Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Debt

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Debt
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2020
Debt Disclosure [Abstract]  
Debt

4. Debt

 

Multi-Draw Credit Agreement- Related Party

 

The Company’s Debt with Emerald Health Sciences consists of the following:

 

 

 

Conversion

Price

 

 

As of

June 30,

2020

 

 

As of

December 31,

2019

 

Total principal value of convertible debt—related party

 

$ 0.40

 

 

$ 2,014,500

 

 

$ 2,014,500

 

Unamortized debt discount

 

 

 

 

 

 

(1,358,687 )

 

 

(1,622,344 )

Unamortized debt issuance costs

 

 

 

 

 

 

(4,352 )

 

 

(5,086 )

Carrying value of total convertible debt - related party

 

 

 

 

 

 

651,461

 

 

 

387,070

 

Total principal value of non-convertible debt—related party

 

 

n/a

 

 

 

450,000

 

 

 

 

Total carrying value of advances under the multi-draw credit agreement

 

 

 

 

 

$ 1,101,461

 

 

$ 387,070

 

 

On October 5, 2018, the Company entered into the Credit Agreement with Emerald Health Sciences, a related party (See Note 7). On April 29, 2020, the Company entered into the Amended Credit Agreement with Emerald Health Sciences, which amends and restates the Credit Agreement, dated October 5, 2018. For all pre-existing and new advances, the Amended Credit Agreement removed the change in control as an event of default (See Note 3) and defers the quarterly payment of interest until the Company completes a capital raise of at least $5,000,000. The amendments to the pre-existing advances were accounted for as a modification. For all advances made after the Credit Agreement was amended, advances will be convertible at a reduced conversion price of $0.25 per share of Common Stock, unless Emerald Health Sciences provides notice that the advance will not be convertible.

 

For all outstanding advances, the Amended Credit Agreement provides for a credit facility to the Company of up to $20,000,000 and is unsecured. Advances under the Amended Credit Agreement bear interest at an annual rate of 7% and mature on October 5, 2022. At Emerald Health Sciences’ election, convertible advances and unpaid interest may be converted into common stock at the fixed conversion price of the underlying advance, subject to customary adjustments for stock splits, stock dividends, recapitalizations, etc. As of June 30, 2020, the unused portion of the credit facility is $13,550,000. The drawdowns are subject to approval by the Company’s Board, which is controlled by the directors of Emerald Health Sciences. As such, the Company does not consider the facility available until advance requests are approved, drawn down and funded. The Amended Credit Agreement is still in place, however, there is no guarantee of continued funding.

 

The Amended Credit Agreement provides for customary events of default which may result in the acceleration of the maturity of the advances in addition to, but not limited to, cross acceleration to certain other indebtedness of the Company. In the case of an event of default arising from specified events of bankruptcy or insolvency or reorganization, all outstanding advances will become due and payable immediately without further action or notice. If any other event of default under the Amended Credit Agreement occurs or is continuing, Emerald Health Sciences may, by written notice, terminate its commitment to make any advances and/or declare all the advances with any other amounts payable due immediately. If any amount under the Amended Credit Agreement is not paid when due, such overdue amount shall bear interest at an annual default interest rate of the applicable rate plus 10%, until such amount is paid in full.

 

In connection with each advance under the Amended Credit Agreement, the Company has agreed to issue to Emerald Health Sciences warrants to purchase shares of common stock in an amount equal to 50%  of the number of shares of common stock that each advance may be converted into. The warrants have a term of five years that are immediately exercisable upon issuance. Under the Amended Credit Agreement, Emerald Health Sciences may issue notice that no warrants will be granted at the time of the advance request. The warrants issued under the Credit Agreement have an exercise price of $0.50 per share and any warrants issued under the Amended Credit Agreement will have a reduced exercise price of $0.35 per share. The exercise prices are subject to adjustment in the event of certain stock dividends and distributions, stock splits, stock combinations, reclassifications or similar events or upon any distributions of assets, including cash, stock or other property to the Company’s stockholders (See Note 3).

 

In accounting for each advance and the warrants issued under the Amended Credit Agreement, the Company allocates the proceeds between the debt host and the freestanding warrants on a relative fair value basis for each advance. On the date of each advance, if the effective conversion rate of the debt is less than the market value of the Company’s common stock, the Company records a beneficial conversion feature as a discount to the debt and an increase to additional paid-in capital. The debt discounts related to the warrants, beneficial conversion features and compound derivatives, if any, are being amortized over the term of the Amended Credit Agreement using the effective interest rate method. Amortization of the debt discount is recognized as non-cash interest expense and the compound derivatives related to the contingent interest feature and acceleration upon default provision are remeasured at fair value in subsequent periods in the Company’s Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.
 

On November 1, 2018, an initial advance was made for $2,000,000 and the Company issued 2,500,000 warrants with an exercise price of $0.50 per share (See Note 3). In accounting for the convertible advance and warrants under the Credit Agreement, $1,684,920 of the proceeds was allocated to the debt and $315,080 was allocated to equity classified warrants. A beneficial conversion feature of $90,080 and a compound derivative liability of $204,102 were also recorded.

 

During the six months ended June 30, 2019, the Company initiated two advances, each in the amount of $2,000,000, for an aggregate principal amount of $4,000,000, and the Company issued an aggregate of 5,000,000 warrants with an exercise price of $0.50 per share (See Note 3). In accounting for the convertible advances and warrants, an aggregate amount of $3,283,890 was allocated to the debt and $716,110 was allocated to equity classified warrants. A beneficial conversion feature of $1,584,850 and compound derivative liabilities of an aggregate of $516,058 were recorded (See Note 3). Of the $516,058 in compound derivatives, $322,644 was recorded as other expense in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive (Loss) Income for the six months ended June 30, 2019, as the value of the beneficial conversion feature exceeded the proceeds allocated to the third draw.

 

During the year ended December 31, 2019, the Company used $3,985,500 in proceeds from the exercise of the 2018 Emerald Financing Warrants to prepay a portion of the outstanding principal balance. In connection with the prepayment, the Company recorded an extinguishment loss of $725,425 in the fourth quarter of 2019. The extinguishment loss was calculated as the difference between the fair value of the consideration paid to extinguish the debt and carrying value of the debt host plus the related compound derivative liability.

 

During the three months ended June 30, 2020, the Company effected a fourth and fifth advances in the amounts of $150,000 and $300,000, respectively. The Lender has elected that the fourth and fifth advances will not be convertible into shares of Common Stock and gave notice to the Company that no warrants will be issued in connection with the advances.

 

Aggregate financing costs of $63,007 have been incurred and are recorded as a discount to the debt host and are being amortized using the effective interest rate method and recognized as non-cash interest expense over the term of the Amended Credit Agreement. As of June 30, 2020, the unamortized debt discount on the convertible advances will be amortized over a remaining period of approximately 2.27 years. The fair value of the shares underlying the convertible advances under the Amended Credit agreement was $790,691 at June 30, 2020. As of June 30, 2020, the if-converted value did not exceed the principal balance.

 

PPP Loan

 

On April 24, 2020, the Company received funding from the PPP Loan Lender pursuant to the PPP of the CARES Act administered by the SBA for a principal amount of $116,700. The PPP Loan matures on April 24, 2022 and bears interest at a rate of 1.00% per year. Interest and principal are payable monthly commencing seven months from the date of funding. The PPP Loan may be prepaid at any time prior to maturity with no prepayment penalties. Funds from the PPP Loan may only be used by the Company for payroll costs, costs for continuing group healthcare benefits, mortgage interest payments, rent, utility and interest on any other debt obligations that were incurred before February 15, 2020.

 

All or a portion of the principal from the PPP Loan may be forgiven by the SBA and the PPP Loan Lender upon application by the Company within 60 days but not later than 120 days after loan approval and upon documentation of expenditures in accordance with the SBA requirements. Under the CARES Act, loan forgiveness is available for the sum of documented payroll costs, covered rent payments, and covered utilities during an eight-week period, or a longer period if elected by the Company, commencing on the date of loan approval. For purposes of the CARES Act, payroll costs exclude compensation of an individual employee in excess of $100,000, prorated annually. Not more than 25% of the forgiveness amount may be for non-payroll costs. Forgiveness is reduced if full-time headcount declines, or if salaries and wages of employees with salaries of $100,000 or less annually are reduced by more than 25%. After approval of the forgiveness amount and seven-month deferral period, the PPP Loan Lender will provide the Company with written notification of re-amortization of the PPP Loan and the remaining balance.


Interest Expense

 

The Company’s interest expense consists of the following:

 

 

 

Three Months Ended
June 30,

 

 

Six Months Ended

June 30,

 

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

Related party interest expense – stated rate

 

$ 37,726

 

 

$ 106,167

 

 

$ 73,371

 

 

$ 165,277

 

PPP loan interest expense – stated rate

 

 

218

 

 

 

 

 

 

218

 

 

 

 

Non-cash interest expense:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amortization of debt discount

 

 

133,310

 

 

 

184,313

 

 

 

263,657

 

 

 

238,293

 

Amortization of transaction costs

 

 

371

 

 

 

3,485

 

 

 

734

 

 

 

6,458

 

 

 

$ 171,625

 

 

$ 293,965

 

 

$ 337,980

 

 

$ 410,028