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Debt Arrangements
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2020
Debt Disclosure [Abstract]  
Debt Arrangements

8. Debt Arrangements

The Company’s net carrying amount of debt is comprised of the following:

 

 

 

December 31,

2020

 

 

December 31,

2019

 

Senior Secured Notes

 

$

317,856

 

 

$

338,130

 

Variable Funding Note, net of original issue discount

 

 

100,000

 

 

 

99,610

 

Senior Secured Term Loan, net of original issue discount

 

 

94,755

 

 

 

162,418

 

5.75% Convertible Notes (1)

 

 

50,868

 

 

 

47,277

 

Payroll Protection Program Loan

 

 

1,307

 

 

 

 

Unamortized debt issuance costs

 

 

(385

)

 

 

(1,714

)

Total debt

 

 

564,401

 

 

 

645,721

 

Less current maturities

 

 

28,433

 

 

 

61,976

 

Total long-term debt

 

$

535,968

 

 

$

583,745

 

 

 

(1)

Reflects the debt carrying amount, which is accounted for under the Fair Value Option in the consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019.  The actual principal outstanding balance of the 5.75% Convertible Notes is $94.4 million and $94.4 million as of December 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively.

 

Senior Secured Notes and Variable Funding Note

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 Series 2012-1 4.229% Senior Secured Notes, Class A-2 (the “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 Series 2012-1 Variable Funding Senior Notes, Class A-1 (the “Variable Funding Notes”), which allowed 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 allow for drawings on a revolving basis. Drawings and certain additional terms related to the Variable Funding Notes are governed by the Class A-1 Note Purchase Agreement dated November 29, 2012 (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 swingline lender and as administrative agent.  The Variable Funding Notes are governed, in part, by the Variable Funding Note Purchase Agreement and by certain generally applicable terms contained in the Securitization Notes Indenture. Interest on the Variable Funding Notes is payable at per annum rates equal to the CP Rate, Base Rate or Eurodollar Rate, each as defined in the Variable Funding Note Purchase Agreement.  In February 2015, the Company fully drew down the $100.0 million of available funding under the Variable Funding Notes, which remains outstanding as of December 31, 2020.

On June 21, 2013, the Co-Issuers issued $275.0 million aggregate principal amount of Series 2013-1 4.352% Senior Secured Notes, Class A-2 (the “2013 Senior Secured Notes” and, together with the 2012 Senior Secured Notes, the “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 under a base indenture (the “Securitization Notes Base Indenture”) and related supplemental indentures (the “Securitization Notes Supplemental Indentures” and, collectively with the Securitization Notes Base Indenture, 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 July 2017, in connection with the sale of the businesses underlying the Company’s previous entertainment segment, the Company made a mandatory principal prepayment on its Senior Secured Notes of $152.2 million.

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 2012 Senior Secured Notes and the 2013 Senior Secured Notes, in each case, on a quarterly basis. Initially, principal payments in the amount of $10.5 million and $4.8 million were required to be made on the 2012 Senior Secured Notes and 2013 Senior Secured Notes, respectively, on a quarterly basis.  The amount of quarterly principal payments has since changed in subsequent periods due to the prepayments made under the Securitization Notes Indenture.  See below for further discussion.

The legal final maturity date of the Securitization Notes is in January of 2043. The Company did not repay or refinance the Securitization Notes prior to the anticipated repayment date, and as a result, during the first quarter of 2020, additional interest accrues on amounts outstanding under the Securitization Notes at a rate equal to (A) in respect of the Variable Funding Notes, 5% per annum, (B) in respect of the 2012 Senior Secured Notes and the 2013 Senior Secured Notes, the greater of (1) 5% per annum and (2) a per annum interest rate equal to the excess, if any, by which the sum of (x) 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 (y) 5% per annum plus (z) with respect to the 2012 Senior Secured Notes, 3.4% per annum, or with respect to the 2013 Senior Secured Notes, 3.14% per annum, exceeds the original interest rate. Pursuant to the Securitization Notes Indenture, such additional interest is not due to be paid by the Company until January 2043 (the legal maturity date) and does not compound annually.  The Company reflects additional accrued interest as interest expense and Other Liabilities – Long term in its consolidated financial statements. The Securitization Notes rank pari passu with each other.

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 Securitization Notes Indenture by a security interest in certain of the assets of the Co-Issuers (the “Securitized Assets”), 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, and Charisma; (ii) the rights (including the rights to receive payments) and obligations under all license agreements for use of those trademarks in such territories; (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.  The Securitized Assets do not include revenue generating assets of (x) the Iconix subsidiaries that own the Ecko Unltd trademarks, the Mark Ecko trademarks, the Artful Dodger 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 Modern Amusement trademarks and the Buffalo trademarks, the Pony trademarks, and the Hydraulic trademarks.

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 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 December 31, 2020, the Company is in compliance with all covenants under the Securitization Notes.

The Company’s Securitization Notes include a financial test, known as the debt service coverage ratio (“DSCR”) that measures the amount of principal and interest required to be paid on the Co-Issuers’ debt to approximate cash flow available to pay such principal and interest.  As a result of the decline in royalty collections during the twelve months ended March 31, 2019, the DSCR fell below 1.10x as of March 31, 2019.  Beginning April 1, 2019, the Senior Secured Notes experienced a Rapid Amortization Event pursuant to the Securitization Indenture. Upon a Rapid Amortization Event, any residual amounts available will immediately be used to pay down the principal.

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 DSCR, (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, including as a result of not paying or redeeming the Securitization Notes in full prior to the anticipated repayment date, the management fee payable to the Company would remain payable pursuant to the priority of payments set forth under the Securitization Indenture, but no residual amounts would be payable to the Company thereafter. As noted above, a Rapid Amortization Event occurred beginning April 1, 2019.

The legal final maturity date of the Securitization Notes is in January of 2043. As discussed above, the Company did not repay or refinance the Securitization Notes prior to the anticipated repayment date. Beginning January 2020, the Company is no longer required to make previously designated contractual principal payments. Future principal payments will be formulaically based on a percentage of receipts of royalty revenue.

As of December 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019, the total outstanding principal balance of the Securitization Notes was $417.9 million and $438.1 million, respectively, of which $8.4 million and $42.7 million, respectively is included in the current portion of long-term debt on the consolidated balance sheet. As of December 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019, $8.5 million and $14.9 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 FY 2020 and FY 2019, interest expense relating to the Securitization Notes was approximately $18.5 million and $20.7 million, respectively. For FY 2020 and FY 2019, the Company long-term accrued interest expense related to the Securitization Notes was $21.7 million and zero, respectively.   For FY 2020 and FY 2019, the Company recorded an expense for the amortization of original issue discount and deferred financing costs related to the Variable Funding Notes of $1.1 million and $7.0 million, respectively. The effective interest rate on such notes is 3.7%.

Senior Secured Term Loan

On August 2, 2017, the Company entered into a credit agreement (as amended or otherwise modified, unless context provides otherwise 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 (the “Guarantors”), Cortland Capital Market Services LLC, as administrative agent and collateral agent (“Cortland”) and the lenders party thereto from time to time, including Deutsche Bank AG, New York Branch.  Pursuant to the Senior Secured Term Loan, the lenders provided to IBG Borrower a senior secured term loan (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 (the “Interest Rate”).

On August 2, 2017, the net cash proceeds of the Senior Secured Term Loan were deposited into an escrow account and 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 (as defined below). 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.

Prior to the First Amendment, 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.

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 (the “First Amendment”) 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 to the then-current term loan balance of approximately $57.8 million, (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 (the “First Delayed Draw Term Loan”), and (ii) a $140.7 million Second Delayed Draw Term Loan (the “Second Delayed Draw Term Loan” and, together, with the First Delayed Draw Term Loan, the “Delayed Draw Term Loan Facility”) 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.

As a result of the First Amendment, on October 27, 2017, the Company repaid $231.0 million on the Senior Secured Term, Loan, 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, net of the $1.0 million of original issue discount.  

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, 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, certain potential defaults and events of default arising under the Senior Secured Term 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 defined below) and a related intercreditor agreement that was executed and (ii) the Note Exchange (as defined below).

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 provided, among other things, that the funding date for the Second Delayed Draw Term Loan would be March 14, 2018 instead of March 15, 2018.  The conditions to the availability of the Second Delayed Draw Term Loan 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.

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.

Fifth Amendment

On March 30, 2020, the Company entered into the fifth amendment and waiver to the Senior Secured Term Loan (the “Fifth Amendment”). The Fifth Amendment, among other things, (i) waived an event of default under the Senior Secured Term Loan due to the Company’s receipt of a going concern qualified audit opinion for FY 2019 and (ii) modified the asset sale prepayment obligation to obligate the Company to pay 75% of the net proceeds from one or more asset sales in any fiscal year to the extent the aggregate amount of asset sale net proceeds exceed $5.0 million.

As a result of the Umbro China Sale and the Starter China Sale, the Company made additional principal repayments of $44.7 million and $11.7 million on the Senior Secured Term Loan in the third and fourth quarter of 2020, respectively. As of December 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019, the outstanding principal balance of the Senior Secured Term Loan was $94.8 million (which is net of $5.1 million of original issue discount) and $162.4 million (which is net of $13.2 million of original issue discount), respectively, of which $19.3 million and $19.3 million is recorded in current portion of long term debt on the Company’s consolidated balance sheet, respectively.

The Company recorded interest expense of approximately $12.2 million relating to the Senior Secured Term Loan in FY 2020 as compared to $18.0 million for FY 2019.  

The Company recorded an expense for the amortization of original issue discount and deferred financing fees of approximately $8.7 million relating to the Senior Secured Term Loan, included in interest expense on the consolidated statement of operations, during FY 2020 as compared to $5.5 million during FY 2019. The effective interest rate on the Senior Secured Term Loan is 11.6%, as of December 31, 2020.

5.75% Convertible Notes

On February 22, 2018, the Company consummated an exchange (the “Note Exchange”) of approximately $125 million previously outstanding 1.50% Convertible Senior Subordinated Notes due 2018 (the “1.50% Convertible Notes”), pursuant to which it issued approximately $125 million of new 5.75% Convertible Notes due 2023 (the 5.75% Convertible Notes”).  The 5.75% Convertible Notes were issued pursuant to an indenture, dated February 22, 2018, by and among the Company, each of the guarantors thereto and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee and collateral agent (the “Indenture”).

The 5.75% Convertible Notes mature on August 15, 2023.  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 into common stock of the Company.  The 5.75% Convertible Notes are convertible into shares of the Company’s common stock based on a conversion rate of 52.1919 shares of the Company’s common stock, per $1,000 principal amount of the 5.75% Convertible Notes (which is equal to an initial conversion price of approximately $19.16 per share), subject to adjustment from time to time pursuant to the 5.75% Convertible Note Indenture.

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 (as defined in the Indenture) 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 February 22, 2019, 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) prior to maturity, each holder will have the right at its option, but subject in all respects to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement and the Senior Secured Term Loan, 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 is 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.

During FY 2020, noteholders did not convert any of the aggregate outstanding principal balance of their 5.75% Convertible Notes into shares of the Company’s common stock.

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 7 for further details.  As of December 31, 2020, while the debt balance recorded at fair value on the Company’s consolidated balance sheet is $50.9 million, the actual outstanding principal balance of the 5.75% Convertible Notes is $94.4 million.

The Company recorded interest expense of approximately $5.5 million relating to the 5.75% Convertible Notes during the FY 2020 as compared to $5.7 for FY 2019.  The Company issued approximately 1.3 million common shares to noteholders in lieu of $1.4 million of cash interest due on August 15, 2020.  

As of December 31, 2020, the Company’s debt maturities on a calendar year basis are as follows:

 

 

 

Total

 

 

2021

 

 

2022

 

 

2023

 

 

2024

 

 

2025

 

 

Thereafter

 

Senior Secured Notes

 

$

317,856

 

 

$

3,451

 

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

$

314,405

 

Variable Funding Notes

 

$

100,000

 

 

 

4,914

 

 

 

7,031

 

 

 

7,031

 

 

 

7,031

 

 

 

7,031

 

 

 

66,962

 

Senior Secured Term Loan (1)

 

$

94,755

 

 

 

19,284

 

 

 

75,471

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5.75% Convertible Notes (2)

 

$

50,868

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

50,868

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Payroll Protection Program Loan (3)

 

$

1,307

 

 

 

784

 

 

 

523

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

 

$

564,786

 

 

$

28,433

 

 

$

83,025

 

 

$

57,899

 

 

$

7,031

 

 

$

7,031

 

 

$

381,367

 

(1)

Reflects the net debt carrying amount, effected by the outstanding balance of the original issue discount, in the consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2020.  The actual principal outstanding balance of the Senior Secured Term Loan is $99.9 million as of December 31, 2020.

(2)

Reflects the debt carrying amount which is accounted for under the Fair Value Option in the consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2020.  The actual principal outstanding balance of the 5.75% Convertible Notes is $94.4 million as of December 31, 2020.

(3)

The Payroll Protection Program Loan and related accrued interest are eligible for forgiveness, in whole or in part based on the usage of the proceeds. The Company intends to submit an application for the loan to be forgiven in conformity with the loan’s terms. The Company believes it qualifies for such forgiveness. However, there is no assurance the Company will be successful in obtaining approval from the U.S. Small Business Administration.