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Note 5 - Note Payable

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Note 5 - Note Payable
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2022
Notes to Financial Statements  
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5.

NOTE PAYABLE

 

Convertible Notes Payable at Fair Value

 

On May 16, 2022, the Company entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement (the “SPA”) with three institutional investors (collectively, the “Note Holders”) providing for the sale and issuance of a new series of senior convertible notes in the aggregate original principal amount of $4,320,000, of which 8% is an original issue discount (“OID”) (each, a “Note,” and, collectively, the “Notes,” and such financing, the “Note Offering”). The Notes accrue interest at a guaranteed annual rate of 9% per annum, mature 12 months from the date of issuance, and are convertible at the option of the Note Holders into that number of shares of the Company’s common stock, equal to the sum of the outstanding principal balance, accrued and unpaid interest, and accrued and unpaid late charges (the “Conversion Amount”), divided by $4.00 (the “Conversion Price”), subject to adjustment upon the occurrence of certain events as more specifically set forth in the Note, as amended; provided, however, in no event will the Company be permitted to issue more than 19.99% of the shares of common stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Note Offering, which number of shares shall be reduced, on a share-for-share basis, by the number of shares of common stock issued or issuable pursuant to any transaction or series of transactions that may be aggregated with the Note Offering. In the event of the occurrence of an event of default, the Note Holders may, at the Note Holder’s option, convert all, or any part of, the Conversion Amount into shares of common stock at 90% of the lowest volume weighted average price of the ten trading days preceding the date for which the price is being calculated.

 

In addition, the Company may be required to redeem all or a portion of the Notes under certain circumstances, and, in the event (A) the Company sells Company common stock pursuant to the March 25, 2022 Purchase Agreement, described below, or (B) consummates a subsequent equity financing, then the Note Holders will have the right, but not the obligation, to require the Company to use 50% of the gross proceeds raised from such sale to redeem all or any portion of the Conversion Amount then remaining under the Notes, in cash, at a price equal to the Conversion Amount being redeemed. The Company may, at its option, redeem all or a portion of the Notes at a price equal to 110% of the Conversion Amount being redeemed.

 

In the event of a change of control, the Note Holders may require the Company to redeem all or any portion of this Note in cash at a price equal to the greatest of (i) the product of (x) 110% multiplied by (y) the Conversion Amount being redeemed, (ii) the product of (x) 110% multiplied by (y) the product of (A) the Conversion Amount being redeemed multiplied by (B) the quotient determined by dividing (I) the greatest closing sale price of the shares of common stock during the period beginning on the date immediately preceding the earlier to occur of (1) the consummation of the applicable change of control and (2) the public announcement of such change of control and ending on the date the Note Holder delivers the change of control redemption notice by (II) the Conversion Price then in effect, and (iii) the product of (x) 110% multiplied by (y) the product of (A) the Conversion Amount being redeemed multiplied by (B) the quotient of (I) the aggregate cash consideration and the aggregate cash value of any non-cash consideration per share of common stock to be paid to the holders of the shares of common stock upon consummation of such change of control divided by (II) the Conversion Price then in effect.

 

In the event of the occurrence of an event of default, the Note Holders may require the Company to redeem (regardless of whether such Event of Default has been cured) all or any portion of the Notes. Each portion of the Notes subject to redemption by the Company pursuant to an event of default shall be redeemed by the Company at a price equal to the greater of (i) the product of (A) the Conversion Amount to be redeemed multiplied by (B) 110% and (ii) the product of (X) the conversion rate with respect to the Conversion Amount in effect at such time as the Holder delivers an event of default redemption notice multiplied by (Y) the product of (1) 110% multiplied by (2) the greatest closing sale price of the common stock on any trading day during the period commencing on the date immediately preceding such event of default and ending on the date the Company makes the entire payment required to be made under the Notes. Upon any bankruptcy the Company would be required to pay to the Note Holders an amount in cash representing (i) all outstanding principal, accrued and unpaid interest and accrued and unpaid late charges on such principal and interest, multiplied by (ii) 110%, in addition to any and all other amounts due under the note, provided that any Note Holder may, in its sole discretion, waive such right to receive payment upon a bankruptcy event of default, in whole or in part.

 

Under the Notes, the Company is subject to certain customary affirmative and negative covenants regarding the incurrence of indebtedness, the existence of liens, the repayment of indebtedness, the payment of cash in respect of dividends, distributions or redemptions, and the transfer of assets, among other matters.

 

The Notes are subject to a most favored nation provision and standard adjustments in the event of any stock split, stock dividend, stock combination, recapitalization or other similar transaction. If the Company issues or sells, or enters into any agreement to issue or sell, any variable rate securities, including by way of one or more reset(s) to a fixed price, the Note Holders have the right, but not the obligation, in any Note Holder’s sole discretion, to substitute the applicable variable price for the Conversion Price upon conversion of the Notes.

 

Concurrently with the SPA, the Company and the Note Holders entered into a registration rights agreement, pursuant to which the Company agreed to file a Registration Statement on Form S-3 within 30 days after the closing of the Note Offering.

 

During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022, the Company recorded interest expense related to the Notes totaling $96,000 and $145,000, respectively, and made cash interest payments totaling $97,000 and $114,000, respectively. Accrued interest total $31,000 at September 30, 2022.

 

The Notes were issued with an original issue discount of $320,000, or 8%, which is recorded as an adjustment to the carrying amount of the Notes. The original issue discount is amortized using the interest method over the contractual term of the Notes and reflected as interest expense in the statement of operations. Total amortization of original issue discount was $39,000 and $120,000, for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022.

 

The Company elected to utilize the FVO to account for the Notes, which is included in current liabilities. Principal payments on the Notes totaled $160,000 as of September 30, 2022. The change in fair value of the Notes at each balance sheet date is included in interest expense in the accompanying condensed consolidated statement of operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022. The Notes were valued based on a binomial lattice model utilizing the following assumptions and results: 

 

   

May 16,

2022

   

June 30,

2022

   

September 30,

2022

 

Stock price

  $ 1.27     $ 1.02     $ 0.68  

Volatility

    82

%

    83

%

    82

%

Risk free rate

    2.1

%

    2.7

%

    3.1

%

Dividend rate

    -       -       -  
Implied yield     20.7 %     23.9 %     23.4 %

Estimated Fair value of Notes, including OID, excluding accrued interest

    4,000,000       3,986,000       4,245,000  

Change in fair value

 

NA

      (49,000

)

    334,000  

 

 

PPP Loan

 

On May 4, 2020, the Company entered into a forgivable loan from the U.S. Small Business Administration (“SBA”) resulting in net proceeds of $1,200,047 pursuant to the Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”) enacted by Congress under the CARES Act administered by the SBA (the “PPP Loan”). To facilitate the PPP Loan, the Company entered into a Note Payable Agreement with a bank (the “Lender”) (the “PPP Loan Agreement”). The PPP Loan had an original maturity date of May 4, 2022, and accrued interest at a rate of 1.00% per annum, with interest accruing throughout the period the PPP Loan was outstanding, or until forgiven.

 

The PPP Loan was accounted for as a financial liability in accordance with ASC 470, “Debt,” (“ASC 470”) Accordingly, the proceeds from the PPP Loan were recorded as a long-term liability on the balance sheet until either (1) the loan is, in part or wholly, forgiven and the company had been “legally released” or (2) the Company paid off the loan to the Lender. Interest was accrued in accordance with the interest method.

 

In May 2021, the PPP loan was forgiven pursuant to the terms and conditions of the PPP Loan Agreement and the provision of the Cares Act. Upon forgiveness, and legal release, the Company reduced the liability by the amount forgiven, totaling $1,213,000 and recorded a gain on extinguishment in the condensed consolidated statement of operations for the nine months ended September 30, 2021.