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| Debt | 10. Debt
July 2025 Convertible Notes Offering
On July 30, 2025, the Company entered into an underwriting agreement (the “Note Underwriting Agreement”) with the Underwriters, subject to customary conditions, to issue and sell in a public offering $175.0 million aggregate principal amount of the Notes to the Underwriters (the “Note Offering”). In addition, pursuant to the Note Underwriting Agreement, the Company granted the Underwriters an option to purchase up to an additional $26.3 million aggregate principal amount of Notes solely to cover over-allotments. On July 30, 2025, the Underwriters exercised such option to purchase an additional $26.3 million aggregate principal amount of the Notes. The issuance of $201.3 million aggregate principal amount of the Notes was completed on August 1, 2025.
The Notes were issued pursuant to, and are governed by, an indenture (the “Base Indenture”), dated as of August 1, 2025, between the Company and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”), as supplemented by a first supplemental indenture (the “Supplemental Indenture,” and the Base Indenture, as supplemented by the Supplemental Indenture, the “Indenture”), dated as of August 1, 2025, between the Company and the Trustee. The net proceeds from the Note Offering, after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and offering expenses, were $194.9 million, including the proceeds from the Underwriters’ exercise of their over-allotment option in full.
The Notes are general, unsecured, senior obligations of the Company. The Notes will accrue interest payable semi-annually in arrears on February 1 and August 1 of each year, beginning on February 1, 2026, at a rate equal to 2.750% per year. In addition, special interest will accrue on the Notes upon the occurrence of certain events relating to the Company’s failure to file certain reports with the SEC as provided in the Indenture and as described below. The Notes also have customary provisions relating to the occurrence of “Events of Default” (as defined in the Indenture) with certain interest penalty provisions. The Notes will mature on August 1, 2031, unless earlier converted, redeemed or repurchased by the Company.
Noteholders may convert their Notes at their option at any time prior to the close of business on the scheduled trading day immediately preceding the maturity date based on an initial conversion rate of 19.4932 shares of common stock, per $1,000 principal amount of the Notes, which is equivalent to an initial conversion price of $51.30 per share of common stock. The conversion rate is subject to customary adjustments upon the occurrence of certain events as described in the Indenture. In addition, if certain corporate events that constitute a “Make-Whole Fundamental Change” (as defined in the Indenture) occur, then the conversion rate will, in certain circumstances, be increased for a specified period of time.
The Notes will be redeemable, in whole or in part (subject to certain limitations described below), at the Company’s option at any time, and from time to time, on a redemption date on or after August 6, 2029 and on or before the 51st scheduled trading day immediately before the maturity date, at a cash redemption price equal to the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but excluding, the redemption date, but only if the last reported sale price per share of the common stock exceeds 130% of the conversion price on (i) each of at least 20 trading days, whether or not consecutive, during the 30 consecutive trading days ending on, and including, the trading day immediately before the date the Company sends the related redemption notice; and (ii) the trading day immediately before the date the Company sends such notice. However, the Company may not redeem less than all of the outstanding Notes unless at least $50.0 million aggregate principal amount of Notes are outstanding and not called for redemption as of the time the Company sends the related redemption notice. In addition, calling any Note for redemption will constitute a Make-Whole Fundamental Change with respect to that Note, in which case the conversion rate applicable to the conversion of that Note will be increased in certain circumstances if it is converted after it is called for redemption.
If a “Fundamental Change” (as defined in the Indenture) occurs, then, subject to certain conditions and except as set forth in the Indenture, noteholders may require the Company to repurchase their Notes at a cash repurchase price equal to the principal amount of the Notes to be repurchased, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but excluding, the fundamental change repurchase date. The definition in the Indenture of a Fundamental Change includes certain business combination transactions involving the Company and certain de-listing events with respect to the common stock.
Lastly, the Notes contain a beneficial ownership limitation, and as a result of such limitation, noteholders do not have the right to convert all or any portion of the Notes held by such noteholder, to the extent that immediately prior to, or immediately after giving effect to such conversion by such noteholder, together with its affiliates and any other persons acting as a group together with such noteholder or any of such noteholder’s affiliates, would beneficially own in excess of 4.99% of the number of shares of the Company’s common stock outstanding immediately prior to, and immediately after giving effect to, the conversion of all or any portion of the Notes; provided, that such 4.99% beneficial ownership can be increased or decreased at the discretion of the noteholder; provided further, that such limitation in no event can exceed 19.99%.
The fair value of the Notes, which differs from their carrying value, is influenced by interest rates, stock price and stock price volatility and is determined by prices for the Notes observed in market trading. The market for trading of the Notes is not considered to be an active market and therefore the fair value is determined using Level 2 inputs. As of December 31, 2025, the carrying value and fair value of the Notes was $195.3 million and $436.5 million, respectively.
The issuance costs attributed to the Notes amounted to $6.4 million and were discounted from the Notes. The issuance cost discount is being amortized to interest expense over the term of the Notes based on the effective interest rate method. As of December 31, 2025, the effective interest rate was 3.3%. During the year ended December 31, 2025, interest expense related to the Notes was $2.7 million, including $0.4 million related to discount amortization.
Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement
Third Amendment
On September 9, 2025, the Company entered into the Third Amendment (the “Third Amendment”) to the Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement (the “A&R Loan Agreement”) with Oxford Finance LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Oxford”), as collateral agent and a lender, Innovatus Life Sciences Lending Fund I, LP, a Delaware limited partnership (“Innovatus”), as a lender, and the other lenders party thereto (together with Oxford and Innovatus, the “Lenders”), pursuant to which the A&R Loan Agreement was amended to (i) replace Innovatus with Oxford as collateral agent; (ii) recognize the achievement of the Term D Milestone (as defined in the A&R Loan Agreement, as amended by the Third Amendment (the “Amended A&R Loan Agreement”)) and provide for the immediate disbursement of the $30.0 million Term D Loan (as defined in the Amended A&R Loan Agreement); (iii) increase the size of the Term E Loan (as defined in the Amended A&R Loan Agreement) from $50.0 million to up to $100.0 million, which Term E Loan may only be drawn upon FDA approval of gedatolisib in second line wild-type ABC patients post CDK4/6 inhibitor therapy; (iv) add three new up to $40.0 million Term F Loans (as defined in the Amended A&R Loan Agreement), for a total of $120.0 million, which may only be drawn upon achievement of certain trailing three months’ product revenue thresholds; (v) replace the prior $45.0 million Term F Loan (as defined in the A&R Loan Agreement) with a new $150.0 million Term G Loan (as defined in the Amended A&R Loan Agreement), which continues to be available only in the Lenders’ sole discretion upon the Company’s request; (vi) require an amendment fee payable by the Company to the Lenders in the amount of $0.1 million, which was paid at the closing of the Third Amendment; (vii) make certain revisions to the non-utilization fee for the Term E Loan, and add a new non-utilization fee for the Term F Loans, in each case equal to 3.0% of the applicable unfunded commitment, after taking into consideration any reductions to the applicable term loan commitment that the Company may make by notice to the collateral agent before the date that is eight weeks after the achievement of any applicable milestones; and (viii) extend the maturity date of the term loans to November 1, 2029. The Term E Loan and each Term F Loan also are subject to other customary conditions and limits on when the Company can request funding. With the disbursement of the $30.0 million Term D Loan, the Company received net proceeds of $27.7 million.
In accordance with the A&R Loan Agreement, a Final Fee equal to 4.5% of the $30.0 million Term D Loan was recognized and an additional $1.4 million was added to debt principal and a corresponding debt discount to be amortized over the life of the loan.
In connection with the Third Amendment, the Company issued warrants with an exercise price of $14.84 per share to purchase an aggregate of 50,537 shares of the Company’s common stock to Innovatus, Oxford, and certain of its affiliates (the “Third Amendment Warrants”). The Third Amendment Warrants may be exercised on a cashless basis and are exercisable through the tenth anniversary of the funding date of the Term D Loan. The number of shares of common stock for which each Third Amendment Warrant is exercisable and the associated exercise price are subject to certain proportional adjustments as set forth in such Third Amendment Warrant.
A portion of the proceeds from the Term D Loan in the amount of $2.8 million was allocated to the Third Amendment Warrants based on their relative fair value to the underlying Term D Loan. The proceeds allocated to the Third Amendment Warrants were recorded as additional paid in capital in the accompanying balance sheets and were discounted from the Term D Loan. The relative fair value of the Third Amendment Warrants was based on the Black-Scholes model with the following assumptions: risk-free interest rate of %; expected volatility of %; expected life of years; and expected dividend yield of %. The underlying stock price used in the analysis was the traded market price. The discount related to the Third Amendment Warrants is being amortized to interest expense ratably over the term of the Term D Loan.
Second Amendment
On July 28, 2025, the Company entered into the Second Amendment (the “Second Amendment”) to the A&R Loan Agreement with Innovatus, as collateral agent, and the Lenders including Innovatus in its capacity as a Lender and Oxford, pursuant to which Innovatus and Oxford, as Lenders, have agreed to make certain term loans (“Term Loans”) to the Company in the aggregate principal amount of up to $180 million. The A&R Loan Agreement was amended to (i) subject to certain terms and conditions, permit the issuance of the Notes discussed above and certain transactions in connection therewith, including the conversion thereof settled solely in common stock (together with cash in lieu of the issuance of any fractional share of common stock), (ii) permit capped call transactions in connection with the pricing of the Notes, (iii) require an amendment fee payable by the Company to Oxford in the amount of less than $0.1 million, which was paid upon execution of the Second Amendment, and (iv) extend to May 9, 2026 the expiration date of Innovatus’ right to convert up to 20% of the outstanding principal of the Term A Loan into shares of the Company’s common stock at a price per share of $.
Further, in connection with the release of the topline data from the wild-type cohort of the VIKTORIA-1 Phase 3 clinical trial, the Company achieved the Term D Milestone (as defined in the A&R Loan Agreement) and therefore became eligible to draw an additional $30.0 million of indebtedness under the Term D Loan (as defined in the A&R Loan Agreement). As described above, the Term D Loan was disbursed to the Company in connection with the Third Amendment.
First Amendment
On May 13, 2025, the Company entered into the First Amendment (the “First Amendment”) to the A&R Loan Agreement, pursuant to which the Company agreed to (i) pay Oxford an amendment fee of less than $0.1 million on the effective date of the First Amendment, (ii) extend to March 9, 2026 the expiration date of Innovatus’ right to convert up to 20% of the outstanding principal of the Term A Loan into shares of the Company’s common stock at a price per share of $10.00, (iii) extend the expiration date of the Term D Draw Period to the earlier of (x) August 31, 2025 and (y) the occurrence of an Event of Default (as defined in the A&R Loan Agreement), (iv) update the liquidity covenant to increase the Minimum Liquidity Percentage (as defined in the First Amendment) to 50% if the Company had failed to achieve the Term D Milestone prior to June 1, 2025 and to decrease the Minimum Liquidity Percentage back to 30% if the Company subsequently achieves the Term D Milestone prior to the end of the Term D Draw Period, and (v) release Innovatus and the Lenders from any and all claims arising out of or related to the A&R Loan Agreement, the First Amendment and related documentation.
May 30, 2024 Amendment and Restatement
On May 30, 2024, the Company entered into the A&R Loan Agreement. The A&R Loan Agreement amended and restated, in its entirety, that certain Loan and Security Agreement, dated April 8, 2021, as amended, between the Company and Innovatus, as collateral agent, and the Lenders named therein (the “Prior Loan Agreement”).
Funding of the first $100 million under the A&R Loan Agreement occurred on May 30, 2024, including tranche payments of $16.8 million (the “Term A Loan”) and $21.5 million (the “Term B Loan”) reflecting repayment of the principal amount of loans under the Prior Loan Agreement plus accrued payment-in-kind interest, in addition to $61.7 million of new borrowings (the “Term C Loan”). As described above, the Term D Loan was disbursed to the Company in connection with the Third Amendment. Prior to the Third Amendment, the Company also would have become eligible to draw on a fifth tranche of $50.0 million (the “Term E Loan”), upon achievement of certain clinical trial milestones and satisfaction of certain financial covenants. The Lenders also could have, in their sole discretion upon the Company’s request, made additional term loans to the Company of $45.0 million (the “Term F Loan”). Funding of these additional tranches was also subject to other customary conditions and limits on when the Company could have requested funding for such tranches. Costs associated with the new borrowings were approximately $2.4 million.
Pursuant to the A&R Loan Agreement, the Company is entitled to make interest-only payments for thirty-six months, or up to forty-eight months if certain conditions are met. The Term Loans bear interest at a rate equal to the sum of (a) the greater of (i) the Prime Rate (as defined in the A&R Loan Agreement) or (ii) 7.75%, plus (b) 2.85%, provided that 1.0% of such interest will be payable in-kind by adding an amount equal to such 1.0% of the outstanding principal amount to the then outstanding principal balance on a monthly basis through May 31, 2027. The A&R Loan Agreement is secured by all assets of the Company. Proceeds are being used for working capital purposes and to fund the Company’s general business requirements, including the ongoing Phase 3 VIKTORIA-1 clinical trial, the Phase 1b/2 CELC-G-201 clinical trial, and the Phase 3 VIKTORIA-2 clinical trial. The A&R Loan Agreement contains customary representations and warranties and covenants, subject to customary carve-outs, and includes financial covenants related to liquidity and other financial measures. Prior to the Second Amendment, Innovatus also had the right, at its election and until August 9, 2025, to convert up to 20% of the outstanding principal of the Term A Loan into shares of the Company’s common stock at a price per share of $. Innovatus will continue to have the right to exercise a previously disclosed warrant granted to it under the Prior Loan Agreement to purchase shares of common stock at a price per share of $ through April 8, 2031.
The A&R Loan Agreement contains a Final Fee, which is equal to 4.5% of the initial funding of the agreement and is due on the earliest to occur of (a) the Maturity Date, (b) the acceleration of any Term Loan, and (c) the prepayment of the Term Loans. There is also a contingent non-utilization fee for the Term E Loans. Following the disbursement of the Term D Loan in connection with the Third Amendment, the non-utilization provisions related to the Term D Loan are no longer operative. The Term D Loan shall become due and payable on the earliest of (i) the termination of the Term D Draw Period, (ii) the Maturity Date, (iii) the acceleration of any Term Loan, and (iv) the prepayment in whole of the Term Loans. If the Company achieves the Term E Milestone and (i) fails to draw the full amount of the Term E Loan during the Term E Draw Period and (ii) fails to notify Collateral Agent, at any time before the date that is four weeks after the Company’s achievement of the Term E Milestone, of the Company’s intent not to draw the full amount of the Term E Loan, a non-utilization fee with respect to the Term E Loan shall become due and payable on the earliest of (i) the termination of the Term E Draw Period, (ii) the Maturity Date, (iii) the acceleration of any Term Loan, and (iv) the prepayment in whole of the Term Loans. After the 18-month anniversary of the Effective Date, the Company shall have the option to prepay all, but not less than all, of the Term Loans advanced by the Lenders under the A&R Loan Agreement, provided the Company (i) provides written notice to Collateral Agent of its election to prepay the Term Loans at least seven business days prior to such prepayment, and (ii) pays to Lenders on the date of such prepayment, payable to each Lender in accordance with its respective Pro Rata Share, an amount equal to the sum of (A) all outstanding principal of the Term Loans plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon through the prepayment date, (B) the Final Fee, (C) the Prepayment Fee, plus (D) all other outstanding Obligations that are due and payable, including, without limitation, Lenders’ Expenses and interest at the Default Rate with respect to any past due amounts. At May 30, 2024, the Company recognized the Final Fee of $4.5 million as additional debt principal and a corresponding debt discount to be amortized over the life of the loan.
In connection with the funding of each of the Term C Loan and the Term D Loans, the Company agreed to issue to Innovatus and Oxford warrants to purchase that number of shares of the Company’s common stock equal to 2.5% of the principal amount of the applicable Term Loan divided by the exercise price, which was, with respect to the Term C Loan, equal to the lower of (i) the volume weighted average closing price of the Company’s common stock for the five-trading day period ending on the last trading day immediately preceding the execution of the A&R Loan Agreement or (ii) the closing price on the last trading day immediately preceding the execution of the A&R Loan Agreement. Accordingly, on May 30, 2024, the Company issued 103,876 warrants with an exercise price of $14.84 per share. The relative fair value of the warrants was approximately $1.2 million. For the Term D Loans, the exercise price was based on the lower of (i) the exercise price for the warrants issued pursuant to the Term C Loan or (ii) the volume weighted average closing price of the Company’s common stock for the five-trading day period ending on the last trading day immediately preceding the Term D Loan funding. Prior to the Third Amendment, the Company also was required to issue warrants to Innovatus and Oxford in connection with the funding of the Term E Loan and the Term F Loan. The warrants may be exercised on a cashless basis and are exercisable through the tenth anniversary of the applicable funding date. The number of shares of common stock for which each warrant is exercisable and the associated exercise price are subject to certain proportional adjustments as set forth in such warrant.
The Company evaluated the change of terms under ASC 470-50, Debt – Modification and Extinguishment with respect to the Third Amendment, the Second Amendment, the First Amendment and the A&R Loan Agreement and concluded the change in terms did not result in significant and consequential changes to the economic substance of the debt and thus resulted in a modification of the debt and not an extinguishment of the debt.
Note payable, non-current consisted of the following (in thousands):
As of December 31, 2025, the fair value of the note payable, which differs from its carrying value, is determined using the Company’s estimated discount rate, volatility and risk-free rate, which are considered Level 3 inputs. As of December 31, 2025, the fair value of the note payable was $160.2 million. As of December 31, 2024, the carrying value of the note payable approximates the fair value (Level 3 inputs).
The debt issuance costs and discount will be amortized to interest expense over the term of the Notes based on the effective interest rate method. As of December 31, 2025 and 2024, the effective interest rate was 12.7% and 12.3%, respectively. During the year ended December 31, 2025, interest expense related to the note payable was $14.4 million, including $2.7 million related to discount amortization. During the year ended December 31, 2024, interest expense related to the note payable was $10.3 million, including $1.3 million related to discount amortization.
As of December 31, 2025, future principal payments, including the incurred PIK interest and Final Fee, are as follows (in thousands):
As of December 31, 2025, the Company was in full compliance with all financial covenants of the Amended A&R Loan Agreement.
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