ALX ONCOLOGY HOLDINGS INC Debt Disclosure
(7) TERM LOAN
Oxford Finance and Silicon Valley Bank Loan
In October 2022, the Company entered into a loan and security agreement, or the Loan Agreement, with Oxford Finance LLC, Oxford Finance Credit Fund II LP, and Silicon Valley Bank, or Lenders, for a secured term loan facility of up to $100.0 million. Pursuant to the Loan Agreement, the Company drew an initial loan of $10.0 million. Under the original terms of the Loan Agreement, the Company had the right to draw an additional $40.0 million through the end of December 2023. The Loan Agreement provides for an additional $50.0 million over three tranches, with $12.5 million available in each of two tranches based upon the achievement of milestones related to the development of evorpacept and one preclinical product candidate, and $25.0 million at the Lenders’ sole discretion. The proceeds of the loans may be used by the Company for working capital and to fund its general business requirements.
Borrowings under the Loan Agreement bear interest at a floating rate per annum equal to the greater of (i) 1-month term Secured Overnight Financing Rate, or SOFR, and (ii) 2.33%, plus 6.25%. The minimum per annum interest rate is 8.58%. Interest on the term loans is payable monthly in arrears. The Company began making interest payments beginning on December 1, 2022 and principal payments in equal monthly installments beginning on December 1, 2025. The term loans mature on October 1, 2027.
The term loans may be prepaid in full or in part, in increments of $10.0 million, with various prepayment premiums. Upon the earlier prepayment or maturity of any term loan, the Company is required to pay a final payment fee of 6.0% of the original principal amount of such funded term loan. The final payment will be accreted to the final payment amount as interest expense using the effective interest method over the term of the loan through maturity date. The term loans once repaid or prepaid may not be reborrowed. The Company is also obligated to pay other customary fees for a loan facility of this size and type.
The term loans under the Loan Agreement are secured by substantially all of the Company’s assets, except the Company’s intellectual property, which is the subject of a negative pledge, and will be guaranteed by the Company’s future subsidiaries, subject to certain limitations. The Company and its subsidiary, ALX Oncology Limited, have guaranteed the obligations under the Loan Agreement. The Loan Agreement contains customary affirmative and negative covenants, including covenants limiting the ability of the Company to, among other things, dispose of assets, effect certain mergers, incur debt, grant liens, pay dividends and distributions on its capital stock, make investments and acquisitions, and enter into transactions with affiliates, in each case subject to customary exceptions for a loan facility of this size and type.
The Loan Agreement contains customary events of default, which include, but are not limited to payment defaults, material misrepresentations, breaches of covenants, cross defaults with certain other material indebtedness, bankruptcy and insolvency events, and judgment defaults. The occurrence of an event of default could result in the acceleration of our obligations under the Loan Agreement, the termination of the Lenders’ commitments, a 5.0% increase in the applicable rate of interest and the exercise by the Lender of other rights and remedies provided for under the Loan Agreement.
The Company received net proceeds from issuance of the term loan of $9.3 million after deducting debt issuance costs of approximately $0.7 million. Debt issuance costs were recorded as debt discount on the term loan, offsetting term loan, non-current on the consolidated balance sheets. The debt discount will be amortized over the term of the loan as interest expense using the effective interest method. During the years ended December 31, 2025, 2024 and 2023, interest expense incurred in connection with the Loan Agreement was $1.3 million, $1.2 million, and $1.1 million, respectively.
The Company determined that certain loan features were embedded derivatives requiring bifurcation and separate accounting. Those embedded derivatives were bundled together as a single, compound embedded derivative and then bifurcated and accounted for separately from the host contract. As of December 31, 2025, the value of the embedded derivative is not material, but could become material in future periods if an event of default became more probable than is currently estimated. As of December 31, 2025, we were in compliance with all financial reporting covenants under the Loan Agreement.
In March 2023, Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) was closed by the California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation, which appointed the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, or FDIC, to act as receiver. The FDIC created Silicon Valley Bridge Bank, N.A., or SVBB, as successor to SVB. First Citizens BancShares, Inc., or First Citizens Bank, acquired SVBB from the FDIC and operates SVBB as Silicon Valley Bank, a division of First Citizens Bank, or SVB-First Citizens. Under the Loan Agreement, 50% of the funding comes from SVB, one of the three Lenders. Given the SVBB acquisition by First Citizens Bank, SVB-First Citizens will continue to fulfill SVB’s obligations under the Loan Agreement.
In May 2023, we entered into a second amendment to the Loan Agreement. The primary purpose of the second amendment was to reduce the percentage of the amount required to be held in our collateral account with SVB-First Citizens from 100% to not less than 50% of the aggregate dollar value of all our collateral accounts.
In December 2023, we entered into a third amendment to the Loan Agreement. The primary purpose of the third amendment was to (i) extend the draw period for the first tranche loans from December 31, 2023 to June 30, 2024, (ii) add as a condition for the
funding of any first tranche loans after the effective date of the amendment, the requirement that the Phase 2 portion of the ASPEN-06 study in gastric/GEJ cancer either remains ongoing or the achievement of a milestone related to the development of the ASPEN-06 study, and (iii) add a contingency fee in the amount of $0.6 million to the Lenders if the Company prepays any of the loans under the Loan Agreement other than in connection with refinancing of the Loan Agreement with the Lenders and their affiliates.
The Company decided not to draw down on any portion of the $40.0 million available under the Loan Agreement by the deadline of June 30, 2024 and did not achieve all of the requirements needed to gain access to each of the two tranches available upon the achievement of pre-determined development milestones by the deadline of December 31, 2024. As a result, only the $25.0 million tranche available at the Lenders’ sole discretion was available as of December 31, 2025.
As of December 31, 2025, the future maturities under the Loan Agreement are as follows (in thousands):
|
|
December 31, 2025 |
|
|
2026 |
|
$ |
5,217 |
|
2027 |
|
|
4,948 |
|
2028 |
|
|
— |
|
2029 |
|
|
— |
|
2030 |
|
|
— |
|
Total future maturities |
|
|
10,165 |
|
Less: current portion of term loan |
|
|
(5,217 |
) |
Total term loan, net of current portion |
|
|
4,948 |
|
Less: unamortized debt issuance costs |
|
|
(324 |
) |
Less: unaccreted final payment costs |
|
|
(92 |
) |
Term loan, non-current, net |
|
$ |
4,532 |
|
Historical Timeline
| Fiscal Year | Filed | |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Mar 9, 2026 | Showing above |
| 2024 | Mar 6, 2025 | |
| 2023 | Mar 7, 2024 | |
| 2022 | Mar 9, 2023 | |
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