Debt

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2013

12.

Debt

In connection with the Merger, the Company assumed and became the borrower under TransEnterix’ s outstanding credit facility pursuant to the terms of the Loan and Security Agreement, dated as of January 17, 2012, (the “Loan Agreement”) , among TransEnterix, Silicon Valley Bank, as collateral agent (the “Collateral Agent”), and Silicon Valley Bank and Oxford Finance, LLC, as lenders (the “Lenders”). The Second Amendment to Loan Agreement, dated as of September 3, 2013, amends the Loan and Security Agreement among the Collateral Agent, the lenders party thereto, and SafeStitch (as so amended, the “Amended Loan Agreement”). The Amended Loan Agreement evidences a term loan, which will mature on January 1, 2016 (the “Term Loan”). The following table presents the components of long-term debt:

	September 30,
	2013
	(In thousands)
	(unaudited)

Total long-term debt		9,399
Less: Current portion of long-term debt		3,795
Total long-term debt, net of current portion	$	5,604

The Term Loan bears interest at a fixed rate equal to 8.75%.

Commencing August 2013, the Amended Loan Agreement provides for the amortization of principal (in the form of level monthly payments of principal and interest). The Term Loan will be required to be prepaid if the Term Loan is accelerated following an event of default. In addition, the Company is permitted to prepay the Term Loan in full at any time upon 10 days’ written notice to the Lenders. Upon the earliest to occur of the maturity date, acceleration of the Term Loan, or prepayment of the Term Loan, the Company is required to make a final payment equal to the original principal amount of the Term Loan multiplied by 3.33% (the “Final Payment Fee”). Any prepayment, whether mandatory or voluntary, must include the Final Payment Fee, interest at the default rate (which is the rate otherwise applicable plus 5%) with respect to any amounts past due, the Collateral Agent’s and the Lenders’ expenses, and all other obligations that are due and payable to the Collateral Agent and the Lenders.

The Amended Loan Agreement is secured by a security interest in substantially all assets of the Company and any future subsidiaries, other than intellectual property. The Amended Loan Agreement contains customary representations (tested on a continual basis) that, subject to exceptions, restrict the Company’s ability to do the following things: declare dividends or redeem or repurchase equity interests; incur additional liens; make loans and investments; incur additional indebtedness; engage in mergers, acquisitions, and asset sales; transact with affiliates; fail to appoint a chief executive officer, chief financial officer, and chief technology officer upon vacancy; undergo a change in control; add or change business locations; and engage in businesses that are not related to the Company’s existing business.

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The entire disclosure for information about short-term and long-term debt arrangements, which includes amounts of borrowings under each line of credit, note payable, commercial paper issue, bonds indenture, debenture issue, own-share lending arrangements and any other contractual agreement to repay funds, and about the underlying arrangements, rationale for a classification as long-term, including repayment terms, interest rates, collateral provided, restrictions on use of assets and activities, whether or not in compliance with debt covenants, and other matters important to users of the financial statements, such as the effects of refinancing and noncompliance with debt covenants.

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