Debt

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2021

Debt Disclosure [Abstract]

DEBT

DEBT    

As of September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, our debt consisted of the following:

(In thousands)	September 30, 2021		December 31, 2020
2025 Notes	$	117,661	$	156,163
2023 Convertible Notes	64,832		62,776
2033 Senior Notes	3,050		3,050
JP Morgan Chase	—		7,057
Chilean and Spanish lines of credit	14,064		15,897
Current portion of notes payable	829		1,749
Long term portion of notes payable	2,151		4,513
Total	$	202,587	$	251,205
Balance sheet captions
Convertible Notes	$	185,543	$	221,989
Current portion of lines of credit and notes payable	14,893		24,703
LT notes payable included in long-term liabilities	2,151		4,513
Total	$	202,587	$	251,205

On February 25, 2020, we entered into a credit agreement with an affiliate of Dr. Frost, pursuant to which the lender committed to provide us with an unsecured line of credit in the amount of $100 million. The line of credit called for a commitment fee equal to 0.25% per annum of the unused portion of the line. We terminated this line of credit in June 2021 and as of September 30, 2021, no amount was outstanding thereunder.

In February 2019, we issued $200.0 million aggregate principal amount of Convertible Senior Notes due 2025 (the “2025 Notes”) in an underwritten public offering. The 2025 Notes bear interest at a rate of 4.50% per year, payable semiannually in arrears on February 15 and August 15 of each year. The notes mature on February 15, 2025, unless earlier repurchased, redeemed or converted.

Holders may convert their 2025 Notes into shares of Common Stock at their option at any time prior to the close of business on the business day immediately preceding November 15, 2024 only under the following circumstances: (1) during any calendar quarter commencing after the calendar quarter ended March 31, 2019 (and only during such calendar quarter), if the last reported sale price of our Common Stock for at least 20 trading days (whether or not consecutive) during a period of 30 consecutive trading days ending on the last trading day of the immediately preceding calendar quarter is greater than or equal to 130% of the conversion price on each applicable trading day; (2) during the five business day period after any five consecutive trading day period (the “measurement period”) in which the trading price per $1,000 principal amount of 2025 Notes for each trading day of the measurement period was less than 98% of the product of the last reported sale price of our Common Stock and the conversion rate on each such trading day; (3) if we call any or all of the 2025 Notes for redemption, at any time prior to the close of business on the scheduled trading day immediately preceding the redemption date; or (4) upon the occurrence of specified corporate events set forth in the indenture governing the 2025 Notes. On or after November 15, 2024, until the close of business on the business day immediately preceding the maturity date, holders of the 2025 Notes may convert their notes at any time, regardless of the foregoing conditions. Upon conversion, we will pay or deliver, as the case may be, cash, shares of our Common Stock, or a combination of cash and shares of our Common Stock, at our election.

The initial and current conversion rate for the 2025 Notes is 236.7424 shares of Common Stock per $1,000 principal amount of 2025 Notes (equivalent to a conversion price of approximately $4.22 per share of Common Stock). The conversion rate for the 2025 Notes is subject to adjustment in certain events, but will not be adjusted for any accrued and unpaid interest. In addition, following certain corporate events that occur prior to the maturity date of the 2025 Notes or if we deliver a notice of redemption, in certain circumstances the indenture governing the 2025 Notes requires an increase in the conversion rate of the 2025 Notes for a holder who elects to convert its notes in connection with such a corporate event or notice of redemption, as the case may be.

We may not redeem the 2025 Notes prior to February 15, 2022. We may redeem for cash any or all of the 2025 Notes, at our option, on or after February 15, 2022, if the last reported sale price of our Common Stock has been at least 130% of the then

current conversion price for the notes for at least 20 trading days (whether or not consecutive) during any 30 consecutive trading day period (including the last trading day of such period) ending on, and including, the trading day immediately preceding the date on which we provide a notice of redemption at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the notes to be redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, the redemption date. No sinking fund is provided for the 2025 Notes.

If we undergo a fundamental change, as defined in the indenture governing the 2025 Notes, prior to the maturity date of the 2025 Notes, holders may require us to repurchase for cash all or any portion of their notes at a repurchase price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the notes to be repurchased, plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, the fundamental change repurchase date. The 2025 Notes are our senior unsecured obligations and rank senior in right of payment to any of our indebtedness that is expressly subordinated in right of payment to the 2025 Notes; equal in right of payment to any of our existing and future liabilities that are not so subordinated; effectively junior in right of payment to any of our secured indebtedness to the extent of the value of the assets securing such indebtedness; and structurally junior to all indebtedness and other liabilities (including trade payables) of our current or future subsidiaries.

In May 2021, we entered into exchange agreements with certain holders of the 2025 Notes pursuant to which the holders exchanged $55.4 million in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding 2025 Notes for 19,051,270 shares of our Common Stock (the “Exchange”). We recorded an $11.1 million non-cash loss related to the Exchange.

In conjunction with the issuance of the 2025 Notes, we agreed to loan up to 30,000,000 shares of our Common Stock to affiliates of the underwriter in order to assist investors in the 2025 Notes to hedge their position. Following consummation of the Exchange, the number of outstanding borrowed shares of Common Stock was reduced by approximately 8,105,175 shares. As of September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, a total of 21,144,825 and 29,250,000 shares remained outstanding under the share lending arrangement, respectively. We will not receive any of the proceeds from the sale of the borrowed shares, but we received a one-time nominal fee of $0.3 million for the newly issued shares. Shares of our Common Stock outstanding under the share lending arrangement are excluded from the calculation of basic and diluted earnings per share. See Note 4.

As required by ASC 470-20, “Debt with Conversion and Other Options,” we calculated the equity component of the 2025 Notes, taking into account both the fair value of the conversion option and the fair value of the share lending arrangement. The equity component was valued at $52.6 million at issue date and this amount was recorded as Additional paid-in capital, which resulted in a discount on the 2025 Notes. The discount is being amortized to Interest expense over the term of the 2025 Notes, which results in an effective interest rate on the 2025 Notes of 11.2%.

The following table sets forth information related to the 2025 Notes which is included in our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet as of September 30, 2021:

(In thousands)	2025 Senior Notes		Discount		Debt Issuance Cost		Total
Balance at December 31, 2020	$	200,000	$	(39,537)	$	(4,300)	$	156,163
Amortization of debt discount and debt issuance costs	—		5,107		556		5,663
Conversion	(55,420)		10,151		1,104		(44,165)
Balance at September 30, 2021	$	144,580	$	(24,279)	$	(2,640)	$	117,661

In February 2018, we issued a series of 5% Convertible Promissory Notes (the “2023 Convertible Notes”) in the aggregate principal amount of $55.0 million. The 2023 Convertible Notes mature five years following the date of issuance. Each holder of a 2023 Convertible Note has the option, from time to time, to convert all or any portion of the outstanding principal balance of such 2023 Convertible Note, together with accrued and unpaid interest thereon, into shares of our Common Stock at a conversion price of $5.00 per share. We may redeem all or any part of the then issued and outstanding 2023 Convertible Notes, together with accrued and unpaid interest thereon, pro rata among the holders, upon no fewer than 30 days, and no more than 60 days, notice to the holders. The 2023 Convertible Notes contain customary events of default and representations and warranties of OPKO.

Purchasers of the 2023 Convertible Notes included an affiliate of Dr. Phillip Frost, M.D., our Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, and Dr. Jane H. Hsiao, Ph.D., MBA, our Vice-Chairman and Chief Technical Officer.

In January 2013, we entered into note purchase agreements with respect to the issuance and sale of our 3.0% Senior Notes due 2033 (the “2033 Senior Notes”) in a private placement exempt from registration under the Securities Act. We issued the 2033 Senior Notes on January 30, 2013. The 2033 Senior Notes, which totaled $175.0 million in original principal amount,

bear interest at the rate of 3.0% per year, payable semiannually on February 1 and August 1 of each year. The 2033 Senior Notes mature on February 1, 2033, unless earlier repurchased, redeemed or converted. Upon a fundamental change, as defined in the indenture governing the 2033 Senior Notes, subject to certain exceptions, the holders may require us to repurchase all or any portion of their 2033 Senior Notes for cash at a repurchase price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the 2033 Senior Notes being repurchased, plus any accrued and unpaid interest to, but not including, the related fundamental change repurchase date.

From 2013 to 2016, holders of the 2033 Senior Notes converted $143.2 million in aggregate principal amount into an aggregate of 21,539,873 shares of Common Stock. On February 1, 2019, approximately $28.8 million aggregate principal amount of 2033 Senior Notes were tendered by holders pursuant to such holders’ option to require us to repurchase the 2033 Senior Notes as set forth in the indenture, governing the 2033 Senior Notes, following which repurchase only $3.0 million aggregate principal amount of the 2033 Senior Notes remained outstanding. Holders of the remaining $3.0 million principal amount of the 2033 Senior Notes may require us to repurchase such notes for 100% of their principal amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest, on February 1, 2023, on February 1, 2028, or following the occurrence of a fundamental change as described above.

The terms of the 2033 Senior Notes, include, among others: (i) rights to convert the notes into shares of our Common Stock, including upon a fundamental change; and (ii) a coupon make-whole payment in the event of a conversion by the holders of the 2033 Senior Notes on or after February 1, 2017 but prior to February 1, 2019. We determined that these specific terms were embedded derivatives. Embedded derivatives are required to be separated from the host contract, the 2033 Senior Notes, and carried at fair value when: (a) the embedded derivative possesses economic characteristics that are not clearly and closely related to the economic characteristics of the host contract; and (b) a separate, stand-alone instrument with the same terms would qualify as a derivative instrument. We concluded that the embedded derivatives within the 2033 Senior Notes met these criteria and, as such, were valued separate and apart from the 2033 Senior Notes and recorded at fair value each reporting period.

For accounting and financial reporting purposes, we combined these embedded derivatives and valued them together as one unit of accounting. In 2017, certain terms of the embedded derivatives expired pursuant to the original agreement and the embedded derivatives no longer met the criteria to be separated from the host contract and, as a result, the embedded derivatives were no longer required to be valued separate and apart from the 2033 Senior Notes and were reclassified to additional paid in capital.

In November 2015, BioReference and certain of its subsidiaries entered into a credit agreement with JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (“CB”), as lender and administrative agent, as amended (the “Credit Agreement”). The Credit Agreement provides for a $75.0 million secured revolving credit facility and includes a $20.0 million sub-facility for swingline loans and a $20.0 million sub-facility for the issuance of letters of credit.

On August 30, 2021, the Credit Agreement was amended and restated (the “A&R Credit Agreement”). The A&R Credit Agreement is guaranteed by all of BioReference’s domestic subsidiaries. The A&R Credit Agreement is also secured by substantially all assets of BioReference and its domestic subsidiaries, as well as a non-recourse pledge by us of our equity interest in BioReference. Availability under the A&R Credit Agreement is based on a borrowing base composed of eligible accounts receivables of BioReference and certain of its subsidiaries, as specified therein. As of September 30, 2021, $64.3 million remained available for borrowing under the Credit Agreement. Principal under the Credit Agreement is due upon maturity on August 30, 2024.

At BioReference’s option, borrowings under the A&R Credit Agreement (other than swingline loans) will bear interest at (i) the CB floating rate (defined as the higher of (a) the prime rate and (b) the LIBOR rate (adjusted for statutory reserve requirements for Eurocurrency liabilities) for an interest period of one month plus 2.50%) plus an applicable margin of 0.75% or (ii) the LIBOR rate (adjusted for statutory reserve requirements for Eurocurrency liabilities) plus an applicable margin of 1.75%. Swingline loans will bear interest at the CB floating rate plus the applicable margin. The A&R Credit Agreement also calls for other customary fees and charges, including an unused commitment fee of 0.375% if the average quarterly availability is 50% or more of the revolving commitment, or 0.25% if the average quarterly availability is less than or equal to 50% of the revolving commitments.

As of September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, no amount and $7.1 million, respectively, was outstanding under the A&R Credit Agreement.

The A&R Credit Agreement contains customary covenants and restrictions, including, without limitation, covenants that require BioReference and its subsidiaries to maintain a minimum fixed charge coverage ratio if availability under the new credit facility falls below a specified amount and to comply with laws and restrictions on the ability of BioReference and its

subsidiaries to incur additional indebtedness or to pay dividends and make certain other distributions to the Company, subject to certain exceptions as specified therein. Failure to comply with these covenants would constitute an event of default under the A&R Credit Agreement, notwithstanding the ability of BioReference to meet its debt service obligations. The A&R Credit Agreement also includes various customary remedies for the lenders following an event of default, including the acceleration of repayment of outstanding amounts under the A&R Credit Agreement and execution upon the collateral securing obligations under the A&R Credit Agreement. Substantially all the assets of BioReference and its subsidiaries are restricted from sale, transfer, lease, disposal or distributions to the Company, subject to certain exceptions. As of September 30, 2021, BioReference and its subsidiaries had net assets of approximately $1,119.0 million, which included goodwill of $434.8 million and intangible assets of $310.7 million.

In addition to the A&R Credit Agreement with CB, we had line of credit agreements with eleven other financial institutions as of both September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020 in the U.S., Chile and Spain. These lines of credit are used primarily as sources of working capital for inventory purchases.

The following table summarizes the amounts outstanding under the BioReference, Chilean and Spanish lines of credit:

(Dollars in thousands)				Balance Outstanding
Lender	Interest rate on borrowings at September 30, 2021	Credit line capacity		September 30, 2021		December 31, 2020
JPMorgan Chase	3.25%	$	75,000	$	—	$	7,057
Itau Bank	5.50%	2,128		2,128		2,353
Bank of Chile	6.60%	2,275		772		1,494
BICE Bank	5.50%	2,500		1,534		1,166
Scotiabank	5.50%	4,500		2		1,829
Santander Bank	5.50%	4,500		836		3,025
Security Bank	5.50%	1,937		1,937		262
Estado Bank	5.50%	4,700		2,111		2,127
BCI Bank	5.00%	2,500		2,171		—
Corpbanca	5.00%	2,573		2,573		3,641
Banco De Sabadell	1.75%	579		—		—
Santander Bank	1.82%	579		—		—
Total		$	103,771	$	14,064	$	22,954

At September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, the weighted average interest rate on our lines of credit was approximately 5.4% and 4.9%, respectively.

At September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, we had notes payable and other debt (excluding the 2033 Senior Notes, the 2023 Convertible Notes, the 2025 Notes, the A&R Credit Agreement and amounts outstanding under lines of credit described above) as follows:

(In thousands)	September 30, 2021		December 31, 2020
Current portion of notes payable	$	829	$	1,749
Other long-term liabilities	2,151		4,513
Total	$	2,980	$	6,262

The notes and other debt mature at various dates ranging from 2020 through 2024, bearing variable interest rates from 0.7% up to 3.8%. The weighted average interest rate on the notes and other debt was 1.7% and 2.9% on September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020. The notes are partially secured by our office space in Barcelona.