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 June 30, 2022, the interest rate applicable to the Senior Secured Notes was 10.5%. Effective July 1, 2022, the interest rate applicable to the Senior Secured Notes was approximately 11.3%.
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 (currently at $4.0 million for the quarter ending June 30, 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 June 30, 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 and six months ended June 30, 2022, the Company recognized $0.9 million and $1.9 million, respectively, 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 June 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, the second tranche financial commitment asset had a carrying value of $1.1 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 six months ended June 30, 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.
In August 2022, the Company entered into an amendment to the Note Purchase Agreement (Note 16).
Prior Credit Agreement
Prior to October 12, 2021, the Company was party to a Credit Agreement, dated February 3, 2016 and as amended from
time-to-time, under which an aggregate principal amount of $327.5 million of secured term loans were previously issued
(the “Prior Term Loans”) and that provided for revolving credit commitments up to $50.0 million (the “Prior Revolving
Facility,” and together with the Prior Term Loans, the “Prior Credit Agreement”).
During the three and six months ended June 30, 2021, pursuant to the terms of the Prior Credit Agreement, the Company exercised its right to cure a shortfall in certain financial covenants which resulted in the mandatory prepayment of $5.3 million against the Prior Term Loans. During the three and six months ended June 30, 2021, the Company wrote off an