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Debt and Interest

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Debt and Interest
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2024
Debt and Interest  
Debt and Interest

9. Debt and Interest

Debt

Total debt consists of the following:

    

March 31, 

December 31,

    

    

($ in thousands)

2024

2023

Interest rate

Maturity

Oaktree Note

$

50,000

$

50,000

 

11.0

%

August - 2025

SWK Term Loan

15,000

15,000

15.1

%

December - 2027

Less: Discount on notes payable

(3,580)

(4,144)

Total notes payable

$

61,420

$

60,856

 

  

 

  

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 March 31, 2024.

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 three months ended March 31, 2024.

SWK Term Loan

On December 27, 2023 (the “SWK Closing Date”), Journey entered into a Credit Agreement with SWK Funding LLC (“SWK”). The Credit Agreement provides for a term loan facility (the “Credit Facility”) in the original principal amount of up to $20.0 million. On the SWK Closing Date, Journey drew $15 million. The remaining $5.0 million may be drawn upon request by Journey within 12 months after the SWK Closing Date. Loans under the Credit Facility (the “Term Loans”) mature on December 27, 2027. The Term Loans accrue interest which is payable quarterly in arrears. The Term Loans bear interest at a rate per annum equal to the three-month term SOFR (subject to a SOFR floor of 5%) plus 7.75%. The interest rate resets quarterly.

Beginning in February 2026, Journey is required to repay a portion of the outstanding principal of the Term Loans quarterly in an amount equal to 7.5% of the principal amount of funded Term Loans. If the total revenue of Journey, measured on a trailing twelve-month basis, is greater than $70.0 million as of December 31, 2025, principal repayment is not required until February 2027, at which point Journey is required to repay a portion of the outstanding principal of the Term Loans quarterly in an amount equal to 15% of the principal amount of funded Term Loans.

Journey may at any time prepay the outstanding principal balance of the Term Loans in whole or in part. Prepayment of the Term Loans is subject to payment of a prepayment premium equal to (i) 2% of the Term Loans prepaid plus the amount of interest that would have been due through the first anniversary of the SWK Closing Date if the Term Loans are prepaid prior to the first anniversary of the SWK Closing Date, (ii) 1% of the Term Loans prepaid if the Term Loans are prepaid on or after the first anniversary of the SWK Closing Date but prior to the second anniversary of the SWK Closing Date, or (iii) 0% if prepaid thereafter.

Upon repayment in full of the Term Loans, Journey will pay an exit fee equal to 5% of the original principal amount of the Term Loans. Additionally, Journey paid an origination fee of $0.2 million on the SWK Closing Date and incurred issuance costs of $0.2 million, both of which have been recorded as a debt discount. Journey is accreting the carrying value of the SWK Term Loan to the original principal balance plus the exit fee over the term of the loan using the effective interest method. The amortization of the discount is accounted for as interest expense in the Consolidated Statement of Operations. The effective interest rate on the SWK Term Loan for the quarter ended March 31, 2024 was 15.1%.

The SWK Credit Facility also includes both revenue and liquidity covenants, restrictions as to payment of dividends, and is secured by substantially all assets of Journey. As of March 31, 2024, Journey was in compliance with the financial covenants under the SWK Credit Facility.

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 are recorded as interest expense. For the three month periods ended March 31, 2024 and 2023, the Company recorded expense of $0.1 million and $0.1 million associated with the Urica dividends owed on the outstanding Urica Preferred Stock.

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 March 31, 

2024

2023

($ in thousands)

    

Interest

    

Fees

    

Total

    

Interest

    

Fees

    

Total

Oaktree Note

1,390

502

1,892

1,390

424

1,814

Partner company convertible preferred shares

113

45

158

260

60

320

Partner company installment payments - licenses

91

91

Partner company notes payable

486

62

548

1,500

160

1,660

Other

 

4

 

 

4

 

79

 

332

411

Total Interest Expense and Financing Fee

$

1,993

$

609

$

2,602

$

3,320

$

976

$

4,296