Term Loan
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2016
Debt Disclosure [Abstract]  
Term Loan

5. TERM LOAN

 

On March 4, 2015, the Company executed a term loan agreement (the “Term Loan Agreement”) with CRG LP and certain of its affiliate funds (“CRG”) as lenders providing the Company with access of up to $35,000 under the arrangement. The Company received $15,000 in gross proceeds under the arrangement on March 4, 2015, and an additional $10,000 on October 6, 2015. The Term Loan Agreement matures on March 31, 2021 and bears interest at 13% per annum, with quarterly payments of interest only for the first four years. While interest on the loan is accrued at 13% per annum, the Company may elect to make interest-only payments at 8.5% per annum. The unpaid interest of 4.5% is added to the principal of the loan and is subject to additional accrued interest (“PIK interest”). The accrued interest can be deferred and paid together with the principal in the fifth and sixth years.

 

As part of the amended Term Loan Agreement, and funding of the second tranche, CRG received 35,000 warrants dated as of October 6, 2015 to purchase common shares of the Company at a price of $50.00 per share (the “CRG Warrants”). The CRG Warrants have a five-year life. The CRG Warrants are classified as equity on the Consolidated Balance Sheets as of December 31, 2016 and 2015. The CRG Warrants were valued at their issuance date using the Black-Scholes Merton model. The related reduction of the long-term debt will be amortized over the life of the debt.

 

The loan is collateralized by all assets of the Company. Additionally, the terms of the Term Loan Agreement contain various affirmative and negative covenants agreed to by the Company. Among them, the Company must attain minimum certain annual revenue and minimum cash threshold levels. On April 7, 2016, the Company amended the Term Loan Agreement to change the required minimum revenue levels. The amended minimum revenue is $27,000 for 2016, $31,000 for 2017, $36,000 for 2018, $45,000 for 2019 and $55,000 for 2020. The minimum cash balance required is $5,000 subject to certain conditions. The amendment also reduced the exercise price of the CRG Warrants from $50.00 per share to $15.00 per share and the Company issued CRG additional warrants to purchase 35,000 common shares of the Company’s stock at $15.00 per share, which expire 5 years after issuance.

 

If the Company does not have annual revenue greater or equal to the annual revenue covenant in a calendar year, the Company will have the right within 90 days of the end of the respective calendar year to raise subordinated debt or equity (the “CRG Equity Cure”) equal to twice the difference between the annual revenue and the revenue covenant, with the total proceeds from this financing to be used to reduce the principal of the Term Loan Agreement. In the event of a default, the Company may be required to repay any outstanding amounts earlier than anticipated, and CRG may foreclose on their security interest in the Company’s assets.

 

At December 31, 2016, the Company was in compliance with all of the covenants.

 

As part of the amended Term Loan Agreement, on the earlier of the maturity date or the date the term loan is paid off in full, the Company will pay a facility fee equal to 6.5% of the aggregate principal amount of the loan, excluding accrued PIK interest (the “Facility Fee”). The Facility Fee is being accrued to interest expense using the effective interest method.

 

The Company incurred financing and legal fees associated with the debt of $606, which were recorded as a direct discount to the debt and are being amortized using the effective interest method. The Company presents the debt issuance costs related to the recognized debt liability on the Consolidated Balance Sheet as a reduction of the liability.

 

The Term Loan Agreement provided for prepayment fees of 5% of the outstanding balance of the loan if the loan was repaid prior to March 31, 2016. The prepayment fee is reduced 1% per year for each subsequent year until maturity.

 

The following is a summary of the Term Loan Agreement as of December 31, 2016 and related maturities of outstanding principle:

 

Principle balance outstanding   $ 25,000  
PIK interest     1,877  
Facility fee     321  
less discount on term loan:        
deferred financing fees, net     (432 )
fair value of detachable warrants, net     (317 )
Total term loan   $ 26,449  

 

Principal due for each of the next 5 years and in the aggregate thereafter:

 

2017     -  
2018     -  
2019     10,079  
2020     13,439  
2021     3,680  
Total principal, PIK interest and facility fee due     27,198  
Less: discount on term loan     (749 )
Total term loan   $ 26,449