SCYNEXIS INC Debt Disclosure
March 2019 Note Purchase Agreement
On March 7, 2019, the Company entered into a Senior Convertible Note Purchase Agreement (the “March 2019 Note Purchase Agreement”) with Puissance. Pursuant to the March 2019 Note Purchase Agreement, on March 7, 2019, the
Company issued and sold to Puissance $16.0 million aggregate principal amount of its March 2019 Notes, resulting in $14.7 million in net proceeds after deducting $1.3 million for an advisory fee and other issuance costs.
As of December 31, 2024 and 2023, the Company’s March 2019 Notes consists of the convertible debt balance of $13.7 million and $12.0 million and the bifurcated embedded conversion option derivative liability of zero and $0.2 million, respectively. In connection with the Company’s issuance of its March 2019 Notes, the Company bifurcated the embedded conversion option, inclusive of the interest make-whole provision and make-whole fundamental change provision, and recorded the embedded conversion option as a long-term derivative liability in the Company’s balance sheet in accordance with ASC 815, Derivatives and Hedging, at its initial fair value of $7.0 million as the interest make-whole provision is settled in shares of common stock. For the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023, the Company recognized a gain of $0.2 million and an expense of $0.2 million on the fair value adjustment for the derivative liability, respectively. For the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023, the Company recognized $1.7 million and $1.0 million, respectively, in amortization of debt issuance costs and discount, related to the March 2019 Notes.
The March 2019 Notes were issued and sold for cash at a purchase price equal to 100% of their principal amount, in reliance on the exemption from registration provided by Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), due to the March 2019 Notes being issued to one financially sophisticated investor. The March 2019 Notes bear interest at a rate of 6.0% per annum payable semiannually in arrears on March 15 and September 15 of each year, beginning September 15, 2019. The March 2019 Notes will mature on March 15, 2025, unless earlier converted, redeemed or repurchased. The March 2019 Notes constitute general, senior unsecured obligations of the Company.
The holder of the March 2019 Notes may convert their March 2019 Notes at their option at any time prior to the close of business on the business day immediately preceding March 15, 2025 into shares of the Company’s common stock. The initial conversion rate is 73.9096 shares of common stock per $1,000 principal amount of March 2019 Notes, which is equivalent to an initial conversion price of approximately $13.53 and is subject to adjustment in certain events described in the March 2019 Note Purchase Agreement. The Holder upon conversion may also be entitled to receive, under certain circumstances, an interest make-whole payment payable in shares of common stock. In addition, following certain corporate events that occur prior to the maturity date, the Company will, in certain circumstances, increase the conversion rate if the holder elects to convert its March 2019 Notes in connection with such a corporate event. Subject to adjustment in the conversion rate, the number of shares that the Company may deliver in connection with a conversion of the March 2019 Notes, including those delivered in connection with an interest make-whole payment, will not exceed a cap of 81 shares of common stock per $1,000 principal amount of the March 2019 Notes.
Loan Agreement
The Company was party to a Loan and Security Agreement, dated May 13, 2021, with Hercules Capital, Inc. ("Hercules Capital") and Silicon Valley Bridge Bank, N.A. (as successor to Silicon Valley Bank) (“SVBB”) (the "Loan Agreement"), pursuant to which Hercules Capital, SVBB and each of the other lenders from time-to-time party to the Loan Agreement (collectively, the “Lenders”) loaned to the Company $35.0 million as of March 31, 2023.
In connection with the entering into of the GSK License Agreement, the Company entered into a First Amendment and Consent to Loan and Security Agreement with the Lenders pursuant to which the Lenders consented to the Company entering into the GSK License Agreement and the Company agreed to pay to the Lenders an amount equal to the sum of (i) all outstanding principal plus all accrued and unpaid interest with respect to the amounts loaned under the Loan Agreement (approximately $35.4 million), (ii) the prepayment fee payable under the Loan Agreement ($262,500), (iii) the final payment payable under the Loan Agreement ($1,382,500), and (iv) all other sums, if any, that shall have become due and payable with respect to loan advances under the Loan Agreement. Upon receipt by the Company of the $90.0 million upfront payment from GSK in May 2023, all amounts payable under the Loan Agreement were fully paid. In connection with the repayment of those amounts due, in May 2023, the Company and the Lenders executed a payoff letter confirming the amounts due under the Loan Agreement, and the Company’s confirmation that the Loan Agreement was terminated. During the year ended December 31, 2023, the Company recognized $1.9 million in amortization for the remaining debt issuance costs and discount associated with the loan payable with Hercules and SVBB which was fully repaid by the Company in May 2023.
Historical Timeline
| Fiscal Year | Filed | |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Mar 12, 2025 | Showing above |
| 2023 | Mar 28, 2024 | |
| 2022 | Mar 31, 2023 | |
| 2021 | Mar 29, 2022 | |
| 2020 | Mar 29, 2021 | |
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