DEBT FINANCING |
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| Debt Disclosure [Abstract] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| DEBT FINANCING |
NOTE 8 – DEBT FINANCING
Long-term debt consists of the following:
On December 8, 2023, the Company entered into a Loan and Guaranty Agreement (the “Loan Agreement”) by and among the Company, Krele LLC, Tonix Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Jenner and Tonix R&D Center (“Loan Parties”), with JGB Capital, LP, JGB Partners, LP, JGB (Cayman) Port Ellen Ltd., and any other lender from time to time party hereto (collectively, the “Lenders”), and JGB Collateral LLC, as administrative agent and collateral agent for the Lenders (in such capacity, “JGB Agent”) for a 36-month term loan (the “Term Loan”) in the aggregate principal amount of $11.0 million, with a maturity date of December 8, 2026 (the “Maturity Date”). The Term Loan was funded with an original issue discount of 9% of the principal amount of the Term Loan, or $1.0 million, which is being amortized over the term of the debt as an adjustment to the effective interest rate on the outstanding borrowings.
Borrowings under the Term Loan bear interest at a fluctuating rate equal to the greater of (i) the prime rate as defined in the Loan Agreement plus 3.5% and (ii) 12%. Interest is payable monthly in arrears commencing in December 2023. In connection with the Term Loan, the Company deposited into a reserve account $1.8 million to be used exclusively to fund interest payments related to the Term Loan. The deposit is reflected in Prepaid expenses and other current assets on the consolidated balance sheet.
Commencing on March 8, 2024 and continuing monthly through the Maturity Date, the outstanding principal will be due and payable in monthly installments of $0.2 million, with the final remaining balance of unpaid principal and interest due and payable on the Maturity Date. In addition, the Company must pay a monthly collateral monitoring charge equal to 0.23% of the outstanding principal amount of the term loan as of the date of payment. The Company incurred $1.1 million in issuance costs, which is being amortized over the term of the debt as an adjustment to the effective interest rate on the outstanding borrowings.
The Loan Agreement provides for voluntary prepayments of the Term Loan, in whole or in part, subject to a prepayment premium. The Loan Agreement contains customary affirmative and negative covenants by the Company, which among other things, will require the Borrowers to provide certain financial reports to the lenders, to maintain a deposit account to fund interest payments, and limit the ability of the Company to incur or guarantee additional indebtedness, pay dividends or make other equity distributions, sell assets, engage in certain transactions, and effect a consolidation or merger. The obligations of the Company under the Loan Agreement may be accelerated upon customary events of default, including non-payment of principal, interest, fees and other amounts, covenant default, insolvency, material judgements, inaccuracy of representations and warranties, invalidity of guarantees. The Term Loan is secured by first priority security interests in the Company’s R&D Center in Frederick, Maryland, the Advanced Development Center in North Dartmouth, Massachusetts, and substantially all of the relevant deposit accounts.
As of December 31, 2023, the carrying amount of the Term Loan approximated its fair value as the contractual interest rate for the Term Loan was representative of the then market interest rate.
Annual future principal payments due on the Term Loan as of December 31, 2023 are as follows (in thousands):
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