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Long-Term Debt
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2018
Long-Term Debt.  
Long-Term Debt

7.  Long-Term Debt

 

On December 23, 2016, the Company, and its subsidiaries Emerging Power Inc. and Emergent Power Inc. entered into a loan and security agreement with NY Green Bank, a Division of the New York State Energy Research & Development Authority (NY Green Bank), pursuant to which NY Green Bank made available to the Company a secured term loan facility in the amount of $25.0 million (Term Loan Facility), subject to certain terms and conditions.  The Company borrowed $25.0 million upon closing and incurred costs of $1.2 million.  On July 21, 2017, the Company and NY Green Bank entered into an amendment to the Term Loan Facility, which among other things, provided for an additional $20.0 million term loan, increasing the size of the total commitment to $45.0 million, amended the interest rate, prepayment penalty (for any prepayment in the calendar year 2017 or 2018, a prepayment charge equal to 7.5% of the advance amount being prepaid will apply) and product deployment and employment targets.  As with the existing facility, the up-sized facility will be repaid primarily as the Company’s various restricted cash balances are released over the term of the facility. During the year ended December 31, 2017, the Company borrowed the additional $20.0 million of working capital financing and incurred closing costs of $0.5 million. In June 2018, the timing and amount of the remaining principal payments were modified. At June 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017, the outstanding principal balance under the Term Loan Facility was $27.3 million and $32.8 million, respectively.  The fair value of the Term Loan Facility approximates the carrying value as of June 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017, due to the variable interest rate of the Term Loan Facility. 

 

Advances under the Term Loan Facility bear interest at a rate equal to the sum of the LIBOR rate for the applicable interest period, plus applicable margin of 9.5%. The interest rate at June 30, 2018 and 2017 was approximately 11.8% and 11.2%, respectively.  The term of the loan is three years, with a maturity date of December 23, 2019.  As of June 30, 2018, estimated remaining principal payments will be approximately $10.2 million and $17.1 million during the years ending December 31, 2018, and 2019, respectively.  These payments will be funded in part by restricted cash released, as described in Note 15, Commitments and Contingencies.

 

Interest and a varying portion of the principal amount is payable on a quarterly basis and the entire then outstanding principal balance of the Term Loan Facility, together with all accrued and unpaid interest, is due and payable on the maturity date.  On the maturity date, the Company may also be required to pay additional fees of up to $1.8 million if the Company is unable to meet certain goals related to the deployment of fuel cell systems in the State of New York and increasing the Company’s number of full-time employees in the State of New York.  The Company currently believes that it will meet those goals.

 

The Term Loan Facility is secured by substantially all of the Company’s and the guarantor subsidiaries’ assets, including, among other assets, all intellectual property, all securities in domestic subsidiaries and 65% of the securities in foreign subsidiaries, subject to certain exceptions and exclusions.

 

The Term Loan Facility contains covenants, including, among others, (i) the provision of annual and quarterly financial statements, management rights and insurance policies and (ii) restrictions on incurring debt, granting liens, making acquisitions, making loans, paying dividends, dissolving, and entering into leases and asset sales.  The Term Loan Facility also provides for events of default, including, among others, payment, bankruptcy, covenant, representation and warranty, change of control, judgment and material adverse effect defaults at the discretion of the lender.

 

The Term Loan Facility provides that if there is an event of default due to the Company’s insolvency or if the Company fails to perform, in any material respect, the servicing requirements for fuel cell systems under certain customer agreements, which failure would entitle the customer to terminate such customer agreement, replace the Company or withhold the payment of any material amount to the Company under such customer agreement, then the NY Green Bank has the right to cause a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company to replace the Company in performing the maintenance services under such customer agreement.