Debt

6 Months Ended

Aug. 31, 2021

Debt

Debt

(7)   Debt

(a)  Convertible Senior Notes and Capped Call Options

Convertible Senior Notes

As of August 31, 2021, the Notes consisted of the following:

	August 31, 2021
Principal	$	287,500
Unamortized issuance costs		(7,651)
Net carrying amount	$	279,849

In March 2021, the Company completed a private convertible note offering (the Notes), pursuant to an Indenture dated as of March 29, 2021 between the Company and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee (the Indenture), and issued $287,500 of Notes that mature in April 2026, unless earlier converted, redeemed or repurchased. The Notes will bear interest at a rate of 0.50% per annum, payable semiannually in arrears on April 1 and October 1 of each year, beginning on October 1, 2021 and are convertible into cash, shares of the Company’s common stock or a combination of cash and shares of common stock, at the Company’s election. The Company incurred costs of $8,428 in connection with the Notes and the capped calls, of which $8,368 was allocated to the Notes and recorded as a debt discount and $60 was allocated to the capped call and recorded directly to additional paid-in capital. Net proceeds from the issuance of Notes were $279,132, and the Company used $34,443 of the net proceeds to pay the costs of the capped call transactions described below. For the three and six months ended August 31, 2021, the Company recorded interest expense of $773 and $1,326, respectively, of which $415 and $717, respectively, was associated with the amortization of the debt discount.

Pursuant to the terms of the Notes, a holder may convert all or any portion of its Notes at its option at any time prior to October 1, 2025 and only under the following circumstances: (1) during any fiscal quarter commencing after the

fiscal quarter ending on August 31, 2021, if the last reported sale price of the Company’s common stock for at least 20 trading days during a period of 30 consecutive trading days ending on, and including, the last trading day of the immediately preceding fiscal quarter is greater than or equal to 130% of the conversion price on each applicable trading day; (2) during the five business day period after any ten consecutive trading day period (the “measurement period”) in which the trading price (as defined in the Indenture) per $1,000 principal amount of Notes for each trading day of the measurement period was less than 98% of the product of the last reported sale price of the Company’s common stock and the conversion rate on each such trading day; (3) if the Company calls such Notes for redemption, at any time prior to the close of business on the scheduled trading day immediately preceding the redemption date, but only with respect to the Notes called (or deemed called) for redemption; or (4) upon the occurrence of specified corporate events. On or after October 1, 2025 until the close of business on the second scheduled trading day immediately preceding the maturity date, holders may convert all or any portion of their Notes at any time, regardless of the foregoing circumstances.

The initial conversion rate is 19.8088 shares of the Company’s common stock per $1 principal amount of Notes (equivalent to an initial conversion price of approximately $50.48 per share of the Company’s common stock). The conversion rate is subject to adjustment in some events but will not be adjusted for any accrued and unpaid interest. In addition, following certain corporate events that occur prior to the maturity date, or if the Company delivers a notice of redemption, the Company will, in certain circumstances, increase the conversion rate for a holder who elects to convert its Notes in connection with such a corporate event or convert its Notes called (or deemed called) for redemption in connection with such notice of redemption, as the case may be.

The Company may not redeem the Notes prior to April 6, 2024. On or after April 6, 2024, the Company may redeem for cash all or any portion of the Notes (subject to the partial redemption limitation set forth in the Indenture), at its option, if the last reported sale price of the Company’s common stock has been at least 130% of the conversion price then in effect for at least 20 trading days, including the trading day immediately preceding the date on which the Company provides notice of redemption, during any 30 consecutive trading day period ending on, and including, the trading day immediately preceding the date on which the Company provides notice of redemption at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, the redemption date. No sinking fund is provided for the Notes.

Upon a fundamental change (as defined in the Indenture), holders may, subject to certain exceptions, require the Company to purchase their Notes in whole or in part for cash at a price equal to the principal amount of the Notes to be purchased, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but excluding, the fundamental change repurchase date (as defined in the Indenture). In addition, upon a Make-Whole Fundamental Change (as defined in the Indenture), the Company will, under certain circumstances, increase the applicable conversion rate for a holder that elects to convert its Notes in connection with such Make-Whole Fundamental Change.

Under the Indenture, the Notes may be accelerated upon the occurrence of certain customary events of default. If certain bankruptcy and insolvency-related events of default with respect to the Company occur, the principal of, and accrued and unpaid interest on, all of the then outstanding Notes shall automatically become due and payable. The Indenture provides that the sole remedy for an event of default relating to certain failures by the Company to comply with reporting covenants, including timely filings, consists exclusively of the right to receive additional interest on the Notes.

As of August 31, 2021, none of the conditions of the Notes to early convert have been met. The Notes are the Company’s senior, unsecured obligations that rank senior in right of payment to the Company’s future indebtedness that is expressly subordinated to the Notes, rank equally in right of payment with the Company’s future senior unsecured indebtedness that is not so subordinated, effectively subordinated to the Company’s existing and future secured indebtedness, to the extent of the value of the collateral securing such indebtedness, and structurally subordinated to all existing and future indebtedness and other liabilities (including trade payables and preferred equity (to the extent the Company is not a holder thereof)) of the Company’s subsidiaries. The Notes contain both affirmative and negative covenants. As of August 31, 2021, the Company was in compliance with all covenants in the Notes.

As discussed in Note 2(h), the Company early adopted ASU 2020-06 as of March 1, 2021 and concluded the Notes will be accounted for as debt, with no bifurcation of the embedded conversion feature. Transaction costs were recorded as a direct deduction from the related debt liability in the consolidated balance sheet and are amortized to interest expense using the effective interest method over the term of the Notes. For the three and six months ended August 31, 2021, the effective interest rate for the Notes was 0.8% and 2.9%, respectively.

Capped Call

Concurrent with the pricing of the Notes, the Company entered into privately negotiated capped call transactions with two of the initial purchasers and/or their respective affiliates and another financial institution (the Option Counterparties). The capped call transactions are expected to offset the potential dilution to Accolade’s common stock as a result of any conversion of Notes, with such offset subject to a cap initially equal to $76.20 (which represented a premium of 100% over the last reported sale price of the Company’s common stock on March 24, 2021). The capped call transactions are separate transactions, entered into by the Company with the Option Counterparties, and are not part of the terms of the Notes.

As the capped call options are both legally detachable and separately exercisable from the Notes, the Company accounts for the capped call options separately from the Notes. The capped call options are indexed to the Company’s own common stock and classified in stockholders’ equity. As such, the premiums paid for the capped call options have been included as a net reduction to additional paid-in capital in the consolidated balance sheet.

(b)  Revolving Credit Facility

During July 2019, the Company entered into a revolving credit facility (the 2019 Revolver) with a syndicate of two banks. Under the 2019 Revolver, the Company has the capacity to borrow up to $80,000 on a revolving facility. Availability of borrowings on the 2019 Revolver is calculated as a multiple of the Company’s eligible monthly recurring revenues (as defined in the 2019 Revolver). As of August 31, 2021 and February 28, 2021, the Company had an outstanding letter of credit to serve as office landlord security deposit in the amount of $1,084. This letter of credit is secured through the revolving credit facility, thus reducing the maximum capacity of the revolving credit facility to $78,916 as of August 31, 2021. No amounts are outstanding as of August 31, 2021.

The 2019 Revolver term ends on July 19, 2022. The interest rate on the outstanding borrowings are at LIBOR plus 350 basis points or Base Rate (as defined) plus 250 basis points, with the LIBOR rate and Base Rate subject to minimum levels.  Interest payments are to be made in installments of one, two, or three months as chosen by the Company.

The Company incurred lender and third-party fees when entering into the 2019 Revolver, all of which were deferred at the onset of the facility. Issuance costs of $543, including the fair value of warrants issued, were capitalized and are being amortized to interest expense over the remainder of the 2019 Revolver term. During the three months ended August 31, 2021 and 2020, the Company recorded interest expense of $74 and $323, respectively, related to the revolving credit facility. During the six months ended August 31, 2021 and 2020, the Company recorded interest expense of $195 and $880, respectively, related to the revolving credit facility. As of February 28, 2021, the balance of deferred financing fees was $93 and is recorded in other assets in the accompanying consolidated balance sheet.

On August 21, 2020, the Company entered into an amendment to the 2019 Revolver which revised the terms of the revenue covenant and imposed minimum LIBOR and Base Rate levels. On September 11, 2020, the Company entered into a second amendment to the 2019 Revolver which modified the allocation requirements of the Company’s cash to be held at each of the two lenders participating in the 2019 Revolver.  On November 6, 2020, the Company entered into a third amendment to the 2019 Revolver which increased the capacity from a maximum of $50,000 to a maximum of $80,000, based on the achievement of certain growth metrics as defined in the amendment. On March 2, 2021, the Company entered into a fourth amendment to the 2019 Revolver in association with the acquisition of 2nd.MD to be completed and amended certain revenue covenants. On March 23, 2021, the Company entered into a fifth amendment to

the 2019 Revolver in association with the issuance of the Convertible Senior Notes. On May 26, 2021, the Company entered into a sixth amendment to the 2019 Revolver in association with the acquisition of PlushCare which modified certain reporting covenants.

The 2019 Revolver is collateralized by substantially all of the assets of the Company.

(c)  Term Loan

On January 30, 2017, the Company entered into a $20,000 term loan facility (the Term Loan).  Under the terms of the Term Loan, the Company was permitted to borrow up to an aggregate principal amount of $20,000, with the total amount of available borrowings subject to certain monthly recurring revenue calculations. During July 2019, an amendment was entered into (Amendment 1) which resulted in an additional $2,000 of availability and set interest on the outstanding balance payable monthly at a rate of 10.00% per annum and interest payable-in-kind accrued at a rate of 2.00% per annum, compounded monthly, and due at maturity. Additionally, the Company was required to pay an exit fee equal to 1% of the aggregate principal borrowings at the time of maturity (end of term charge).

During May 2020, the Company entered into an additional amendment (Amendment 2), which resulted in an additional $2,500 of availability, increasing total availability to $24,500. Pursuant to Amendment 2, interest on the outstanding balance was payable monthly at a rate of 8.00% per annum and interest payable-in-kind accrued at a rate of 4.50% per annum, compounded monthly, and was due at maturity. Additionally, the Company was required to pay a prepayment fee equal to 2% of the aggregate principal borrowings if prepayment occurred on or prior to December 31, 2020, and 0.50% if prepayment occurred after December 31, 2020 but on or prior to maturity (prepayment fee), plus the end of term charge. Amendment 2 was accounted for as a debt modification, and all new lender fees were recorded as additional debt discount and third-party costs incurred in connection with the amendment were expensed as incurred.

During July 2020, the Company terminated the Term Loan. The Company repaid the outstanding balance of $24,500 in its entirety, along with accrued interest in kind of $600, the end of term charge of $251, and the prepayment fee of $502.  

During the three months ended August 31, 2020, the Company recorded interest expense of $2,043. Included in interest expense for the three months ended August 31, 2020 was $1,045 related to the remaining debt discount that was recorded as interest expense as a result of the termination, as well as $502 related to the prepayment fee and the remaining unamortized amount related to the end of term charge. During the six months ended August 31, 2020, the Company recorded interest expense of $2,837.