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DEBT
 9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2022
Debt Disclosure [Abstract]  
DEBT DEBT
The carrying value of the Company’s outstanding debt is summarized as follows (in thousands):
September 30,December 31,
20222021
Term loan B facility maturing December 2026$343,719 $359,497 
0.750% Convertible senior notes due August 2025
395,510 330,627 
3.375% Convertible senior notes due May 2024
8,641 201,249 
2.375% Convertible senior notes due April 2022 (1)
— 157,857 
     Total$747,870 $1,049,230 
(1) The 2022 Notes (as defined below) matured on April 1, 2022.
Term Loan B Facility
In December 2021, the Company entered into a term loan credit agreement (the “Credit Agreement”) with JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent and the initial lender. The term loan issued under the Credit Agreement (the “Term Loan”) was issued at a 3% discount and allows for a single-advance term loan B facility in the principal amount of $375.0 million, which is secured by substantially all of the Company’s and each subsidiary guarantor’s assets. Subject to certain conditions, the Company may, at any time, on one or more occasion, add one or more new classes of term facilities and/or increase the principal amount of the loans of any existing class by requesting one or more incremental term facilities. The net proceeds of the Term Loan were approximately $363.8 million after deducting an original issue discount of $11.2 million.
The total debt composition of the Term Loan is as follows (in thousands):
September 30,December 31,
20222021
Term Loan maturing December 2026$356,250 $375,000 
Deferred financing costs(3,578)(4,443)
Discount on debt(8,953)(11,060)
     Total debt, net of debt discount and deferred financing costs$343,719 $359,497 
The Term Loan matures on December 7, 2026 and requires quarterly repayments of principal in the amount of $9.4 million commencing June 30, 2022, increasing to $14.1 million commencing December 31, 2025, with a remaining balloon payment of approximately $188.0 million due at maturity. During 2022, the Company is required to make three quarterly payments totaling $28.1 million. The Company is also required to make mandatory prepayments of principal from (i) the Company’s excess cash flow (as defined in the Credit Agreement) existing in any fiscal year and if the Senior Secured Leverage Ratio (as defined in the Credit Agreement) for such fiscal year exceeds certain predetermined limits (ii) net proceeds (as defined in the Credit Agreement) of non-ordinary course assets sales and casualty events and (iii) debt issuance proceeds (other than permitted debt under the Credit Agreement). Prepayment penalties for the Term Loan are 2% in the first loan year plus an interest make-whole payment, 2% in the second loan year, 1% in the third loan year and nothing thereafter. Prepayment penalties generally do not apply to mandatory prepayment obligations under the Credit Agreement, such as prepayments due in connection with excess cash flow. During the nine months ended September 30, 2022, the Company made scheduled principal payments of $18.8 million in the aggregate.
The Term Loan requires the Company to, among other things, maintain (i) a first lien net leverage ratio, determined as of the last day of any fiscal quarter, of no greater than 1.75 to 1.00 and (ii) liquidity, at any time, of at least $150.0 million. The Term Loan also contains customary affirmative and negative covenants, financial covenants, representations and warranties,
events of default and other provisions. As of September 30, 2022, the Company was in compliance with all financial covenants under the Credit Agreement.
The Company may elect to borrow either term benchmark borrowings or alternate base rate borrowings. Term benchmark borrowings bear interest at a variable rate per annum equal to the Adjusted Term SOFR Rate (as defined in the Credit Agreement) (subject to a 75 basis points floor) plus an applicable margin of 700 basis points. Alternate base rate borrowings bear interest at a variable rate per annum determined using a base rate (subject to a 175 basis points floor) equal to the greatest of (i) the Prime Rate (as defined in the Credit Agreement) in effect on such day, (ii) the NYFRB Rate (as defined in the Credit Agreement) plus 50 basis points or (iii) the Adjusted Term SOFR Rate (as defined in the Credit Agreement) plus 100 basis points, subject to certain exceptions, plus an applicable margin of 600 basis points. As of September 30, 2022, borrowings under the Term Loan consisted entirely of term benchmark borrowings at a rate of 9.21%.
Convertible Senior Notes Due 2025
In July 2020, the Company completed a private placement of $402.5 million in aggregate principal amount of its 0.750% convertible senior notes due 2025, or 2025 Notes, and entered into an indenture, or 2025 Indenture, with respect to the 2025 Notes. The 2025 Notes accrue interest at a fixed rate of 0.750% per year, payable semiannually in arrears on February 1st and August 1st of each year. The 2025 Notes mature on August 1, 2025.
The total debt composition of the 2025 Notes is as follows (in thousands):
September 30,December 31,
20222021
0.750% convertible senior notes due August 2025
$402,500 $402,500 
Deferred financing costs(6,990)(7,155)
Discount on debt— (64,718)
     Total debt, net of debt discount and deferred financing costs$395,510 $330,627 
The net proceeds from the issuance of the 2025 Notes were approximately $390.0 million, after deducting commissions and the offering expenses paid by the Company. A portion of the net proceeds from the 2025 Notes was used by the Company to repurchase $185.0 million in aggregate principal amount of its then-outstanding 2.375% convertible senior notes due 2022 in privately-negotiated transactions for a total of $211.1 million of cash (including accrued interest).
Holders may convert the 2025 Notes at any time prior to February 3, 2025, only if certain circumstances are met, including if during the previous calendar quarter, the last reported sales price of the Company’s common stock was greater than 130% of the conversion price then applicable for at least 20 out of the last 30 consecutive trading days of the quarter. During the quarter ended September 30, 2022, this condition for conversion was not met.
On or after February 3, 2025, until the close of business on the second scheduled trading day immediately preceding August 1, 2025, holders may convert their 2025 Notes at any time.
Upon conversion, holders will receive the principal amount of their 2025 Notes and any excess conversion value, calculated based on the per share volume-weighted average price for each of the 40 consecutive trading days during the observation period (as more fully described in the 2025 Indenture). For both the principal and excess conversion value, holders may receive cash, shares of the Company’s common stock or a combination of cash and shares of the Company’s common stock, at the Company’s option. The initial conversion rate for the 2025 Notes is 13.9324 shares of common stock per $1,000 principal amount, which is equivalent to an initial conversion price of $71.78 per share of the Company’s common stock. The conversion rate will be subject to adjustment in some events but will not be adjusted for any accrued and unpaid interest. The initial conversion price of the 2025 Notes represents a premium of approximately 32.5% to the closing sale price of $54.17 per share of the Company’s common stock on the Nasdaq Global Select Market on July 7, 2020, the date that the Company priced the private offering of the 2025 Notes.
As of September 30, 2022, the 2025 Notes had a market price of $993 per $1,000 principal amount. In the event of conversion, holders would forgo all future interest payments, any unpaid accrued interest and the possibility of further stock price appreciation. Upon the receipt of conversion requests, the settlement of the 2025 Notes will be paid pursuant to the terms of the 2025 Indenture. In the event that all of the 2025 Notes are converted, the Company would be required to repay the $402.5 million in principal value and any conversion premium in any combination of cash and shares of its common stock (at the Company’s option).
Prior to August 1, 2023, the Company may not redeem the 2025 Notes. On or after August 1, 2023 (but, in the case of a redemption of less than all of the outstanding 2025 Notes, no later than the 40th scheduled trading day immediately before the
maturity date), the Company may redeem for cash all or part of the 2025 Notes if the last reported sale price (as defined in the 2025 Indenture) of the Company’s common stock has been at least 130% of the conversion price then in effect for (i) each of at least 20 trading days (whether or not consecutive) during any 30 consecutive trading days ending on, and including, the trading day immediately before the date the Company sends the related notice of redemption and (ii) the trading day immediately before the date the Company sends such notice. The redemption price will equal the sum of (i) 100% of the principal amount of the 2025 Notes being redeemed, plus (ii) accrued and unpaid interest, including additional interest, if any, to, but excluding, the redemption date. In addition, calling the 2025 Notes for redemption will constitute a “make-whole fundamental change” (as defined in the 2025 Indenture) and will, in certain circumstances, increase the conversion rate applicable to the conversion of such notes if it is converted in connection with the redemption. No sinking fund is provided for the 2025 Notes.
While the 2025 Notes are currently classified on the Company’s condensed consolidated balance sheet at September 30, 2022 as long-term debt, the future convertibility and resulting balance sheet classification of this liability is monitored at each quarterly reporting date and is analyzed dependent upon market prices of the Company’s common stock during the prescribed measurement periods. In the event that the holders of the 2025 Notes have the election to convert the 2025 Notes at any time during the prescribed measurement period, the 2025 Notes would then be considered a current obligation and classified as such.
Convertible Senior Notes Due 2024 Assumed from the Flexion Acquisition
Prior to the Flexion Acquisition, on May 2, 2017, Flexion issued an aggregate of $201.3 million principal amount of 3.375% convertible senior notes due 2024 (the “Flexion 2024 Notes”), pursuant to the indenture, dated as of May 2, 2017 (the “Original Flexion Indenture”), between Flexion and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as trustee (the “Flexion Trustee”), as supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of November 19, 2021, between Flexion and the Flexion Trustee (the “First Supplemental Flexion Indenture” and, together with the Original Flexion Indenture, the “Flexion Indenture”). The Flexion 2024 Notes have a maturity date of May 1, 2024, are unsecured, and accrue interest at a rate of 3.375% per annum, payable semi-annually on May 1 and November 1 of each year. Upon the Flexion Acquisition, the principal was assumed and recorded at fair value by the Company.
Upon conversion of the Flexion 2024 Notes, at the election of each holder thereof, each Flexion 2024 Note was convertible into cash, shares of Flexion’s common stock, or a combination thereof, at Flexion’s election, at a conversion rate of approximately 37.3413 shares of Flexion common stock per $1,000 principal amount of the Flexion 2024 Notes, which corresponded to an initial conversion price of approximately $26.78 per share of Flexion’s common stock. As a result of the Flexion Acquisition, and in connection with the Notice (as defined below), holders of the Flexion 2024 Notes became entitled to certain Flexion Acquisition-related conversion and repurchase rights, as discussed below. In addition, as a result of the Flexion Acquisition and as discussed in more detail below, any future conversion rights are subject to the occurrence of any future events giving rise to such conversion rights under the Flexion Indenture.
On December 6, 2021, as a result of the Flexion Acquisition and in accordance with the Flexion Indenture, Flexion provided a Fundamental Change Company Notice and Offer to Purchase (the “Notice”) to the holders of the Flexion 2024 Notes and offered to repurchase for cash all of the outstanding Flexion 2024 Notes, at a repurchase price in cash equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Flexion 2024 Notes being repurchased, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon to, but excluding, January 7, 2022, subject to the terms and conditions set forth therein. The offer to purchase expired at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on January 6, 2022, as scheduled.
Any holder that did not exercise its repurchase right in accordance with the terms of the Notice retained the conversion rights associated with such holder’s Flexion 2024 Notes under the Flexion Indenture. For conversion of Flexion 2024 Notes in connection with the Fundamental Change and the Make-Whole Fundamental Change (each as defined in the Flexion Indenture) resulting from the Flexion Acquisition, each $1,000 principal amount of the Flexion 2024 Notes was convertible into (i) $317.40 in cash and (ii) 37.3413 CVRs, based on the conversion rate of 37.3413, prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on January 7, 2022. Alternatively, holders could retain their Flexion 2024 Notes and such Flexion 2024 Notes would remain outstanding subject to their existing terms, including with respect to a holder’s right to receive interest payments on the Flexion 2024 Notes and exercise any future conversion rights that may arise under the Flexion Indenture.
On January 7, 2022, following the expiration of the offer to purchase, the Company accepted the $192.6 million aggregate principal amount of Flexion 2024 Notes that were validly tendered (and not validly withdrawn). No Flexion 2024 Notes were converted in connection with the Notice. At September 30, 2022, the remaining principal outstanding is $8.6 million.
Convertible Senior Notes Due 2022
In March 2017, the Company completed a private placement of $345.0 million in aggregate principal amount of 2.375% convertible senior notes due 2022, or 2022 Notes. The 2022 Notes accrued interest at a fixed rate of 2.375% per year, payable semiannually in arrears on April 1st and October 1st of each year. In July 2020, the Company used part of the net proceeds from the issuance of the 2025 Notes to repurchase $185.0 million aggregate principal amount of the 2022 Notes in privately-negotiated transactions for an aggregate of $211.1 million in cash (including accrued interest).
The total debt composition of the 2022 Notes is as follows (in thousands):
September 30,December 31,
20222021
2.375% convertible senior notes due April 2022
$— $160,000 
Deferred financing costs— (223)
Discount on debt— (1,920)
     Total debt, net of debt discount and deferred financing costs$— $157,857 
On April 1, 2022, the 2022 Notes matured and the Company settled the remaining outstanding principal balance of $160.0 million and a conversion premium of $4.8 million through a cash payment of $156.9 million and the issuance of 101,521 shares of the Company’s common stock, which increased additional paid-in capital by $3.0 million.
Interest Expense
The following table sets forth the total interest expense recognized in the periods presented (dollar amounts in thousands):
Three Months Ended
September 30,		Nine Months Ended
September 30,
2022202120222021
Contractual interest expense$9,343 $1,704 $26,724 $5,122 
Amortization of debt issuance costs903 666 2,956 1,976 
Amortization of debt discount695 5,844 2,107 17,245 
Capitalized interest and other (Note 6)
(1,085)(881)(2,852)(3,016)
        Total$9,856 $7,333 $28,935 $21,327 
Effective interest rate on total debt5.42 %6.70 %5.66 %6.70 %
Upon the adoption of ASU 2020-06 effective January 1, 2022, the Company eliminated the convertible debt discounts associated with the 2022 Notes and the 2025 Notes that were originally recorded as offsets to the embedded conversion features recognized in equity. Effective January 1, 2022, the Company will not record interest expense on the previously recorded discounts on convertible debt. The deferred financing costs previously allocated to the conversion features have since been re-allocated to the outstanding debt, slightly increasing the future annual amortization of deferred financing costs. For additional information regarding the adoption of ASU 2020-06, see Note 2, Summary of Significant Accounting Policies.