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Debt Arrangements
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2018
Debt Disclosure [Abstract]  
Debt Arrangements

9. Debt Arrangements

The Company’s debt obligations consist of the following:

 

 

 

March 31,

2018

 

 

December 31,

2017

 

Senior Secured Notes

 

$

397,500

 

 

$

408,174

 

1.50% Convertible Notes

 

 

 

 

 

233,898

 

Variable Funding Note, net of original issue discount

 

 

92,294

 

 

 

91,363

 

Senior Secured Term Loan, net of original issue discount

 

 

170,473

 

 

 

74,813

 

5.75% Convertible Notes(1)

 

 

109,455

 

 

 

 

Unamortized debt issuance costs

 

 

(7,062

)

 

 

(7,406

)

Total debt

 

 

762,660

 

 

 

800,842

 

Less current maturities

 

 

46,549

 

 

 

44,349

 

Total long-term debt

 

$

716,111

 

 

$

756,493

 

 

(1)

On February 12, 2018, the Company entered into the Exchange Agreements and consummated the Note Exchange on February 22, 2018, pursuant to which the Company exchanged approximately $125.0 million aggregate principal amount of its 1.50% Convertible Notes for 5.75% Convertible Notes issued by the Company in an aggregate principal amount of approximately $125.0 million.  See below for further details.

 

Senior Secured Notes and Variable Funding Note

Senior Secured Notes

On November 29, 2012, Icon Brand Holdings, Icon DE Intermediate Holdings LLC, Icon DE Holdings LLC and Icon NY Holdings LLC, each a limited-purpose, bankruptcy remote, wholly-owned direct or indirect subsidiary of the Company, (collectively, the “Co-Issuers”) issued $600.0 million aggregate principal amount of 2012 Senior Secured Notes in an offering exempt from registration under the Securities Act.

Simultaneously with the issuance of the 2012 Senior Secured Notes, the Co-Issuers also entered into a revolving financing facility of Variable Funding Notes, which allows for the funding of up to $100 million of Variable Funding Notes and certain other credit instruments, including letters of credit. The Variable Funding Notes were issued under the Indenture and allow for drawings on a revolving basis. Drawings and certain additional terms related to the Variable Funding Notes are governed by the Variable Funding Note Purchase Agreement, among the Co-Issuers, Iconix, as manager, certain conduit investors, financial institutions and funding agents, and Barclays Bank PLC, as provider of letters of credit, as swing line lender and as administrative agent. The Variable Funding Notes will be governed, in part, by the Variable Funding Note Purchase Agreement and by certain generally applicable terms contained in the Indenture. Interest on the Variable Funding Notes will be payable at per annum rates equal to the CP Rate, Base Rate or Eurodollar Rate, as defined in the Variable Funding Note Purchase Agreement.

On June 21, 2013, the Co-Issuers issued $275.0 million aggregate principal amount of 2013 Senior Secured Notes in an offering exempt from registration under the Securities Act.

The Senior Secured Notes and the Variable Funding Notes are referred to collectively as the “Securitization Notes.” The Securitization Notes were issued in securitization transactions pursuant to which the Securitized Assets, were transferred to and are currently held by the Co-Issuers. The Securitized Assets do not include revenue generating assets of (x) the Iconix subsidiaries that own the Badgley Mischka trademarks, the Ecko Unltd trademarks, the Mark Ecko trademarks, the Umbro trademarks, and the Lee Cooper trademarks, (y) the Iconix subsidiaries that own Iconix’s other brands outside of the United States and Canada or (z) the joint ventures in which Iconix and certain of its subsidiaries have investments and which own the Artful Dodger trademarks, the Modern Amusement trademarks and the Buffalo trademarks, the Pony trademarks, the Hydraulic trademarks and a 50% interest in the Ice Cream trademarks, and the Billionaire Boys Club trademarks.

The Securitization Notes were issued under the Securitization Notes Indenture among the Co-Issuers and Citibank, N.A., as Trustee and securities intermediary. The Securitization Notes Indenture allows the Co-Issuers to issue additional series of notes in the future subject to certain conditions.

In February 2015, the Company received $100.0 million proceeds from the Variable Funding Notes. There is a commitment fee on the unused portion of the Variable Funding Notes facility of 0.5% per annum. It was anticipated that any outstanding principal of and interest on the Variable Funding Notes would be repaid in full on or prior to January 2018 prior to the amendment entered into on August 18, 2017 as described below. Following the anticipated repayment date in January 2020, additional interest will accrue on the Variable Funding Notes equal to 5% per annum. The Variable Funding Notes and other credit instruments issued under the Variable Funding Note Purchase Agreement are secured by the collateral described below.

On August 18, 2017, the Company entered into an amendment to the Securitization Notes Supplemental Indenture to, among other things, (i) extend the anticipated repayment date for the Variable Funding Notes from January 2018 to January 2020, (ii) decrease the L/C Commitment and the Swingline Commitment (as such terms are defined in the amendment) available under the Variable Funding Notes to $0 as of the closing date, (iii) replace Barclays Bank PLC with Guggenheim Securities Credit Partners, LLC, as provider of letters of credit, as swingline lender and as administrative agent under the purchase agreement and (iv) provide that, upon the disposition of intellectual property assets by the Co-Issuers as permitted by the Securitization Notes Base Indenture, (x) the holders of the Variable Funding Notes will receive a mandatory prepayment, pro rata based on the amount of Variable Funding Notes held by such holder, and (y) the maximum commitment will be permanently reduced by the amount of the mandatory prepayment.

While the Securitization Notes are outstanding, payments of interest are required to be made on the Senior Secured Notes on a quarterly basis. To the extent funds are available, principal payments in the amount of $10.5 million and $4.8 million are required to be made on the 2012 Senior Secured Notes and 2013 Senior Secured Notes, respectively, on a quarterly basis.

The legal final maturity date of the Senior Secured Notes is in January of 2043, but it is anticipated that, unless earlier prepaid to the extent permitted under the Securitization Notes Indenture, the Senior Secured Notes will be repaid in January of 2020. If the Co-Issuers have not repaid or refinanced the Senior Secured Notes prior to the anticipated repayment date, additional interest will accrue on the Senior Secured Notes at a rate equal to the greater of (A) 5% per annum and (B) a per annum interest rate equal to the excess, if any, by which the sum of (i) the yield to maturity (adjusted to a quarterly bond-equivalent basis), on the anticipated repayment date of the United States treasury security having a term closest to 10 years plus (ii) 5% plus (iii) with respect to the 2012 Senior Secured Notes, 3.4%, or with respect to the 2013 Senior Secured Notes, 3.14%, exceeds the original interest rate. The Senior Secured Notes rank pari passu with the Variable Funding Notes.

Pursuant to the Securitization Notes Indenture, the Securitization Notes are the joint and several obligations of the Co-Issuers only. The Securitization Notes are secured under the Indenture by a security interest in substantially all of the assets of the Co-Issuers (the “Collateral”), which includes, among other things, (i) intellectual property assets, including the U.S. and Canadian registered and applied for trademarks for the following brands and other related IP assets: Candie’s, Bongo, Joe Boxer (excluding Canadian trademarks, none of which are owned by Iconix), Rampage, Mudd, London Fog (other than the trademark for outerwear products sold in the United States), Mossimo, Ocean Pacific and OP, Danskin and Danskin Now, Rocawear, Starter, Waverly, Fieldcrest, Royal Velvet, Cannon, Charisma, and Sharper Image (other than for a “Sharper Image” branded website or catalog in the United States and other specified jurisdictions); (ii) the rights (including the rights to receive payments) and obligations under all license agreements for use of those trademarks; (iii) the following equity interests in the following joint ventures: an 85% interest in Hardy Way LLC which owns the Ed Hardy brand, a 50% interest in MG Icon LLC which owns the Material Girl and Truth or Dare brands, and a 100% interest in ZY Holdings LLC which owns the Zoo York brand; and (iv) certain cash accounts established under the Securitization Notes Indenture.

If the Company contributes an Additional IP Holder to Icon Brand Holdings LLC or Icon DE Intermediate Holdings LLC, that Additional IP Holder will enter into a guarantee and collateral agreement in a form provided for in the Securitization Notes Base Indenture pursuant to which such Additional IP Holder will guarantee the obligations of the Co-Issuers in respect of any Securitization Notes issued under the Securitization Notes Indenture and the other related documents and pledge substantially all of its assets to secure those guarantee obligations pursuant to a guarantee and collateral agreement.

Neither the Company nor any subsidiary of the Company, other than the Securitization Entities, will guarantee or in any way be liable for the obligations of the Co-Issuers under the Securitization Notes Indenture or the Securitization Notes.

The Securitization Notes are subject to a series of covenants and restrictions customary for transactions of this type, including (i) that the Co-Issuers maintain specified reserve accounts to be used to make required payments in respect of the Securitization Notes, (ii) provisions relating to optional and mandatory prepayments, including mandatory prepayments in the event of a change of control (as defined in the Securitization Notes Supplemental Indentures) and the related payment of specified amounts, including specified make-whole payments in the case of the Senior Secured Notes under certain circumstances, (iii) certain indemnification payments in the event, among other things, the transfers of the assets pledged as collateral for the Securitization Notes are in stated ways defective or ineffective and (iv) covenants relating to recordkeeping, access to information and similar matters. As of March 31, 2018, the Company is in compliance with all covenants under the Securitization Notes.

The Securitization Notes are also subject to customary rapid amortization events provided for in the Securitization Notes Indenture, including events tied to (i) the failure to maintain a stated debt service coverage ratio, which tests the amount of net cash flow generated by the assets of the Co-Issuers against the amount of debt service obligations of the Co-Issuers (including any commitment fees and letter of credit fees with respect to the Variable Funding Notes, due and payable accrued interest, and due and payable scheduled principal payments on the Senior Secured Notes), (ii) certain manager termination events, (iii) the occurrence of an event of default and (iv) the failure to repay or refinance the Securitization Notes on the anticipated repayment date. If a rapid amortization event were to occur, Icon DE Intermediate Holdings LLC and Icon Brand Holdings LLC would be restricted from declaring or paying distributions on any of its limited liability company interests.

The Company used approximately $150.4 million of the proceeds received from the issuance of the 2012 Senior Secured Notes to repay amounts outstanding under its revolving credit facility (see below) and approximately $20.9 million to pay the costs associated with the 2012 Senior Secured Notes financing transaction. In addition, approximately $218.3 million of the proceeds from the 2012 Senior Secured Notes were used for the Company’s purchase of the Umbro brand. The Company used approximately $7.2 million of the proceeds received from the issuance of the 2013 Senior Secured Notes to pay the costs associated with the 2013 Senior Secured Notes securitized financing transaction.

In June 2014, the Company sold the “sharperimage.com” domain name and the exclusive right to use the Sharper Image trademark in connection with the operation of a branded website and catalog distribution in specified jurisdictions, in which the Senior Secured Notes had a security interest pursuant to the Indenture. As a result of this permitted disposition, the Company paid an additional $1.6 million in principal in July 2014.

In January 2017, in connection with the sale of the Sharper Image intellectual property and related assets, the Company made a mandatory principal prepayment on its Senior Secured Notes of $36.7 million.  The Company wrote off a pro-rata portion of the Senior Secured Notes’ deferred financing costs of $0.5 million.  As a result of this transaction, the Company recognized a loss on extinguishment of debt of $0.5 million which has been recorded on the Company’s consolidated statement of operations.  Additionally, the quarterly principal payments on the 2012 Senior Secured notes and 2013 Senior Secured Notes were reduced to $9.9 million and $4.5 million, respectively.

In July 2017, in connection with the sale of the businesses underlying the Entertainment segment, the Company made a mandatory principal prepayment on its Senior Secured Notes of $152.2 million.  The Company wrote off a pro-rata portion of the Senior Secured Notes’ deferred financing costs of $2.0 million as well as paid a prepayment penalty of $0.3 million.  As a result of this transaction, the Company recognized a loss on extinguishment of debt of $2.3 million which has been allocated to discontinued operations on the Company’s consolidated statement of operations in FY 2017.  Additionally, the quarterly principal payments on the 2012 Senior Secured Notes and 2013 Senior Secured Notes were reduced to $7.3 million and $3.4 million, respectively.

As of March 31, 2018 and December 31, 2017, the total outstanding principal balance of the Securitization Notes was $497.5 million and $508.2 million, respectively, of which $42.7 million is included in the current portion of long-term debt on the consolidated balance sheet for both periods. As of March 31, 2018 and December 31, 2017, $42.9 million and $29.9 million, respectively, is included in restricted cash on the consolidated balance sheet and represents short-term restricted cash consisting of collections on behalf of the Securitized Assets, restricted to the payment of principal, interest and other fees on a quarterly basis under the Senior Secured Notes.

For the Current Quarter and the Prior Year Quarter, cash interest expense relating to the Senior Secured Notes was approximately $5.6 million and $8.1 million, respectively.

1.50% Convertible Notes

On March 18, 2013, the Company completed the issuance of $400.0 million principal amount of the Company’s 1.50% Convertible Notes in a private offering to certain institutional investors which was exempt from registration under the Securities Act. The net proceeds received by the Company from the offering, excluding the net cost of hedges and sale of warrants (described below) and including transaction fees, were approximately $390.6 million.

 

During FY 2016, the Company repurchased $104.9 million par value of the 1.50% Convertible Notes with a combination of $36.7 million in cash (including interest and trading fees) and the issuance of approximately 7.4 million shares of the Company’s common stock.  The Company accounted for this transaction in accordance with ASC 470-20 resulting in the recognition of a $9.6 million gain which is included in gain on extinguishment of debt, net in the Company’s consolidated statement of income for FY 2016, and a reacquisition of approximately $1.2 million of the embedded conversion option recorded within additional paid in capital on the Company’s consolidated balance sheet.  

During FY 2017, the Company repurchased $58.9 million par value of the 1.50% Convertible Notes for $59.3 million in cash (including interest and trading fees).  The Company accounted for this transaction in accordance with ASC 470-20 resulting in the recognition of a $1.5 million loss which was included in loss on extinguishment of debt in the Company’s consolidated statement of operations during FY 2017.  

On February 22, 2018, the Company exchanged $125 million of aggregate principal amount of 1.50% Convertible Notes for $125 million of aggregate principal amount of 5.75% Convertible Notes, and on March 15, 2018 (the maturity date), the Company repaid the remaining outstanding principal balance of $111.2 million of the 1.50% Convertible Notes, with the proceeds of the Second Delayed Draw Term Loan of $110 million plus cash on hand, effectively extinguishing the 1.50% Convertible Notes by its terms.  The exchange of the 1.50% Convertible Notes for the 5.75% Convertible Notes was accounted for as a debt extinguishment in accordance with ASC 470 and resulted in the Company recording a gain on extinguishment of debt of $4.5 million, which is recorded in the Company’s condensed consolidated statement of operations for the Current Quarter.  

The 1.50% Convertible Notes bore interest at an annual rate of 1.50%, payable semi-annually in arrears on March 15 and September 15 of each year, beginning on September 15, 2013. However, the Company recognized an effective interest rate of 6.50% on the carrying amount of the 1.50% Convertible Notes. The effective rate was based on the rate for a similar instrument that does not have a conversion feature. The 1.50% Convertible Notes were convertible into cash and, if applicable, shares of the Company’s common stock based on a conversion rate of 32.4052 shares of the Company’s common stock, subject to customary adjustments, per $1,000 principal amount of the 1.50% Convertible Notes (which is equal to an initial conversion price of approximately $30.86 per share) only under the following circumstances: (1) during any fiscal quarter beginning after December 15, 2017 (and only during such fiscal quarter), if the closing price of the Company’s common stock for at least 20 trading days in the 30 consecutive trading days ending on and including the last trading day of the immediately preceding fiscal quarter was more than 130% of the conversion price per share, which was $1,000 divided by the then applicable conversion rate; (2) during the five consecutive business day period immediately following any five consecutive trading day period in which the trading price per $1,000 principal amount of the 1.50% Convertible Notes for each day of that period was less than 98% of the product of (a) the closing price of the Company’s common stock for each day in that period and (b) the conversion rate per $1,000 principal amount of the 1.50% Convertible Notes; (3) if specified distributions to holders of the Company’s common stock were made, as set forth in the 1.50% Notes Indenture; (4) if a “change of control” or other “fundamental change,” each as defined in the 1.50% Notes Indenture, occurred; and (5) during the 90 day period prior to maturity of the 1.50% Convertible Notes. If the holders of the 1.50% Convertible Notes exercised the conversion provisions under the circumstances set forth, the Company would have needed to remit the lower of the principal balance of the 1.50% Convertible Notes or their conversion value to the holders in cash. As such, the Company would have been required to classify the entire amount outstanding of the 1.50% Convertible Notes as a current liability in the following quarter. The evaluation of the classification of amounts outstanding associated with the 1.50% Convertible Notes occurred every quarter.

Upon conversion, a holder would receive an amount in cash equal to the lesser of (a) the principal amount of the 1.50% Convertible Note or (b) the conversion value, determined in the manner set forth in the 1.50% Notes Indenture. If the conversion value exceeded the principal amount of the 1.50% Convertible Notes on the conversion date, the Company would also have been required to deliver, at its election, cash or the Company’s common stock or a combination of cash and the Company’s common stock for the conversion value in excess of the principal amount. In the event of a change of control or other fundamental change, the holders of the 1.50% Convertible Notes could require the Company to purchase all or a portion of their 1.50% Convertible Notes at a purchase price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the 1.50% Convertible Notes, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any.  Holders of the 1.50% Convertible Notes who converted their 1.50% Convertible Notes in connection with a fundamental change may have been entitled to a make-whole premium in the form of an increase in the conversion rate.

Pursuant to guidance issued under ASC 815- “Derivatives and Hedging” (“ASC 815”), the 1.50% Convertible Notes are accounted for as convertible debt in the accompanying consolidated balance sheet and the embedded conversion option in the 1.50% Convertible Notes has not been accounted for as a separate derivative. For a discussion of the effects of the 1.50% Convertible Notes and the 1.50% Convertible Notes Hedges and Sold Warrants defined and discussed below on earnings per share, see Note 11.

For the Current Quarter and Prior Year Quarter, the Company recorded additional non-cash interest expense of approximately $2.4 million and $3.2 million, respectively, representing the difference between the stated interest rate on the 1.50% Convertible Notes and the rate for a similar instrument that does not have a conversion feature.

For the Current Quarter and Prior Year Quarter, the Company recorded cash interest expense relating to the 1.50% Convertible Notes of approximately $0.7 million and $1.1 million, respectively.

2016 Senior Secured Term Loan

On March 7, 2016, the Company entered into a credit agreement (the “Credit Agreement”), among IBG Borrower LLC, the Company’s wholly-owned direct subsidiary, as borrower (“IBG Borrower”), the Company and certain wholly-owned subsidiaries of IBG Borrower, as guarantors (the “Guarantors”), Cortland Capital Market Services LLC, as administrative agent and collateral agent (“Cortland”) and the lenders party thereto from time to time (the “Lenders”), including CF ICX LLC and Fortress Credit Co LLC (“Fortress”) which was a privately negotiated transaction.  Pursuant to the Credit Agreement, the Lenders are providing to IBG Borrower a 2016 Senior Secured Term Loan (the “2016 Senior Secured Term Loan”), scheduled to mature on March 7, 2021, in an aggregate principal amount of $300 million and bearing interest at LIBOR (with a floor of 1.50%) plus an applicable margin of 10% per annum.

The net cash proceeds of the 2016 Senior Secured Term Loan, which were approximately $264.2 million (after deducting financing, investment banking and legal fees), were, pursuant to the terms of the Credit Agreement, deposited by the Lenders into an escrow account on April 4, 2016.  IBG Borrower deposited into the escrow account certain additional funds, so that the total amount of cash on deposit in the escrow account was sufficient to pay all outstanding obligations, plus accrued interest, under the Company’s 2.50% Convertible Notes due June 2016.  In accordance with the terms of the 2016 Senior Secured Term Loan, the funds in the escrow account were used to repay the 2.50% Convertible Notes (see above discussion on repayment of the 2.50% Convertible Notes) on or before their maturity, with any remaining funds going toward general corporate purposes permitted under the terms of the Credit Agreement.

In December 2016, as a result of the sale of the Sharper Image intellectual property and related assets and in accordance with the Credit Agreement, the Company was required to make a mandatory principal prepayment of $28.7 million and a corresponding prepayment premium of $4.3 million.  The Company wrote off a pro-rata portion of the 2016 Senior Secured Term Loan’s original issue discount and deferred financing costs of $2.1 million and $1.0 million, respectively.  As a result of this transaction, the Company recognized a loss on extinguishment of debt of $7.4 million which has been recorded on the Company’s consolidated statement of operations.  

In January 2017, the Company made a voluntary prepayment and an additional mandatory prepayment of $23.0 million and $23.5 million, respectively, as well as a corresponding prepayment premium of $3.4 million and $3.4 million, respectively.  As the Company was contractually obligated to pay the prepayment premium prior to December 31, 2016, the Company recorded the aggregate $6.8 million of prepayment premium in accrued expenses on the Company’s consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2016, with a corresponding amount recorded in loss on extinguishment of debt on the Company’s consolidated statement of operations for FY 2016.  For each of the voluntary prepayment of $23.0 million and the mandatory prepayment of $23.5 million, the Company wrote off a pro-rata portion of the 2016 Senior Secured Term Loan’s original issue discount and deferred financing costs of $1.7 million and $0.8 million, respectively, which resulted in an aggregate loss on extinguishment of debt of $5.0 million recorded in the Company’s consolidated statement of operations in FY 2017.

On June 30, 2017, in connection with the sale of the Entertainment segment, the Company made a mandatory prepayment of $140.0 million with a corresponding prepayment premium of $15.2 million of the 2016 Senior Secured Term Loan, of which the prepayment premium was allocated to discontinued operations in the Company’s consolidated statement of operations.  As part of this mandatory prepayment, the Company wrote-off a pro-rata portion of the original issue discount and deferred financing costs of $9.4 million and $4.7 million, respectively, which was also allocated to discontinued operations in the Company’s consolidated statement of operations in FY 2017.  Additionally, on June 30, 2017, the Company made a voluntary prepayment of $66.0 million with a corresponding prepayment premium of $7.2 million of which the prepayment premium was recorded in loss on extinguishment of debt within continuing operations on the Company’s consolidated statement of operations in FY 2017.  Accordingly, the Company wrote off the remaining portion of the original issue discount and deferred financing costs of $4.4 million and $2.3 million, respectively, which was recorded in loss on extinguishment of debt in the Company’s consolidated statement of operations in FY 2017.  As a result of these prepayments, the Company’s outstanding principal balance of the 2016 Senior Secured Term Loan was zero as of June 30, 2017 and the facility has since been terminated.

Given the principal balance of the loan was reduced to zero as of June 30, 2017, the Company recorded no cash interest during the Current Quarter as compared to $6.3 million in the Prior Year Quarter.  

Senior Secured Term Loan

On August 2, 2017, the Company entered into the Senior Secured Term Loan, among IBG Borrower, the Company’s wholly-owned direct subsidiary, as borrower, the Company and certain wholly-owned subsidiaries of IBG Borrower, as Guarantors, Cortland, as administrative agent and collateral agent and the lenders party thereto from time to time, including Deutsche Bank AG, New York Branch which was a privately negotiated transaction.  Pursuant to the Senior Secured Term Loan, the lenders provided to IBG Borrower the Senior Secured Term Loan, scheduled to mature on August 2, 2022 in an aggregate principal amount of $300 million and bearing interest at LIBOR plus an applicable margin of 7% per annum.

Pursuant to the terms of the Senior Secured Term Loan, the net proceeds of the Senior Secured Term Loan were to be used to repay the Company’s 1.50% Convertible Notes on or before their maturity (with any remaining funds going toward general corporate purposes).

On the Closing Date the net cash proceeds of the Senior Secured Term Loan were deposited into an escrow account. Effective as of the Closing Date, the funds in the escrow account were subject to release to IBG Borrower from time to time, subject to the satisfaction of customary conditions precedent upon each withdrawal, to finance repurchases of, or at the maturity date thereof to repay in full, the 1.50% Convertible Notes. The Company had the ability to make these repurchases in the open market or privately negotiated transactions, depending on prevailing market conditions and other factors.

Borrowings under the Senior Secured Term Loan were to amortize quarterly at 0.5% of principal, commencing on September 30, 2017. IBG Borrower was obligated to make mandatory prepayments annually from excess cash flow and periodically from net proceeds of certain asset dispositions and from net proceeds of certain indebtedness, if incurred (in each case, subject to certain exceptions and limitations provided for in the Senior Secured Term Loan).

IBG Borrower’s obligations under the Senior Secured Term Loan are guaranteed jointly and severally by the Company and the other Guarantors pursuant to a separate facility guaranty. IBG Borrower’s and the Guarantors’ obligations under the Senior Secured Term Loan are secured by first priority liens on and security interests in substantially all assets of IBG Borrower, the Company and the other Guarantors and a pledge of substantially all equity interests of the Company’s subsidiaries (subject to certain limits including with respect to foreign subsidiaries) owned by the Company, IBG Borrower or any other Guarantor. However, the security interests will not cover certain intellectual property and licenses owned, directly or indirectly by the Company’s subsidiary Iconix Luxembourg Holdings SÀRL or those subject to the Company’s securitization facility. In addition, the pledges exclude certain equity interests of Marcy Media Holdings, LLC, and the subsidiaries of Iconix China Holdings Limited and any interest in the proceeds related to the Company’s previously announced sale of its equity interest in Complex Media, Inc.

In connection with the Senior Secured Term Loan, IBG Borrower, the Company and the other Guarantors made customary representations and warranties and have agreed to adhere to certain customary affirmative covenants. Additionally, the Senior Secured Term Loan mandates that IBG Borrower, the Company and the other Guarantors enter into account control agreements on certain deposit accounts, maintain and allow appraisals of their intellectual property, perform under the terms of certain licenses and other agreements scheduled in the Senior Secured Term Loan and report significant changes to or terminations of licenses generating guaranteed minimum royalties of more than $0.5 million.  Prior to the First Amendment (as discussed below), IBG Borrower was required to satisfy a minimum asset coverage ratio of 1.25:1.00 and maintain a leverage ratio of no greater than 4.50:1.00.

Amendments to Senior Secured Term Loan

First Amendment

On October 27, 2017, the Company entered into the First Amendment to the Senior Secured Term Loan pursuant to which, among other things, the remaining escrow balance of approximately $231 million (after taking into account approximately $59.2 million that was used to buy back 1.50% Convertible Notes in open market purchases in the third quarter of 2017) was returned to the lenders.

The First Amendment also provided for, among other things, (a) a reduction in the existing $300 million term loan, (b) a new senior secured delayed draw term loan facility in the aggregate amount of up to $165.7 million, consisting of (i) a $25 million First Delayed Draw Term Loan to be drawn on or prior to March 15, 2018, which was drawn on October 27, 2017 and (ii) a $140.7 million Second Delayed Draw Term Loan to be drawn on March 14, 2018 for the purpose of repaying the 1.50% Convertible Notes; (c) an increase of the Total Leverage Ratio permitted under the Senior Secured Term Loan from 4.50:1.00 to 5.75:1.00; (d) a reduction in the debt service coverage ratio multiplier in the Company’s asset coverage ratio under the Senior Secured Term Loan; (e) an increase in the existing amortization rate from 2 percent per annum to 10 percent per annum commencing July 2019; and (f) amendments to the mandatory prepayment provisions to (i) permit the Company not to prepay borrowings under the Senior Secured Term Loan from the first $100 million of net proceeds resulting from Permitted Capital Raising Transactions (as defined in the Senior Secured Term Loan) effected prior to March 15, 2018, and (ii) eliminate the requirement that the Company pay a Prepayment Premium (as defined in the Senior Secured Term Loan) on any payments or prepayments made prior to December 31, 2018. Indebtedness issued under the Delayed Draw Term Loan Facility was issued with original issue discount.

Conditions to the availability of the Second Delayed Draw Term Loan included (i) the Company raising additional funds through various sources (and/or achieving a reduction in the outstanding principal amount of the 2018 Notes) in an aggregate amount of at least $100 million which will be utilized to repay the 2018 Notes and provide at least $25 million of additional cash to enhance liquidity and be used for general corporate purposes, (ii) the Company being in financial covenant compliance, on a pro forma basis as of the time of the requested borrowing and on a projected basis for the succeeding 12 months, and (iii) there not existing a default or event of default as of the time of the borrowing.

Second Amendment

Given that the Company was unable to timely file its quarterly financial statements for the quarter ended September 30, 2017 with the SEC by November 14, 2017 and became in default under the terms of the Senior Secured Term Loan, as amended by the First Amendment, on November 24, 2017, the Company entered into the Second Amendment to the Senior Secured Term Loan.  Pursuant to the Second Amendment, among other things, the lenders under the Senior Secured Term Loan agreed, subject to the Company’s compliance with the requirements set forth in the Second Amendment, to waive until December 22, 2017, the potential defaults and events of default arising under the Senior Secured Term Loan (a) from the failure to furnish to the Administrative Agent for the Senior Secured Term Loan (i) the financial statements, reports and other documents as required under Section 6.01(b) of the Senior Secured Term Loan with respect to the fiscal quarter of the Company ended September 30, 2017 and (ii) the related deliverables required under Sections 6.02(b), 6.02(c) and 6.02(e) of the Senior Secured Term Loan or (b) relating to certain other affirmative covenants that may have been abrogated by such failure to make such timely deliveries.

In connection with the Second Amendment, Deutsche Bank was granted additional pricing flex in the form of price protection upon syndication of the Senior Secured Term Loan (“Flex”) and ticking fees on the unfunded portion of the loan. The Second Amendment allows, among other things, for cash payments on account of the Flex and ticking fees to be paid from the proceeds of the First Delayed Draw Term Loan, which was previously fully funded in accordance with the terms of the Senior Secured Term Loan. After giving effect to the additional Flex provided in the Second Amendment, the Company estimates that it could be responsible for payments on account of Flex in an aggregate total amount of up to $12.0 million.  As of March 31, 2018, the Company has paid a total of approximately $5.0 million in Flex which is being amortized over the remaining life of the debt facility utilizing the effective interest rate method with the amortization expense being recorded in interest expense on the Company’s condensed consolidated statement of operations.

 

The Senior Secured Term Loan, as amended, contains customary negative covenants and events of default. The Senior Secured Term Loan limits the ability of IBG Borrower, the Company and the other Guarantors, with respect to themselves, their subsidiaries and certain joint ventures, from, among other things, incurring and prepaying certain indebtedness, granting liens on certain assets, consummating certain types of acquisitions, making fundamental changes (including mergers and consolidations), engaging in substantially different lines of business than those in which they are currently engaged, making restricted payments and amending or terminating certain licenses scheduled in the Senior Secured Term Loan. Such restrictions, failure to comply with which may result in an event of default under the terms of the Senior Secured Term Loan, are subject to certain customary and specifically negotiated exceptions, as set forth in the Senior Secured Term Loan.

If an event of default occurs, in addition to the Interest Rate increasing by an additional 3% per annum, Cortland shall, at the request of lenders holding more than 50% of the then-outstanding principal of the Senior Secured Term Loan, declare payable all unpaid principal and accrued interest and take action to enforce payment in favor of the lenders. An event of default includes, among other events: a change of control by which a person or group becomes the beneficial owner of 35% of the voting stock of the Company or IBG Borrower; the failure to extend of the Series 2012-1 Class A-1 Senior Notes Renewal Date (as defined in the Senior Secured Term Loan); the failure of any of Icon Brand Holdings LLC, Icon NY Holdings LLC, Icon DE Intermediate Holdings LLC, Icon DE Holdings LLC and their respective subsidiaries (the “Securitization Entities”) to perform certain covenants; and the entry into amendments to the securitization facility that would be materially adverse to the lenders or Cortland without consent. Subject to the terms of the Senior Secured Term Loan, both voluntary and certain mandatory prepayments will trigger a premium of 5% of the aggregate principal amount during the first year of the loan and a premium of 3% of the aggregate principal amount during the second year of the loan, with no premiums payable in subsequent periods.

As a result of the First Amendment, on October 27, 2017, the Company repaid $231.0 million which represented $240.7 million of outstanding principal balance.  As this transaction was accounted for as a debt modification in accordance ASC 470-50-40, and based on the Company’s accounting policy for debt modifications, the Company wrote-off a pro-rata portion of the original issue discount and deferred financing costs of $9.3 million and $5.4 million, respectively, which were both recorded to interest expense on the Company’s consolidated statement of operations for FY 2017.  As a result of this transaction, the Company’s outstanding principal balance of the Senior Secured Term Loan was reduced to $57.8 million at that time and the Company recorded a gain on modification of debt of $8.8 million (which is net of $0.8 million of additional deferred financing costs associated with the First Amendment) which has been recorded in interest expense on the Company’s consolidated statement of operations for FY 2017.  

On November 2, 2017, the Company drew down the full amount of $25.0 million on the First Delayed Draw Term Loan of which the Company received $24.0 million in cash as this amount was net of the $1.0 million of original issue discount.  

As a result of the Second Amendment, the Company incurred $0.2 million of additional deferred financing costs.  In accordance with ASC 470-50-40, the Company accounted for this amendment as a debt modification and has recorded the additional deferred financing costs against the gain on modification of debt on the Company’s consolidated statement of operations for FY 2017.

On December 7, 2017, the Company paid approximately $5.0 million of Flex of which the Company has recorded this amount against the outstanding principal balance of Senior Secured Term Loan on the Company’s consolidated balance sheet and is being amortized over the remaining term of loan.

 

Third Amendment

 

On February 12, 2018, the Company, through IBG Borrower, entered into the Third Amendment to the Senior Secured Term Loan. The Third Amendment provides for, among other things, amendments to certain restrictive covenants and other terms set forth in the Senior Secured Term Loan, as amended, to permit (i) IBG Borrower to enter into the 5.75% Notes Indenture (as described above) and a related intercreditor agreement that was executed and (ii) the Note Exchange. In connection with the Third Amendment, Deutsche Bank was granted additional pricing flex in the form of price protection upon syndication of the loan (“Third Amendment Flex”). After giving effect to the additional Third Amendment Flex, the Company estimates that it could be responsible for payments on account of the Third Amendment Flex in an aggregate total amount of up to $6.1 million.

Fourth Amendment

The Company, through IBG Borrower, entered into the Fourth Amendment to the Senior Secured Term Loan as of March 12, 2018. The Fourth Amendment provides, among other things, that the funding date for the Second Delayed Draw Term Loan is March 14, 2018 instead of March 15, 2018.  Accordingly, the conditions to the availability of the Second Delayed Draw Term Loan (described above) were satisfied as of March 14, 2018 due, in part, to the transactions contemplated by the Note Exchange, and the Company was able to draw on the Second Delayed Draw Term Loan. On March 14, 2018, the Company drew down $110 million under the Second Delayed Draw Term Loan and used those proceeds, along with cash on hand, to make a payment to the trustee under the indenture governing the 1.50% Convertible Notes to repay the remaining 1.50% Convertible Notes at maturity on March 15, 2018.

As of March 31, 2018 and December 31, 2017, the outstanding principal balance of the Senior Secured Term Loan is $170.5 million (which is net of $21.8 million of original issue discount) and $74.8 million (which is net of $8.0 million of original issue discount) of which $3.9 million and $1.7 million is recorded in current portion of long term debt on the Company’s consolidated balance sheet, respectively.

The Company recorded cash interest expense of approximately $2.2 million relating to the Senior Secured Term Loan during the Current Quarter as compared to none for the Prior Year Quarter.  

The Company recorded an expense for the amortization of original issue discount and deferred financing fees of approximately $0.5 million relating to the Senior Secured Term Loan, included in interest expense on the unaudited condensed consolidated statement of operations, during the Current Quarter as compared to none for the Prior Year Quarter.

5.75% Convertible Notes

On February 12, 2018, the Company entered into the Exchange Agreements which was an offering exempt from registration under the Securities Act.  On February 22, 2018, the Company consummated the Note Exchange, pursuant to which the Company exchanged approximately $125 million aggregate principal amount of 1.50% Convertible Notes for 5.75% Convertible Notes issued by the Company in an aggregate principal amount of approximately $125 million.

Consummation of the Note Exchange satisfied one of the principal conditions to the availability of the Second Delayed Draw Term Loan under the Senior Secured Term Loan that the Company achieve a reduction in the outstanding principal amount of the 1.50% Convertible Notes of at least $100.0 million.  In addition, the Company satisfied the remaining conditions to the availability of the Second Delayed Draw Term Loan, which included (i) the Company being in financial covenant compliance, on a pro forma basis as of the time of the requested borrowing and on a projected basis for the succeeding 12 months based on projections reasonably acceptable to the lenders, and (ii) there not existing a default or event of default under the Senior Secured Term Loan as of the time of the borrowing.  On March 14, 2018, the Company drew down $110 million under the Second Delayed Draw Term Loan and used those proceeds, along with cash on hand, to make a payment to the trustee under the indenture governing the 1.50% Convertible Notes in an amount to repay the remaining 1.50% Convertible Notes at maturity on March 15, 2018.

Interest on the 5.75% Convertible Notes may be paid in cash, shares of the Company’s common stock, or a combination of both, at the Company’s election. If the Company elects to pay all or a portion of an interest payment in shares of common stock, the number of shares of common stock payable will be equal to the applicable interest payment divided by the average of the 10 individual volume-weighted average prices for the 10-trading day period ending on and including the trading day immediately preceding the relevant interest payment date.

The 5.75% Convertible Notes are (i) secured by a second lien on the same assets that secure the obligations of IBG Borrower under the Senior Secured Term Loan and (ii) guaranteed by IBG Borrower and same guarantors as those under the Senior Secured Term Loan, other than the Company.

Subject to certain conditions and limitations, the Company may cause all or part of the 5.75% Convertible Notes to be automatically converted.

Holders converting their 5.75% Convertible Notes (including in connection with a mandatory conversion) shall also be entitled to receive a payment from the Company equal to the Conversion Make-Whole Payment if such conversion occurs after a regular record date and on or before the next succeeding interest payment date, through and including the maturity date (determined as if such conversion did not occur).

If the Company elects to pay all or a portion of a Conversion Make-Whole Payment in shares of common stock, the number of shares of common stock payable will be equal to the applicable Conversion Make-Whole Payment divided by the average of the 10 individual volume-weighted average prices for the 10-trading day period immediately preceding the applicable conversion date.

Subject to certain limitations pursuant to the Senior Secured Term Loan, from and after the one-year anniversary of the closing of the Note Exchange, the Company may redeem for cash all or part of the 5.75% Convertible Notes at any time by providing at least 30 days’ prior written notice to holders of the 5.75% Convertible Notes.

If the Company undergoes a fundamental change (which would occur if the Company experiences a change of control or is delisted from NASDAQ) prior to maturity, each holder will have the right, at its option, to require the Company to repurchase for cash all or a portion of such holder’s 5.75% Convertible Notes at a fundamental change purchase price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the 5.75% Convertible Notes to be repurchased, together with interest accrued and unpaid to, but excluding, the fundamental change purchase date.

The Company will be subject to certain restrictive covenants pursuant to the 5.75% Convertible Note Indenture, including limitations on (i) liens, (ii) indebtedness, (iii) asset sales, (iv) restricted payments and investments, (v) prepayments of indebtedness and (vi) transactions with affiliates.

On various dates subsequent to the Exchange on February 22, 2018 and through March 16, 2018, certain noteholders converted an aggregate outstanding principal balance of $8.8 million of their 5.75% Convertible Notes in to approximately 4.5 million shares of the Company’s common stock.  Pursuant to the note agreement, the Company was required to make a conversion make-whole payment which was also settled in the issuance of approximately 1.9 million shares of the Company’s common stock.  As a result of this transaction, the conversion of the outstanding principal balance of $8.8 million of its 5.75% Convertible Notes represented a reduction of $9.6 million in the fair value of the 5.75% Convertible Notes and $0.8 million was recorded for the difference in the fair value of the debt and the fair value of the common stock issued has been recorded within Other Income in the Company’s condensed consolidated statement of operations for the Current Quarter.

The Company has elected to account for the 5.75% Convertible Notes based on the Fair Value Option accounting as outlined in ASC 825.  Refer to Note 8 for further details.  As of March 31, 2018, while the debt balance recorded at fair value on the Company’s condensed consolidated balance sheet is $109.5 million, the actual outstanding principal balance of the 5.75% Convertible Notes is $116.2 million.

The Company recorded cash interest expense of approximately $0.7 million relating to the 5.75% Convertible Notes during the Current Quarter as compared to none for the Prior Year Quarter.  

 

Debt Maturities

As of March 31, 2018, the Company’s debt maturities on a calendar year basis are as follows:

 

 

 

Total

 

 

April 1

through

December 31,

2018

 

 

2019

 

 

2020

 

 

2021

 

 

2022

 

 

Thereafter

 

Senior Secured Notes

 

$

397,500

 

 

$

32,020

 

 

$

42,693

 

 

$

42,693

 

 

$

42,693

 

 

$

42,693

 

 

$

194,708

 

Variable Funding Notes(1)

 

$

92,294

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

92,294

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2017 Senior Secured Term Loan(2)

 

$

170,473

 

 

 

2,893

 

 

 

11,570

 

 

 

19,284

 

 

 

19,284

 

 

 

117,442

 

 

 

 

5.75% Convertible Notes(3)

 

$

109,455

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

109,455

 

Total

 

$

769,722

 

 

$

34,913

 

 

$

54,263

 

 

$

154,271

 

 

$

61,977

 

 

$

160,135

 

 

$

304,163

 

 

(1)

Reflects the net debt carrying amount, effected by the outstanding balance of the original issue discount, in the unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheet as of March 31, 2018.  The actual principal outstanding balance of the Variable Funding Notes is $100.0 million as of March 31, 2018.

(2)

Reflects the net debt carrying amount, effected by the outstanding balance of the original issue discount, in the unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheet as of March 31, 2018.  The actual principal outstanding balance of the Senior Secured Term Loan is $192.3 million as of March 31, 2018.  

(3)

Reflects the debt carrying amount which is accounted for under the Fair Value Option in the unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheet as of March 31, 2018.  The actual principal outstanding balance of the 5.75% Convertible Notes is $116.2 million as of March 31, 2018.