7.Note Payable

 

Long-term debt / note payable consists of the following:

 

 

 

Note Payable

 

On October 5, 2012, AxoGen entered into a Revenue Interests Purchase Agreement (the “Royalty Contract”) with PDL BioPharma, Inc. (“PDL”), pursuant to which the Company sold to PDL the right to receive royalties equal to 9.95% of the Company’s Net Revenues (as defined in the Royalty Contract) generated by the sale, distribution or other use of AxoGen’s products Avance® Nerve Graft, AxoGuard® Nerve Connector and AxoGuard® Nerve Protector.  The Royalty Contract had a term of eight years. Under the Royalty Contract, PDL received royalty payments based on a royalty rate of 9.95% of the Company’s Net Revenues, subject to certain agreed upon minimum payment requirements, which were anticipated to be approximately $1.3 to $2.5 million per quarter tobegin in the fourth quarter of 2014 through the third quarter of 2020 as provided in the Royalty Contract. The Company recorded interest using its best estimate of the effective interest rate accruing interest using the specified internal rate of return of the Put Option of 20%.  The total consideration PDL paid to the Company was $20,800,000 (the “Funded Amount”), which included $19,050,000 PDL paid to the Company on October 5, 2012, and $1,750,000 PDL paid to the Company on August 14, 2012 pursuant to an Interim Revenue Interest Purchase Agreement between the Company and PDL, dated August 14, 2012 (the “Interim Royalty Contract”). Upon the closing (the “Closing”) of PDL’s purchase of the specified royalties described above, which was concurrent with the execution of the Royalty Contract, the Interim Royalty Contract was terminated. On November 12, 2014, the Company paid PDL $30.3 million to fully extinguish the Royalty Contract.  The Company has no further obligations under the Royalty Contract.

 

As a result of the accounting treatment for the Three Peaks transaction, interest expense for 2014 included approximately $86,000 of non-cash expense that is expected to be paid in the future based upon the terms of the Three Peaks transaction and increases in AxoGen revenues. The $86,000 of non-cash expense was derived from taking the imputed interest for 2014 on the Three Peaks agreement less the actual cash payment made to Three Peaks for the year. Other than the $86,000 non-cash expense, the remaining $$6,724,000 in interest expense for 2014 is related to cash paid for interest on the note payable with PDL and the interest paid on the Term Loan with Three Peaks.

 

On November 12, 2014, the Company sold 643,382 shares of common stock for a total of $1.75 million to PDL (“PDL Equity Sale”) at a price of $2.72 per share pursuant to a Securities Purchase Agreement by and between the Company and PDL. The Company intends to use the proceeds from the PDL Equity Sale for general corporate purposes.

 

Term Loan Agreement and Revenue Interest Agreement

 

On November 12, 2014, (the “Signing Date”), AxoGen, as borrower, and AC, as guarantor, entered into a term loan agreement (the “Term Loan Agreement”) with the lenders party thereto and Three Peaks Capital S.a.r.l. (“Three Peaks”), an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Oberland Capital Healthcare Master Fund LP (“Oberland”), as administrative and collateral agent for the lenders. Under the Term Loan Agreement, Three Peaks has agreed to lend to AxoGen a term loan of $25 million (the “Initial Term Loan”) which has a six year term and requires interest only payments and a final principal payment due at the end of the term. Interest is payable quarterly at 9.00% per annum plus the greater of LIBOR or 1.0% which as of November 13, 2014 (“the Initial Closing Date”) resulted in a 10% rate. Under certain conditions, AxoGen has the option to draw an additional $7 million (“Subsequent Borrowing” and, together with the Initial Term Loan, (the “Term Loan”) during the period of April 1, 2016 through June 29, 2016 (the closing date of each such Subsequent Borrowing, a (“Subsequent Closing Date” and, together with the Initial Closing Date, the “Closing Dates”) under similar terms and conditions. AxoGen has to maintain certain covenants including limiting new indebtedness, restriction of the payment of dividends and maintain certain levels of revenue. Three Peaks has a first perfected security interest in the assets of AxoGen.

 

In addition, AxoGen entered into a 10 year Revenue Interest Agreement (“Revenue Interest Agreement”) with Three Peaks. Royalty payments are based on a royalty rate of 3.75% of AxoGen’s revenues up to a maximum of $30 million in revenues in any 12 month period. In the event the Subsequent Borrowing is drawn, the royalty rate increases proportionally up to a maximum of 4.80%. AxoGen has to maintain certain covenants including those covenants under the Term Loan.

 

Under the Term Loan Agreement, AxoGen has the option at any time to prepay the Term Loan, in whole or in part, and the Royalty Interest Agreement, defined below, by making the following payment, and Three Peaks has the right to demand the following payment upon a change of control of AxoGen, sale of the majority of AxoGen’s assets or a material adverse change to AxoGen: (i) on or prior to the first anniversary of the applicable Closing Date, 120% of the outstanding principal amount of the Term Loan or any portion being prepaid; (ii) after the first anniversary but no later than the second anniversary of the applicable Closing Date, 135% of the outstanding principal amount of the Term Loan or any portion being prepaid ; (iii) ) after the second anniversary but no later than the third anniversary of the applicable Closing Date, 150% of the outstanding principal amount of the Term Loan or any portion being prepaid; or (iv) ) after the third anniversary of the applicable Closing Date, an amount generating an Internal Rate of Return of 16.25% of the outstanding principal amount of the Term Loan or any portion being prepaid. In all cases, the amount due is reduced by the sum of interest and principal previously paid and all amounts received under the Revenue Interest Agreement. In each such case AxoGen will also owe an additional 3% of the originally advanced Term Loan amount. Upon payment to Three Peaks, AxoGen would have no further obligations to Three Peaks under the Term Loan or the Revenue Interest Agreement.

 

In connection with the Term Loan Agreement, on the Signing Date, the Company and its wholly owned subsidiary, AC entered into a Security Agreement (the “Security Agreement”) with Three Peaks, pursuant to which each of the Company and AC grants to Three Peaks a security interest in certain collateral as specified in the Security Agreement to guarantee the payment in full when due of the Secured Obligations.

 

Also in connection with the above transaction, the Company sold 1,375,969 shares of common stock to Three Peaks for a total of $3.55 million (“Three Peaks Equity Sale”) at a price of $2.58 per share.  Pursuant to the equity purchase provisions in the Three Peaks Term Loan Agreement, in the event that we sell prior to November 12, 2016 our securities at a lower price per share than the $2.58 per share paid by Three Peaks, or where the terms of such subsequent sale are otherwise more favorable, then in such case we have agreed to match the more favorable terms of such subsequent sale with respect to the shares purchased by Three Peaks. A subsequent sale does not include the issuance of securities or options to our employees, officers, directors or consultants pursuant to our approved employee option pool or any other employee stock purchase or option plan existing as of November 12, 2014.

 

The Company records interest using its best estimate of the effective interest rate.  This estimate takes into account both the rate on the Term Loan Agreement and the rate associated with the 10 year Revenue Interest Agreement with Three Peaks.  The effective interest rate is based on actual payments to date, projected future revenues and the projected royalty payments and the quarterly interest payments due on the Term Loan Agreement.  From time to time, AxoGen will reevaluate the expected cash flows and may adjust the effective interest rate.  Determining the effective interest rate requires judgment and is based on significant assumptions related to estimates of the amounts and timing of future revenue streams.  Determination of these assumptions is highly subjective and different assumptions could lead to materially different outcomes.