DEBT

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2024

DEBT

DEBT

NOTE 6. DEBT

The Company has a senior secured credit facility (the “Senior Secured Credit Facility”), which consists of Debentures (as defined below) and previously, a subordinated promissory note (the “Subordinated Note). The Debentures were issued at a 5% original issuance discount and are subject to a 5% exit payment. The Subordinated Note was extinguished in April 2024, as described below.

Debt related to the Senior Secured Credit Facility and Subordinate Note as of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023 consists of the following:

	September 30,		December 31,
	2024		2023
Senior Secured Credit Facility	$	8,321	$	11,805
Subordinated Note		—		3,554
Unamortized discount on loan and deferred debt issuance costs		(1,292)		(1,453)
Total debt	$	7,029	$	13,906
Current portion of long-term debt		(1,500)		(5,848)
Total long-term debt	$	5,529	$	8,058

Debentures

On March 3, 2023, the Company entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement with each of the purchasers party thereto (collectively, the “Purchasers”) and JGB Collateral, LLC, as collateral agent for the Purchasers (the “Agent”) which pursuant to the agreement, the Company sold 5% original issuance discount senior secured debentures with an aggregate principal amount of $21,053. The Debentures bear interest at a rate of 7% per annum, payable monthly in arrears as of the last trading day of each month and on the maturity date. The Debentures mature on March 3, 2026. At the Company’s election, subject to certain conditions, interest can be paid in cash, shares of the Company’s common stock, or a combination thereof. The Debentures are subject to an exit payment equal to 5% of the original principal amount, or $1,053, payable on the maturity date or the date the Debentures are paid in full (the “Exit Payment”). Any time after, March 3, 2024, the Company may irrevocably elect to redeem all of the then outstanding principal amount of the Debentures for cash in an amount equal to the entire outstanding principal balance, including accrued and unpaid interest, the Exit Payment and a prepayment premium in an amount equal to 3% of the outstanding principal balance as of the prepayment date (collectively, the “Prepayment Amount”). Upon the entry into a definitive agreement that would effect a change in control (as defined in the Debentures) of the Company, the Agent may require the Company to prepay the outstanding principal balance in an amount equal to the Prepayment Amount. Commencing on March 3, 2024, at its option, the holder of a Debenture may require the Company to redeem 2% of the original principal amount of the Debentures per calendar month which amount may at the Company’s election, subject to certain exceptions, be paid in cash, shares of the Company’s common stock, or a combination thereof.

The Company’s obligations under the Debentures can be accelerated upon the occurrence of certain customary events of default. In the event of a default and acceleration of the Company’s obligations, the Company would be required to pay the Prepayment Amount, liquidated damages and other amounts owing in respect thereof through the date of acceleration.

The Debentures contain customary representations, warranties and covenants including among other things and subject to certain exceptions, covenants that restrict the Company from incurring additional indebtedness, creating or permitting liens on assets, making or holding any investments, repaying outstanding indebtedness, paying dividends or distributions and entering into transactions with affiliates. Substantially all of the company’s assets, including intellectual property, are collateralized and at risk if Debenture obligation is not satisfied. In addition, the Company was required to maintain at least $7,500 on its balance sheet as restricted cash in a separate account and has financial covenants to maintain certain quarterly revenue targets.

In connection with the sale of the Debentures, the Company issued warrants to purchase up to 20,835 shares of common stock for an exercise price of $306.00 per share (the “JGB Warrants”), which had an initial fair value of $4,475 net of issuance costs of $139. On June 22, 2023, as a result of the June 19, 2023 offering, the Company’s outstanding JGB warrants to purchase up to 20,835 shares of the Company’s common stock for an exercise price of $306.00 per share were automatically adjusted to be $205.248 exercise price for up to 31,060 shares of common stock. There are no further anti-dilution adjustments on such warrants.

On October 16, 2023, the Company entered into a Waiver and Amendment Agreement (the “October  Amendment”) with each of the subsidiaries of the Company executing the Debentures, the Holders and the Agent, pursuant to which, among other things, (a) the Holders waived an event of default under Section 7(d) of the Debentures which required the Company to achieve revenue of at least $18,500 for the quarter ended September 30, 2023 (the “waiver”), (b) the parties agreed to amend Schedule E of the Debentures to reduce the Revenue Target (as such term is defined in the Debentures), for the quarter ended December 31, 2023, to $15,500, and (c) the Company agreed to release to the Purchasers the $7,500 that the Company was required to maintain in a separate account (the “Escrow Funds”) which Escrow Funds were applied to, and reduce, the outstanding principal amount of the Debentures on a dollar-for-dollar basis.

As additional consideration for the waiver, the Company agreed to assign, transfer and convey to the Agent, the Company’s entire right, title and interest in and to (i) the Promissory Note made by J&N Real Estate Company, L.L.C. (“J&N”) payable to the Company in the principal amount of $3,800 and (ii) the Deed of Trust, Assignment of Rents, Security Agreement and Fixture Filing dated June 30, 2021, between J&N, as borrower, for the benefit of the Company, as lender (collectively, the “Pledged Indebtedness”). Upon assignment of the Pledged Indebtedness, the Company recognized the $2,600 of consideration in exchange to be applied as a $2,000 reduction of the Put Price (as defined below), $600 reduction of the outstanding principal amount of Debentures and $895 loss on sale of financial asset.

In connection with the waiver, the Company and Holders agreed to exercise the outstanding put provision to redeem 10,418 Warrants for an aggregate put price equal to $2,500 (the “Put Price”), which was concurrently reduced by $2,000, as described above, with the remaining $500 payable by the Company on the Maturity Date recorded as Other long-term liabilities on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. No cash was exchanged as a result of executing the October 2023 Amendment.

Subsequently, on December 22, 2023, the Company, the Holders and the Agent entered into an Amendment Agreement (the “December 2023 Amendment”) pursuant to which the Holders and the Agent consented to the Purchase Agreement, as amended by the GVB Amendment (see Note 2 “Discontinued Operations and Divestitures”). In consideration of the Holders and the Agents’ consent, the Company agreed to (i) pay to the Agent, a cash payment of $2,200 to reduce the outstanding principal of the Debentures (which includes the cash portion of the New Purchase Price paid directly to Agent by Buyer which consists of a cash payment of $1,100 and an additional $1,100 paid by the Company), (ii) a 12% secured promissory note issued to the Company’s senior lender, on behalf of and at the direction of the Company, in an aggregate principal amount of $2,000 (the “GVB Promissory Note”), (iii) assign the GVB Insurance Proceeds to the Agent until the outstanding aggregate principal amount of the Debentures, plus accrued and unpaid interest, has been repaid in full; provided that the first $1,000 of Insurance Proceeds in excess of $5,000 shall be applied as stated in the agreement, and (iv) post-closing enter into a deed in lieu of foreclosure agreement with respect to 224 acres of real property in Delta County, Colorado commonly known as Needle Rock Farms, resulting in a non-monetary exchange yielding additional debt reduction of $1,000.  

Effective June 24, 2024, GVB Biopharma (“GVB”), the Company’s former subsidiary, made a scheduled principal and interest payment against the Company’s outstanding indebtedness to JGB, reducing the Company’s total outstanding principal indebtedness with JGB by $1,500. The remaining $500 payable by GVB under the GVB Promissory Note has been extended to December 31, 2024.

As of September 30, 2024, the $500 remaining GVB Promissory Note and $1,000 real estate farm asset are pledged to the senior lender for principal reduction and accordingly $1,500 of the Senior Secured Credit Facility is recorded as Current portion of long-term debt on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.

As part of the December amendment, the Company, the Holders and the Agent also agreed to amend the Debentures to (i) allow the Holders to voluntarily convert the Debentures, in whole or in part, into shares of the Company’s common stock (“Voluntary Conversion Option”) on the earlier of (i) June 30, 2024 and (ii) the public announcement of a Fundamental Transaction at a conversion price equal to the lower of (x) $1.00 per share and (y) the closing sale price of the Company’s common stock on June 29, 2024 (the “Conversion Price”), and (ii) include a mandatory prepayment of the outstanding principal of the Debentures in an amount equal to 20% of the net cash proceeds of any issuance by the Company of any of its stock, or other Equity Interests (as defined in the Debentures) or the incurrence or issuance of any indebtedness. The Voluntary Conversion Option was approved by the Company’s shareholders on June 28, 2024 and the conversion option price in effect is $0.7458.

Additional terms of the December 2023 Amendment include a financial covenant holiday through the third quarter of 2024 and revised certain covenants thereafter to reflect the sale of the Purchased Interests, including lowering the Company’s quarterly revenue targets. As of September 30, 2024, the Company was in compliance with these financial covenants.

On April 8, 2024, the Company, the Holders and the Agent entered into that certain Letter Agreement to modify the terms of the Amendment Agreement, the JGB SPA and the Debentures, as amended (“April 2024 Amendment”).

Under the terms of the Letter Agreement, the Holders are permitted to convert their debt to common stock at anytime and the Conversion Price (as defined in the Debentures) at which the Holders may convert the principal amount of their Debentures to the Company’s common stock is reduced to $2.14 per share in accordance with applicable Nasdaq rules through the conversion option reset date on June 28, 2024. The principal amount of the Debentures converted shall be applied to the Monthly Allowance (as defined in the Debentures) for that month, and any excess shall be applied to the Monthly Allowances for the succeeding months. The conversions will be a dollar for dollar reduction of the remaining outstanding obligation owed to the Holders. The Agent and Holders have also agreed to daily limits on trading volume and minimum conversion amounts. The Holders converted $428 of debt in exchange for 200,000 shares of common stock during the quarter-ended June 30, 2024.

 On May 10, 2024, the Company, the Holders and the Agent entered into that certain May 2024 Exchange Agreement and May 2024 Letter Agreement to modify the terms of the Amendment Agreement, the Securities Purchase Agreement and the Debentures, as amended (“May 2024 Amendment”).

Under the terms of the May 2024 Amendment, the Company and Holders have agreed the Company shall incur an aggregate amendment charge to the undersigned holders equal to $275, which shall be added to the principal balance of the Debentures. Under the terms of the May 2024 Exchange Agreement, the Company and Holders exchanged an aggregate of $2,328 in principal, fees and expenses owed under the Debentures for 395,000 shares of common stock and 895,000 immediately exercisable pre-funded warrants to purchase shares of common stock at an exercise price of $.00001 (at an effective per share price of $1.69). All pre-funded warrants were subsequently exercised during the quarter-ended June 30, 2024.

On August 27, 2024, the Company, the Holders and the Agent entered into that certain August 2024 Letter Agreement to modify the terms of the Amendment Agreement, the JGB SPA, and the Debentures, as amended (“August 2024 Amendment”).

Under the terms of the August 2024 Agreement, each Holder agreed that it shall not exercise its Holder Redemption Right (as defined in the Debentures) for more than 50% of its Monthly Allowance (as defined in the Debentures) through and including July 2025. Further, the provisions in Section 3(c)(i) of the Debentures requiring 20% of any equity issuances to be paid to the Holders shall be suspended through December 31, 2024. In consideration for the amendments set forth in the August 2024 Amendment, the Company paid an amendment fee of $746,000, which was added to the aggregate principal amount of the Debentures. JGB subsequently issued a conversion notice for 440,000 shares of common stock equal to principal reduction of $328,152.

In accordance with ASC 470-60 Troubled Debt Restructurings by Debtors and ASC 470-50, Debt Modifications and Extinguishment, the Company performed an assessment of whether the transaction was deemed to be a troubled debt restructuring, and if no, whether the transaction was deemed modification of existing debt, or an extinguishment of existing debt and new debt.

The October 2023 Amendment, April 2024 Amendment, May 2024 Amendment, and August 2024 Amendment were concluded to be a modification, and not an extinguishment, based on an analysis of the present value of future cash flows. A new effective interest rate was determined, and the debt continued to be amortized. The December 2023 Amendment was concluded to be an extinguishment, due to the addition of a substantive conversion option. As a result, the pre-amended debt carrying value was extinguished and the new debt was recorded at fair value, which is subsequently amortized using the effective interest method. Extinguishment charges were $5,158 and recorded in Interest expense on the Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Loss for the quarter ended December 31, 2023.

The Company analyzed the conversion feature of the December 2023 Amendment for derivative accounting consideration under ASC 815-15 and determined that the embedded conversion features should be classified as a bifurcated derivative because the exercise price of these convertible notes are subject to a variable conversion rate. The Company has determined that the conversion feature is not considered to be solely indexed to the Company’s own stock and is therefore not afforded equity treatment. In accordance with ASC 815, the Company has bifurcated the conversion feature of the note and recorded a derivative liability at fair value in the amount of $75 as of September 30, 2024 and $557 as of December 31, 2023 as a component of Other Long-Term Liabilities on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. See Note 5 “Fair Value Measurement” for additional information related to measurement of the debentures and derivative liability.

See Note 13 “Subsequent Events” for additional information related to the Debentures.

Subordinated Note

On March 3, 2023, the Company executed a Subordinated Promissory Note (the “Subordinated Note”) with a principal amount of $2,865 in favor of Omnia Ventures, LP (“Omnia”). The Subordinated Note refinanced the 12% Secured Promissory Note with a principal amount of $1,000 dated as of October 29, 2021 payable to Omnia (the “October Note”) and the 12% Secured Promissory Note with a principal amount of $1,500 dated as of January 14, 2022 payable to Omnia (the “January Note”, and together with the October Note, the “Original Notes”), which were assumed by the Company in connection with the acquisition of GVB Biopharma.

Under the terms of the Subordinated Note, the Company is obligated to make interest payments in-kind (the “PIK Interest”). The PIK Interest accrues monthly at a compounding rate of 26.5% per annum, payable monthly. The Company is not permitted to prepay all or any portion of the outstanding balance on the Subordinated Note prior to maturity. The maturity date of the Subordinated Note was May 1, 2024.  The Subordinated Note was terminated and extinguished in April 2024.

In connection with the Subordinated Note, the Company issued to Omnia, warrants to purchase up to 2,813 shares of the Company’s common stock (the “2023 Omnia Warrants”). The 2023 Omnia Warrants were exercisable for seven years from September 3, 2023, at an exercise price of $205.248 per share, subject, with certain exceptions, to adjustments in the event of stock splits, dividends, subsequent dilutive offerings and certain fundamental transactions.

On April 29, 2024, the Company entered into a General Release and Settlement Agreement (the “Omnia Agreement”) with Omnia Capital LP (“Omnia”). The Omnia Agreement settles and extinguishes all outstanding debt and interest owed to Omnia under the outstanding Subordinated Promissory Note dated March 3, 2023 (the “Old Note”) and the put provision contained in the 2023 Omnia Warrants, amounting to a total of approximately $5,228, for (i) a cash payment of $249; (ii) 1,150,000 shares of common stock and 1,150,000 immediately exercisable pre-funded warrants to purchase shares of common stock at an exercise price of $0.0001 that are exercisable until May 1, 2029 (at an effective per share price of $2.14) and (iii) 460,000 immediately exercisable warrants to purchase an equal number of shares of common stock at an exercise price of $2.14 until May 1, 2029 (the “2024 Omnia Warrants”). The 2024 Omnia Warrants contain a put provision that permits the holder to require the Company to redeem the 2024 Omnia Warrants, no earlier than May 1, 2025, for a purchase price equal to $2.675 per warrant, and had an initial fair value of $1,515 (see Note 5). Subject to limited exceptions, a holder of pre-funded warrants and 2024 Omnia Warrants will not have the right to exercise any portion of its warrants if the holder, together with its affiliates, would beneficially own in excess of 19.99% of the number of shares of our common stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to such exercise. As part of the Omnia Agreement, the parties agreed to terminate and cancel the Old Note and the 2023 Omnia Warrants and released all debts, claims or other obligations against each other occurring prior to the date of the Omnia Agreement.  The total cash and non-cash consideration amounted to $5,628, resulting in extinguishment charges of $400 for the three months ended June 30, 2024, recorded in Interest expense in the Statement of Operations and Comprehensive Loss.

Contractual Maturities

The Company has $1,500 pledged against outstanding indebtedness under the Senior Secured Credit Facility comprised of (i) $500 GVB promissory note and (ii) $1,000 assignment of Needle Rock Farms to be applied as principal reduction in 2024. As of September 30, 2024, contractual maturities under the Senior Secured Credit Facility for the remainder of 2024 and through maturity, excluding any discounts or premiums, were to be paid in 2024 of $1,500 and 2026 of $6,821.

Additionally, commencing August 2024, at its option, JGB may require the Company to redeem 2% of the original principal amount of the Debentures, as amended to be no more than 50% or $210 per calendar month through July 2025 and $421 per calendar month thereafter which amount may at the Company’s election, subject to certain exceptions, be paid in cash, shares of the Company’s common stock, or a combination thereof. JGB elected the monthly redemption feature and the Company repaid $421 in cash during the three month period ended September 30, 2024. If the redemption feature is elected, as of September 30, 2024, contractual maturities under the senior secured credit Facility for the remainder of 2024 are $632, for 2025 are $3,579, and for 2026 are $4,110.

Debt Issuance Costs

The fair values of the warrants at issuance of $5,791, together with the Debentures original issuance discount of $1,053, Debentures exit payment of $1,053, and third-party debt issuance costs of $801, are being amortized using the effective interest method over the term of the respective debt instrument, recorded as Interest expense in the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations and Comprehensive Loss. The components and activity of unamortized discount and deferred debt issuance costs related to the Senior Secured Credit Facility and Subordinated Note is as follows:

	Total
January 1, 2023	$	-
Issuance		8,698
Amortization during the year		(2,087)
Debt extinguishment charges		(5,158)
December 31, 2023		1,453
Amortization during the period		(567)
March 31, 2024	$	886
Amortization during the period		(107)
June 30, 2024	$	779
Amortization during the period		(233)
Amendment fee		746
September 30, 2024		1,292