Interest expense associated with the Acquisition Loan for the three and nine months ended December 31, 2022 was $8,000 and $10,000 respectively. There was no interest expense associated with the Acquisition Loan for the three and nine months ended December 31, 2021.
Convertible Loan – Q1 Working Capital Loan
Between June 9, 2022, and June 10, 2022, the Company issued convertible promissory notes (each, a “Q1 Working Capital Note” and collectively, the “Q1 Working Capital Notes”) and borrowed an aggregate of $500,000 from an affiliate of Mr. Gaston-Dreyfus ($200,000); an affiliate of André-Jacques Auberton-Hervé, the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Company ($100,000); and an existing investor and shareholder of the Company ($200,000) (collectively, the “Holders”). The Company used the net proceeds from the Q1 Working Capital Notes for the Company’s working capital and general corporate purposes. Each Q1 Working Capital Note bears interest at a fixed rate of 1% per month, computed based on a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months and will be payable, along with the principal amount, in shares on the two-year anniversary of the applicable issue date (the “Q1 Working Capital Loan Maturity Date”).
Each Q1 Working Capital Note will be convertible into equity of the Company upon the following events on the following terms: (a) on the applicable Q1 Working Capital Loan Maturity Date without any action on the part of the Holders, the outstanding principal and accrued and unpaid interest under such Q1 Working Capital Notes will be converted into shares of common stock at a conversion price equal to the closing price of the Company’s common stock on the applicable Q1 Working Capital Loan Maturity Date and (b) upon the consummation of the next Qualified Financing, without any action on the part of the Holders, the outstanding principal and accrued and unpaid interest under the applicable Q1 Working Capital Note will be converted into the securities (or units of securities if more than one security are sold as a unit) issued by the Company in one or more tranches in the context of the Qualified Financing, based upon the issuance (or conversion) price of such securities.
Interest expense associated with these loans for the three and nine months ended December 31, 2022 was $15,000 and $33,000, respectively. There was no interest expense associated with these loans for the three and nine months ended December 31, 2021.
Refinancing Loan
During the year ended March 31, 2022, the Company commenced a refinancing of its existing indebtedness and launched a new secured convertible promissory note offering of up to $10.0 million (the “2021 Offering”). Pursuant to the terms of the 2021 Offering, the Company offered for sale up to $10.0 million in convertible promissory notes (the “2021 Notes”) to accredited investors and non-U.S. persons. As a result, the Company issued an aggregate of $8.3 million in principal of 2021 Notes of which an aggregate of $5.0 million was purchased for cash and the remainder was issued as a result of consolidating existing debt.
Under the Company’s then-existing term loan and security agreement as well as the existing shareholder loan as mentioned below, a portion of the outstanding principal and unpaid interest were used as consideration to acquire 2021 Notes in the 2021 Offering and, as a result and with the option exercises described below, the term loan agreement and the existing shareholder loan were deemed paid in full and terminated. Accordingly, an aggregate of $1.1 million in outstanding principal and accrued unpaid interest under the term loan agreement was used to purchase a like amount of 2021 Notes in the 2021 Offering and an aggregate of $2.2 million in outstanding principal and accrued and unpaid interest under the shareholder loan was used to purchase a like amount of 2021 Notes in the 2021 Offering. The remaining $0.6 million of the outstanding principal and accrued and unpaid interest under the term loan agreement was applied towards the purchase price to exercise outstanding options of certain debtholders.
Pursuant to the terms of the 2021 Offering, the Company issued an aggregate of $5.0 million in principal of additional 2021 Notes, which was purchased for cash. The Company used the net cash proceeds from the 2021 Offering for the Company’s working capital requirements. The 2021 Notes bore interest at a fixed rate of 1% per month, computed based on a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months and would be payable, along with the principal amount, on the earlier of: (a) March 31, 2022 and (b) the consummation of the 2021 Offering, provided that the Company raises in one or more tranches aggregate gross proceeds of no less than $10,000,000.
On March 31, 2022 the 2021 Notes were converted into 946,194 shares of common stock of the Company in accordance with their terms.