The Senior Secured Notes bear interest at an annual rate of 9.0%
plus adjusted three-month LIBOR, with a LIBOR floor of 1.50% and
LIBOR cap of 3.00%, payable in cash quarterly in arrears. At March
31, 2022, the interest rate applicable to the Senior Secured Notes
was 10.5%.
In addition, the restrictive covenants in the Note Purchase
Agreement require the Company to comply with certain minimum
liquidity requirements and minimum quarterly product sales
requirements. At any time, the Company is required to maintain
unrestricted cash and cash equivalents greater than or equal to
$15.0 million, and, as of the end of each fiscal quarter, it is
required to maintain consolidated Upneeq net product sales greater
than or equal to specified quarterly thresholds (beginning at $3.0
million for the quarter ending March 31, 2022, and increasing in
$1.0 million increments each quarter thereafter until the quarter
ending June 30, 2024, for which quarter and all subsequent quarters
the threshold is $12.0 million). At March 31, 2022, the Company was
in compliance with all conditions of the Note Purchase
Agreement.
During the year ended
December 31, 2021, the Company incurred aggregate debt issuance
costs of $2.1 million related
to the Senior Secured
Notes, $1.5 million and $0.6 million of which were recognized as
financial commitment assets
underlying the first and
second tranche notes, respectively.
The Company elected the fair value option of accounting on the
senior secured notes upon issuance and, accordingly, a
proportionate amount of related debt issuance costs were
immediately written off. The Company’s residual financial
commitment asset related to the undrawn second tranche notes, is
being amortized over the relevant one-year commitment period.
During the three months ended March 31, 2022, the Company
recognized $1.0 million of amortization expense from the second
tranche financial commitment asset with such expense being recorded
within interest expense and amortization of debt discount in the
accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated statements of
operations and comprehensive loss. At March 31, 2022 and December
31, 2021, the second tranche financial commitment asset had a
carrying value of $2.1 million and $3.1 million, respectively, and was recorded
within current assets in the accompanying unaudited condensed
consolidated balance sheets. If the second tranche notes are drawn
within the one-year commitment period, the Company will expense the
remaining balance under the fair value option of
accounting.
On a recurring basis, changes in fair value of Senior Secured Notes
will be presented in the accompanying unaudited condensed
consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss at
each reporting period (see Note 13).
In the three months ended March 31, 2022, the Company obtained
waivers from the Purchaser of mandatory repayments of an aggregate
of $5.0 million in principal of the Senior Secured Notes as
otherwise required under the Note Purchase Agreement, in exchange
for a consent fee of $0.2 million, resulting in net retained
proceeds of $4.8 million.
Note 9. Share-Based Compensation
The following table presents the components of share-based
compensation expense (in thousands):
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Three Months Ended
March 31,
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2022
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2021
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Share options
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$
|
550
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$
|
101
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Performance stock units
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—
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225
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Restricted stock units
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616
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|
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729
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Employee share purchase plan
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|
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43
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|
|
19
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Total share-based compensation expense
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$
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1,209
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$
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1,074
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At March 31, 2022, aggregate unrecognized share compensation
expense related to unvested awards was $7.0 million which is
expected to be recognized over a weighted-average remaining service
period of 1.86 years.