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Agreements With Endospan
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2021
Agreements With Endospan [Abstract]  
Agreements With Endospan 4. Agreements with Endospan

Exclusive Distribution Agreement and Securities Purchase Option Agreement

On September 11, 2019 CryoLife, Inc.’s wholly-owned subsidiary, JOTEC GmbH, (“JOTEC”), entered into an exclusive distribution agreement (the “Endospan Distribution Agreement”) with Endospan Ltd. (“Endospan”), an Israeli corporation, pursuant to which JOTEC obtained exclusive distribution rights for Endospan’s NEXUS TM stent graft system (“NEXUS”) and accessories in certain countries in Europe in exchange for a fixed distribution fee of $9.0 million paid in September 2019.

CryoLife also entered into a securities purchase option agreement (the “Endospan Option Agreement”) with Endospan for $1.0 million paid in September 2019. The Endospan Option Agreement provides CryoLife the option to purchase all the outstanding securities of Endospan from Endospan’s securityholders at the time of acquisition, or the option to acquire all of Endospan’s assets, in each case, for a price between $350.0 and $450.0 million before, within a certain period of time, or after FDA approval of NEXUS, with such option expiring if not exercised within 90 days after receiving notice that Endospan has received approval from the FDA for NEXUS.

Loan Agreement

 

CryoLife and Endospan also entered into a loan agreement (the “Endospan Loan”), dated September 11, 2019, in which CryoLife agreed to provide Endospan a secured loan of up to $15.0 million to be funded in three tranches of $5.0 million each.

The first tranche of the Endospan Loan was funded upon execution of the agreement in September 2019. During September 2020 we funded the second tranche payment of $5.0 million upon the certification of the NEXUS IDE from the FDA. The third tranche is required to be funded upon certification of enrollment of at least 50% of the required number of patients in the primary arm of the FDA approved clinical trial for NEXUS, in each case subject to Endospan’s continued compliance with the Endospan Loan and certain other conditions. If a termination fee becomes payable by Endospan under the Endospan Distribution Agreement, it will be added to the amount payable to CryoLife under the Endospan Loan.

Variable Interest Entity

We consolidate the results of a variable interest entity ("VIE") when it is determined that we are the primary beneficiary. Based on our initial evaluation of Endospan and the related agreements with Endospan, we determined that Endospan is a VIE. Although the arrangement with Endospan resulted in our holding a variable interest, it did not empower us to direct

those activities of Endospan that most significantly impact the VIE economic performance. Therefore, we are not the primary beneficiary, and we have not consolidated Endospan into our financial results. Our payments to Endospan in September 2019 totaled $15.0 million which included a $9.0 million distribution fee, a $1.0 million securities purchase option, and $5.0 million for the first tranche of the Endospan Loan. We paid an additional $5.0 million for the second tranche described above. We evaluated Endospan for VIE classification as of September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020 and determined that Endospan meets the criteria of a non-consolidating VIE. Our payments to date, including any loans, guarantees, and other subordinated financial support related to this VIE, totaled $20.0 million as of September 30, 2021, representing our maximum exposure to loss, and were not individually significant to our consolidated financial statements.

Valuation

The agreements with Endospan were entered into concurrently and had certain terms that are interrelated. In our evaluation of the initial relative fair value of each of the Endospan agreements to determine the amount to record, we utilized discounted cash flows to estimate the fair market value for the Endospan Loan and for the Endospan Distribution Agreement. We estimated the fair value of the Endospan Option Agreement utilizing the Monte Carlo simulation. The fair value measurement was based on unobservable inputs, including management estimates and assumptions about the future achievement of milestones and future estimate of revenues, and is, therefore, classified as Level 3 within the fair value hierarchy as presented in Note 5. Inputs in our valuation of the Endospan agreements included cash payments and anticipated payments based on the executed agreements with Endospan, projected discounted cash flows in connection with the Endospan transaction, our expected internal rate of return and discount rates, and our assessed probability and timing of receipt of certification of certain approvals and milestones in obtaining FDA approval. Based on the initial fair value of the Endospan Loan and the relative fair values of the Endospan Distribution Agreement and Endospan Option Agreement, we recorded the Endospan Loan value of $358,000 in Other long-term assets in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of December 31, 2019. The Endospan Option Agreement was valued at $4.8 million in Other long-term assets in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020. The Endospan Distribution Agreement was recorded at $6.1 million and $8.0 million in Other intangibles, net in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively.

We elected the fair value option for recording the Endospan Loan. We assess the fair value of the Endospan Loan based on quantitative and qualitative characteristics and adjust the amount recorded to its current fair market value at each reporting period. The fair value of the Endospan Loan was $409,000 as of September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020.