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DEBT
 3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2026
Debt Disclosure [Abstract]  
DEBT

NOTE 10 – DEBT

 

The following table provides a summary of the Company’s debt, net of debt issuance costs and discounts (in thousands):

 

   March 31, 2026   December 31, 2025 
         
Loan Agreement Principal  $17,778   $20,000 
Accreted final payment fee   793    711 
Unamortized debt issuance costs and discounts   (484)   (676)
Total long-term debt   18,087    20,035 
Less: current maturities   13,333    12,222 
Long-term debt, net of current maturities  $4,754   $7,813 

 

 

Loan and Security Agreement

 

On January 8, 2024 (the “Closing Date”), the Company entered into a Loan and Security Agreement, as supplemented by a Supplement, dated as of January 8, 2024 (collectively, the “Loan Agreement”) with Avenue Venture Opportunities Fund, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, as administrative agent and collateral agent (“Avenue” and the “Agent”) and Avenue Venture Opportunities Fund II, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (“Avenue 2” and, together with Avenue, the “Lenders”). The Loan Agreement provides for senior secured term loans (the “Loans”) in an aggregate principal amount up to $50 million, with (i) a committed tranche of $20 million advanced on the Closing Date (“Tranche 1”), (ii) a committed tranche of up to $10 million which may be advanced upon the request of the Company between June 30, 2024 and September 30, 2024, subject to the Company obtaining FDA approval of ZEVASKYN® in RDEB, with the issuance of a Priority Review Voucher (“Tranche 2”), and (iii) a discretionary tranche of up to $20 million which may be advanced between March 31, 2025 and March 31, 2026 (the “Discretionary Tranche”) provided at the discretion of the Lenders. The Loans are due and payable on July 1, 2027. As of March 31, 2026, there are no available tranches.

 

The loan principal is repayable in equal monthly installments beginning on February 1, 2026. The Loans bear interest at a rate per annum (subject to increase during an event of default) equal to the greater of (i) the prime rate, as published by the Wall Street Journal from time to time, plus 5.00% and (ii) 11.75%. The stated interest rate and effective interest rate as of March 31, 2026 was 11.75% and 18.42%, respectively.

 

The Company may, subject to certain parameters, voluntarily prepay the Loans, in whole, at any time. If prepayment occurs after January 8, 2025 and on or before January 8, 2026, the Company is required to pay a fee equal to 2.00% of the principal amount of the Loans; if prepayment occurs after January 8, 2026, the Company is required to pay a fee equal to 1.00% of the principal amount of the Loans. A final payment fee of 5.00% of the principal amount of the funded Tranche 1 Loans, Tranche 2 Loans and Discretionary Tranche Loans is also due upon maturity on July 1, 2027, or any earlier date of prepayment.

 

The Company’s obligations under the Loan Agreement are secured by a pledge of substantially all of the Company’s assets. Pursuant to the Loan Agreement, the Company is subject to a financial covenant requiring the Company to maintain at all times $5 million in unrestricted cash. The Loan Agreement also contains affirmative and negative covenants customary for financings of this type that, among other things, limit the ability of the Company and its subsidiaries to (i) incur additional debt, guarantees or liens; (ii) pay dividends; (iii) enter into certain change of control transactions; (iv) sell, transfer, lease, license, or otherwise dispose of certain assets; (v) make certain investments or loans; and (vi) engage in certain transactions with related persons, in each case, subject to certain exceptions. The Loan Agreement also includes events of default customary for financings of this type, in certain cases subject to customary periods to cure, following which the Agent may accelerate all amounts outstanding under the Loans.

 

Pursuant to the Supplement to the Loan and Security Agreement, Avenue also has the right to convert up to $3 million of the outstanding principal of the Loans into shares of Company common stock (the “Conversion Right”) at a price per share equal to 120% of the exercise price of the Warrants (further discussed below) at any time while the Loans are outstanding, subject to certain terms and conditions, including ownership limitations. On September 30, 2024, pursuant to the Loan Agreement, the conversion price was fixed at $4.88 and is considered indexed to the Company’s own stock.

 

In addition, subject to applicable law and specified provisions set forth in the Supplement to the Loan and Security Agreement and solely to the extent permitted under applicable stock exchange rules without requiring stockholder approval, the Lenders may participate in certain equity financing transactions of the Company in an aggregate amount of up to $1 million on the same terms, conditions and pricing offered by the Company to other investors participating in such financing transactions (such right, the “Participation Right”). The Participation Right automatically terminates upon the earliest of (i) July 1, 2027, (ii) such time that the Lenders have purchased $1.0 million of the Company’s equity securities in the aggregate pursuant to the Participation Right, and (iii) the repayment in full of all of the obligations under the Loan Agreement.

 

 

On the Closing Date and pursuant to the funding of Tranche 1 of the Loan Agreement, the Company issued to each of Avenue and Avenue 2 (collectively, the “Warrant Holders”) warrants to purchase up to $480,000 and $1,920,000 of Company common stock, respectively, which is more fully described in Note 11 – Equity below.

 

The future payment obligations of the principal are as follows as of March 31, 2026 (in thousands):

 

      
2026, remainder  $10,000 
2027   7,778 
Total principal  $17,778