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Subsequent Events

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Subsequent Events
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2024
Subsequent Events [Abstract]  
Subsequent Events

19. Subsequent Events

Fortress

On July 25, 2024, Fortress entered into the $50.0 million senior secured credit agreement with a maturity date of July 25, 2027 with Oaktree (the “New Oaktree Agreement”). The Company borrowed $35.0 million under the New Oaktree Agreement on the Closing Date and is eligible to draw up to an additional $15.0 million at the lenders’ discretion to support future business development activities. The New Oaktree Agreement replaces the Prior Oaktree Agreement in which the remaining $50.0 million balance was repaid in full.

 

Under the terms of the New Oaktree Agreement, the loans have a 30-month interest-only period with a maturity date of July 25, 2027, and bear interest at an annual rate equal to the 3-month Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR) plus 7.625% (subject to a 2.50% SOFR floor and a 5.75% SOFR cap). The Company is required to make quarterly interest-only payments until the maturity date, except fifty percent of the then-outstanding principal balance of the loans is due on March 31, 2027, with the remaining principal amount due on the maturity date.

 

The Company may voluntarily prepay, in whole or in part, the amounts due under the New Oaktree Agreement at any time subject to a prepayment fee. Subject to prior written notice by the Company, to repay any amounts due prior to the maturity date, the Company must pay the sum of (A) the aggregate principal amount of the Loans being prepaid, (B) any accrued but unpaid interest on the principal amount of the Loans being prepaid, (C) any applicable Yield Protection Premium (as defined in the New Oaktree Agreement) and (D) if applicable, other unpaid amounts then due and owing pursuant to the New Oaktree Agreement and the other loan documents (such aggregate amount, the “Prepayment Price”); provided that each partial prepayment of the principal amount of the Loans shall be in an aggregate amount of at least $5.0 million and integral multiples of $1.0 million in excess thereof. The Company is required to make mandatory prepayments of the Loans with net cash proceeds from (i) certain casualty events, (ii) certain monetization events, including, among other things, certain asset sales and the sale(s) of priority review vouchers by certain subsidiaries of the Company, and the receipt by the Company of any dividend or other distributions in cash from any of its subsidiaries in excess of $5.0 million other than in connection with certain monetization events, (iii) debt issuances that are not permitted, and (iv) failure to comply with certain covenants. The lenders may elect to receive warrants to purchase common stock of the Company as an alternative to cash prepayments in some situations where a mandatory prepayment would otherwise be required.

The New Oaktree Agreement contains customary representations and warranties and customary affirmative and negative covenants, including, among other things, restrictions on indebtedness, liens, investments, mergers, dispositions, prepayment of other indebtedness, and dividends and other distributions, subject to certain exceptions. In addition, the New Oaktree Agreement contains certain financial covenants, including, (i) a requirement that the Company maintain a minimum liquidity of $7.0 million, which may be reduced or increased as described in the New Oaktree Agreement (“the “Liquidity Requirement”), and (ii) that product net sales of Journey meet a consolidated minimum net sales amount of $50.0 million on a trailing 12-month basis, tested quarterly, which may be reduced or increased as described in the New Oaktree Agreement (the “Minimum Net Sales Test”), subject to certain exclusions. Both the Minimum Net Sales Test and the Liquidity Requirement will be reduced to $0 while the outstanding principal balance is less than or equal to $10.0 million. The Liquidity Requirement is subject to a decrease to $5.0 million while the outstanding principal balance is between $10.0 million and $25.0 million, and also subject to an increase of $3.75 million in each instance if DFD-29 is not approved by the FDA by either March 31, 2025 or December 31, 2025 with a reversion of the approval-related increases upon approval. Failure by the Company to comply with the financial covenants will result in an event of default, subject to certain cure rights of the Company with respect to the Minimum Net Sales Test.

The New Oaktree Agreement contains events of default that are customary for financings of this type, in certain circumstances subject to customary cure periods. In addition, the Company is also required to (i) raise common equity, or receive in monetizations or distributions, by the end of each calendar year prior to the maturity date, in an aggregate amount equal to the greater of $20 million or 50% of an amount set forth in an annual budget delivered to the lenders and (ii) maintain a specified minimum equity stake in Journey. The capital raise and minimum stake covenants and financial covenants will not apply if the outstanding principal balance of the loan is less than or equal to $10 million. Following an event of default and any cure period, if applicable, the Agent will have the right upon notice to accelerate all amounts outstanding under the New Oaktree Agreement, in addition to other remedies available to the lenders as secured creditors of the Company.

 

In connection with the New Oaktree Agreement, the Company granted a security interest in favor of the Agent, for the benefit of the lenders, in substantially all of the Company’s assets, subject to customary exceptions, as collateral securing the Company’s obligations under the New Oaktree Agreement.

 

In connection with the New Oaktree Agreement, the Company granted warrants to the lenders to purchase up to 506,390 shares of the Company’s common stock at a purchase price of $2.0735 per share (the “Warrants”). The Warrants contain customary anti-dilution adjustments to the exercise price, including for share splits, share dividends, rights offerings and pro rata distributions. The exercise price of the Warrants will also be adjusted if, while the Warrants are outstanding, the Company engages in any transaction involving the issuance or sale of shares of Common Stock or equivalent securities at an effective price per share less than the exercise price of the Warrant then in effect (such lower price, the “Base Share Price”). In such case, the exercise price of the Warrants will be reduced to equal the Base Share Price. The Warrants are immediately exercisable and will expire on July 25, 2031 and may be net exercised for no cash payment at the holder’s election. The Company also agreed to file a registration statement to register the resale of the shares of Company common stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants.

Fortress Dividends

On July 5, 2024, Fortress announced that the Company’s Board of Directors had decided to pause the monthly dividend of $0.1953125 per share of the Company’s 9.375% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Stock (the “Series A Preferred Stock”). In accordance with the terms of the Series A Preferred Stock, dividends on the Series A Preferred Stock will continue to accrue and cumulate until such dividends are authorized or declared. The pausing of these dividends will defer approximately $0.7 million in cash dividend payments each month. The Board intends to revisit its decision regarding the monthly dividend regularly and will assess the profitability and cash flow of the Company to determine whether and when the pause should be lifted.

Journey

On July 9, 2024, Journey entered into the SWK Amendment. The SWK Amendment increased the total amount of the Credit Facility from $20.0 million to $25.0 million. The $5.0 million of additional availability added in the Amendment will be drawn upon FDA approval of DFD-29, subject to Journey receiving approval on or before June 30, 2025.  

Urica

On July 15, 2024, Urica entered into an asset purchase agreement (the “APA”), royalty agreement (the “Royalty Agreement”), and related agreements (collectively, the “Transaction Documents”) with Crystalys Therapeutics, Inc. (“Crystalys”). Crystalys is a Delaware corporation incorporated in 2022 and seeded by leading life sciences institutional investors. Under the Transaction Documents, Urica sold the rights to its URAT1 inhibitor product candidate in development for the treatment of gout, dotinurad, and related intellectual property, licenses and agreements to Crystalys. In return, Crystalys issued to Urica shares of its common stock equal to 35% of Crystalys’ outstanding equity. Urica’s equity position cannot be reduced below 15% of Crystalys’ fully-diluted equity capitalization until it raises $150 million in equity securities.

The Transaction Documents also grant Urica a securitized three percent (3%) royalty on future net sales of dotinurad to be paid by Crystalys, as well as the right to receive nominal cash reimbursement payments for certain clinical and development costs incurred by Urica related to dotinurad. Urica has the right to appoint one director to the board of directors of Crystalys, as well as an additional

board observer. Urica has committed to providing transition support to Crystalys for 90 days, and Crystalys is obliged to use commercially reasonable efforts to develop and commercialize dotinurad.

Checkpoint

In July 2024, Checkpoint closed on a registered direct offering (the “Checkpoint July 2024 Registered Direct Offering”) for the issuance and sale of an aggregate of 1,230,000 shares of its common stock at a purchase price of $2.05 per share of common stock. In addition, the offering includes 4,623,659 shares of common stock in the form of pre-funded warrants at a price of $2.0499. In a concurrent private placement, Checkpoint issued and sold common warrants (the “Checkpoint July 2024 Common Stock Warrants”) to purchase up to 5,853,659 shares of common stock. The Checkpoint July 2024 Common Stock Warrants will be exercisable beginning on the effective date of stockholder approval of the issuance of the shares upon exercise of the Checkpoint July 2024 Common Stock Warrants with an exercise price of $2.05 per share and will expire five years following the issuance date. The total gross proceeds from the July 2024 Registered Direct Offering were approximately $12.0 million.