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Debt
 9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2022
Debt Disclosure [Abstract]  
Debt Debt
September 30, 2022December 31, 2021
Rabo Loan$72,188 $75,000 
Construction Loan66,252 31,944 
GNCU Loan50,000 — 
JPM Loan— 24,335 
Unamortized debt issuance costs(3,136)(622)
Debt, net of issuance costs185,304 130,657 
Less current portion(3,685)(28,020)
Long term, net$181,619 $102,637 


On July 29, 2022, the Company entered into the GNCU Loan Agreement for an original principal amount of $50,000 (the “GNCU Loan”), to be used, in part, for the development of a commercial scale greenhouse facility upon thirty acres of the Company’s real property in Pulaski County, Kentucky (the “Project”). The GNCU Loan is guaranteed in favor of the GNCU Lender by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (“USDA”) through the USDA’s Business and Industry Loan Guarantee and Rural Energy for America Programs. The GNCU Loan has a maturity of 23 years with interest-only monthly payments on the aggregate unpaid principal balance of the GNCU Loan for the first 36 months. Thereafter, the Company will make 239 monthly installments of principal and interest based on a 20-year amortization, with the remaining balance of principal and interest due upon maturity. The initial interest rate is fixed at 6.45% per annum for the first five years of the GNCU Loan term. Thereafter, the interest rate is subject to change every five years during the term of the GNCU Loan, based on the Federal Home Loan Bank of Des Moines 5-Year Advance Rate as of such dates, plus a 3.40% spread, with an interest rate floor of 4.75%. The collateral securing the payment and performance of the obligations under the GNCU Loan consists of: (i) a Mortgage, Security Agreement, Assignment of Rents and Leases and Fixture Filing (the “Mortgage”) granting a first priority lien on all real property, and a security interest in all personal property, owned by the Borrower Subsidiary, including the Project; and (ii) a Security Agreement pursuant to which the Borrower Subsidiary has granted Lender a security interest in and to all the Borrower Subsidiary’s machinery and equipment, and other personal property collateral. The proceeds of the GNCU Loan were used at closing to, in part, pay off the JPM Loan and accrued interest, of approximately $45,700, and to pay the closing costs, loan fees, and other costs of entering into the GNCU Loan. The GNCU Loan is recorded at cost, net of debt issuance costs of $2,561.

The GNCU Loan required the Company to contribute $3,250 to be held in an interest reserve account and $19,084 in a project account, to be used to pay interest and the balance of Project cost for the Somerset facility in excess of the loan,
respectively. The balance of these amounts is reflected in restricted cash in the consolidated balance sheet as of September 30, 2022.

The GNCU Loan Agreement includes customary representations and covenants for financing transactions of this nature, including, among others, a maximum debt to net worth covenant and a debt service coverage ratio covenant, as well as operating covenants with respect to the completion and operation of the Project, in each case as set forth in the GNCU Loan Agreement.

On July 23, 2021, the Company entered into a credit agreement with CEFF II AppHarvest Holdings, LLC, an affiliate of Equilibrium Controlled Environment Foods Fund, LLC (“Equilibrium”) for a construction loan in the original principal amount of $91,000 (the “Construction Loan”) for the development of a CEA facility at the property in Richmond, Kentucky (the “Project”). The Construction Loan provides monthly disbursements to fund capital costs of the Project in excess of the Company’s required equity contribution of 34.5% of the capital costs of the Project. The Construction Loan requires monthly interest payments based on drawn capital at an initial interest rate of 8.000% per annum, which will increase by 0.2% per annum, beginning two years after closing of the Construction Loan through maturity, which is expected to be July 23, 2024, with no required principal payments until maturity. On July 29, 2022, the Company amended the credit agreement with Equilibrium to require that the Company decrease the balance of the Construction Loan to $81,000 on or prior to December 31, 2022 and further decrease the balance to $76,000 on or prior to March 31, 2023. As of September 30, 2022, the Company had $66,252 outstanding on the Construction Loan.

On January 10, 2022, the Company entered into an amended and restated promissory note with JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. This amendment increased the existing line of credit from $25,000 to $50,000 and implemented the secured overnight financing rate as the replacement of LIBOR as a benchmark interest rate for U.S. dollar borrowings. Restricted cash on the December 31, 2021, condensed consolidated balance sheet represents collateral for a promissory note with the JPM Loan which requires 105% of the aggregate borrowings to be held as collateral. As of July 29, 2022, the JPM Loan was repaid in full.

On June 15, 2021, the Company entered into a master credit agreement with Rabo AgriFinance LLC (the “Lender”) for a real estate term loan in the original principal amount of $75,000. The Rabo Loan matures on April 1, 2031, with quarterly interest payments commencing on July 1, 2021 and quarterly principal payments, commencing on January 1, 2022, with the remaining balance of principal and interest due upon maturity. Payments are based on one month LIBOR plus 2.500% per annum. The Rabo Loan is collateralized by the business assets of the first Morehead CEA facility and requires compliance with financial covenants. The financial covenants generally begin to be measured on December 31, 2022, except for the working capital ratio. On July 29, 2022, the Company obtained a waiver from the Lender whereby the Company was no longer required to measure or report the current ratio for the June 30, 2022, reporting period but will begin to report the current ratio covenant compliance for the December 31, 2022 reporting period. The change aligns all measurements of material financial covenants to begin with the December 31, 2022 measurement date. In exchange, the Company agreed to fund an additional $2,000 to a reserve account. At June 30, 2022, the Company would not have met the current ratio requirement for the Morehead CEA subsidiary. The Company’s liability under the Rabo Loan was $72,188 at September 30, 2022.