Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Debt and Interest

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Debt and Interest
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2023
Debt and Interest  
Debt and Interest

9. Debt and Interest

Debt

Total debt consists of the following:

    

September 30, 

    

December 31,

    

    

($ in thousands)

2023

2022

Interest rate

Maturity

Oaktree Note

$

50,000

$

50,000

 

11.00

%

August - 2025

EWB Term Loan

20,000

10.20

%

January - 2026

Runway Note

31,050

13.77

%

April - 2027

Less: Discount on notes payable

(4,209)

(9,320)

Total notes payable

$

45,791

$

91,730

 

  

 

  

Oaktree Note

In August 2020, Fortress, as borrower, entered into a $60.0 million senior secured credit agreement with Oaktree Fund Administration, LLC and the lenders from time-to-time thereto (collectively, “Oaktree”) (the “Oaktree Agreement” and the debt thereunder, the “Oaktree Note”). The Oaktree Agreement contains customary representations and warranties and customary affirmative and negative covenants as well as certain financial covenants, including, among other things, (i) maintenance of minimum liquidity and (ii) a minimum revenue test that requires Journey’s annual revenue to be equal to or to exceed annual revenue projections set forth in the Oaktree Agreement. Failure by the Company or Journey, as applicable, to comply with the Oaktree Agreement covenants will result in an event of default, subject to certain cure rights of the Company. The Company was in compliance with all applicable covenants under the Oaktree Agreement as of September 30, 2023.

The Company is required to make quarterly interest-only payments until the fifth anniversary of the closing date, August 27, 2025, the “Maturity Date,” at which point the outstanding principal amount is due. The Company may voluntarily prepay the Oaktree Note at any time subject to a prepayment fee. The Company is required to make mandatory prepayments of the Oaktree Note under various circumstances as defined in the Oaktree Agreement. No mandatory prepayments were required in the nine months ended September 30, 2023.

Journey Working Capital Line of Credit Amendment and Term Loan with East West Bank

In July 2023, Journey voluntarily repaid the entire $10.0 million outstanding term loan principal balance under its credit facility with East West Bank (the “EWB Facility”). The repayment satisfied all of Journey’s outstanding debt obligations under the EWB Facility. Journey has no further obligations to East West Bank.

Mustang Runway Growth Finance Corp. (“Runway”) Debt Facility  

On April 11, 2023, the long-term debt facility with Runway Growth Finance Corp. (the “Mustang Term Loan” or the “Runway Note”), was terminated upon receipt by Runway of a payoff amount of $30.7 million from Mustang comprising of principal, interest and the applicable final payment amount. A loss on extinguishment of $2.8 million was recorded to interest expense in the unaudited condensed consolidated statement of operations for the nine months ended September 30, 2023.

Urica 8% Cumulative Convertible Class B Preferred Offering

In December 2022 and February 2023 Urica closed private offerings of its 8% Cumulative Convertible Class B Preferred Stock (the “Urica Preferred Stock”), at a price of $25.00 per share (“Subscription Price”) pursuant to which it sold a total of 135,494 shares of Urica Preferred Stock for gross proceeds of $3.4 million, before deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and offering expenses of approximately $0.5 million (the “Urica Offering”). A non-cash contingent warrant value of $0.1 million was also recorded in debt discount (see Note 6, Fair Value Measurements).

Dividends on the Urica Preferred Stock are payable monthly by Fortress in shares of Fortress Common Stock based upon a 7.5% discount to the average trading price over the 10-day period preceding the dividend payment date. Dividends will be recorded as interest expense and were immaterial in 2022. For the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2023, the Company recorded expense of $0.1 million and $0.2 million associated with the Urica dividends owed on the outstanding Urica Preferred Stock.

The shares mandatorily convert into Urica common stock upon either: (i) a qualified financing pursuant to which Urica raises at least $20 million in aggregate gross proceeds; or (ii) a sale of Urica (in each case, at a 20% discount to the lowest price per share at which Urica common stock is issued/sold in such transaction). Additionally, in the event that neither such a qualified financing nor a sale of Urica has occurred prior to June 27, 2024, then each holder of Urica Preferred Stock is eligible to receive, at Fortress’ election, one of: (x) a cash payment equal to the product of the Subscription Price and the number of shares of Urica Preferred Stock held by such holder; (y) a number of shares of Fortress Common Stock equal to the Fortress share exchange amount; or (z) a combination of the foregoing (in each case plus cash in lieu of any fractional shares, plus cash in lieu of accumulated and unpaid dividends otherwise payable in Fortress shares up to the conversion/exchange date).

The Urica Preferred Stock have no voting rights and have liquidation rights on parity with all equity securities issued by Urica, and junior to all equity securities issued by Urica with terms outlining senior rank and current and future indebtedness.

The Company evaluated the terms of the Urica Offering under ASC 480, Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity, and determined the instrument met the criteria to be recorded as a liability. The value at conversion does not vary with the value of Urica’s common shares, therefore the settlement provision would not be considered a conversion feature. Accordingly, the Company determined liability classification is appropriate and as such, this instrument was accounted for as a liability.

Interest Expense

The following table shows the details of interest expense for all debt arrangements during the periods presented. Interest expense includes contractual interest, and fees include amortization of the debt discount and amortization of fees associated with loan transaction costs, amortized over the life of the loan:

Three Months Ended September 30, 

2023

2022

($ in thousands)

    

Interest

    

Fees

    

Total

    

Interest

    

Fees

    

Total

Oaktree Note

1,425

459

1,884

1,406

395

1,801

Partner company convertible preferred shares

234

140

374

Partner company installment payments - licenses

177

177

201

201

Partner company notes payable

33

58

91

1,221

159

1,380

Other

 

8

 

 

8

 

11

 

 

11

Total Interest Expense and Financing Fee

$

1,877

$

657

$

2,534

$

2,839

$

554

$

3,393

Nine Months Ended September 30, 

2023

2022

($ in thousands)

    

Interest

    

Fees

    

Total

    

Interest

    

Fees

    

Total

Oaktree Note

4,206

1,595

5,801

4,171

1,126

5,297

Partner company convertible preferred shares

886

439

1,325

Partner company installment payments - licenses

353

353

619

619

Partner company notes payable1

4,834

490

5,324

2,570

374

2,944

Other

 

120

 

332

 

452

 

37

37

Total Interest Expense and Financing Fee

$

10,400

$

2,856

$

13,255

$

7,397

$

1,500

$

8,897