2015
Debt Disclosure [Abstract]  
Senior Secured Notes

Note 5 — Senior Secured Notes

On September 30, 2015, we entered into a purchase agreement with TC Lending, LLC and TAO Fund, LLC for the sale of $250.0 million in aggregate principal amount of 7.75% senior secured notes due 2020 (the “Notes”).  On October 5, 2015, we completed the sale and issuance of the Notes.  The Notes are secured by a first-priority lien on substantially all of our assets.  The Notes bear interest at a rate of 7.75% per annum payable in cash quarterly in arrears on January 15, April 15, July 15, and October 15 of each year, beginning on October 15, 2015. Interest is calculated based on actual days outstanding over a 360 day year.  The Notes will mature on October 5, 2020, at which time the outstanding principal will be due and payable.

In connection with the issuance of the Notes, we paid fees and expenses of $8.9 million, of which $8.3 million of transaction and facility fees paid directly to the purchasers of the Notes were capitalized as a debt discount and recorded as a reduction to the senior secured notes, net liability balance in our Consolidated Balance Sheet.  An additional $0.4 million of direct issuance costs was capitalized and recorded in Other Assets in our Consolidated Balance Sheet and $0.2 million of fees were expensed.  These debt discount and issuance costs will be amortized to interest expense over the five year term of the Notes.  

On October 5, 2015, we used a portion of the proceeds from the Notes to redeem the $125.0 million in aggregate principal amount of 12.0% senior secured notes due in 2017 (12% Notes).  In addition, on October 5, 2015, we paid $3.3 million of accrued interest on the 12% Notes and made a $12.5 million redemption payment, which includes $1.2 million of additional interest paid to the note holders at redemption.  As a result, we received $100.3 million in net proceeds in connection with these transactions.  In addition, as a result of these transactions, in the year ended December 31, 2015, we recognized a $14.1 million loss on extinguishment of our 12% Notes, which consists of the $11.3 million redemption premium and $1.2 million of incremental interest paid to the note holders and the write-off of $1.6 million of unamortized issuance costs.

The agreement, pursuant to which the Notes were issued, contains customary covenants, including covenants that limit or restrict our ability to incur liens, incur indebtedness, declare or pay dividends, redeem stock, issue preferred stock, make certain investments, merge or consolidate, make dispositions of assets, or enter into certain new businesses or transactions with affiliates, but do not contain covenants related to future financial performance. In particular, the Notes agreement requires us to maintain a minimum cash and investments in marketable securities balance of $60.0 million during the term of the Notes.  The agreement also required that $50.0 million of the proceeds received from the issuance of the Notes be maintained in a restricted account until all liens securing the 12% Notes were released and all liens were released in November 2015 and the restrictions on this amount were removed. The Notes agreement provides that, beginning on October 5, 2017, we may redeem some or all of the Notes, subject to certain prepayment premiums and conditions. If we experience certain change of control events, the holders of the Notes will have the right to require us to purchase all or a portion of the Notes at a purchase price in cash equal to 101% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest to the date of purchase. In addition, upon certain asset sales, we may be required to offer to use the net proceeds thereof to purchase some of the Notes at 100% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest to the date of purchase.

As of December 31, 2015, given that the Notes were recently issued in October 2015 and based on a discounted cash flow analysis using Level 3 inputs including financial discount rates, we believe the $250.0 million in principal amount of the Notes is consistent with its fair value.